This collection addresses issues related to families and transition and pays special attention
to the transition to school the effect of this on the family as well as the effect of the
family on that transition. It celebrates the roles of families locating them as integral
partners in time of transition and identifying a variety of ways in which families and
educators can work together with children to promote positive transitions. The book draws on a
range of theoretical frameworks and research projects to provide multiple perspectives of
family involvement in education family-educator partnerships the nature of collaboration
issues for families in marginalised or complex circumstances as well as the multiple
intersections of families and transition processes. The research projects reported range from
in-depth case studies to the analysis of large-scale data sets and all have multiple messages
for practitioners policy makers and researchers as they seek ways to engage with families as
their children start school.
