Building A Full-Service School: A Step-by-Step Guide

This how-to companion to Full-Service Schools by Joy G. Dryfoos is the first practical and comprehensive guide to establishing school-based and school-linked academic, health, and social services--including a spectrum of interventions such as behavioral assessment, violence and drug prevention, vocational development, and resource coordination. Full-service schools have emerged in response to the growing needs of children and families combined with the expanding demand for fiscal efficiency and the dwindling supply of dollars to support needed services. Based on the trials and triumphs of an award-winning program, this indispensable guide contains everything needed to create a full-service school--from planning processes to funding strategies to service delivery. It shows schools and community agencies how to develop workable joint agreements that accommodate a variety of programs, confidentiality issues, and service delivery approaches. Valuable resource materials include needs assessment forms, interagency agreements, program evaluation tools, facilities criteria, funding sources, and family service coordination plans. Templates of survey forms, sample agreements, and other program tools are also available on disk. Building a Full-Service School has been reviewed and Andorsed by national leaders of the full-service movement.