Family Engagement
STEM Family Partnership & Empowerment Project (2024)
Nine youth-serving STEM programs worked with the Institute for the Study of Resilience in Youth (ISRY) at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, thanks to support from a Cambiar Thrive Grant. Each program took action to more effectively partner with parents and caregivers, guided by professional development from ISRY and the STEM Family Engagement Planning Tool/CARE Framework. For more information about the PEP activities and outcomes, please read our report.
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Reimagining Family Engagement Project (2022)
The Institute for the Study of Resilience in Youth (ISRY) at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in partnership with the STEM Next Opportunity Fund, created and studied a virtual national learning community to understand how nine out-of-school time (OST) programs in the U.S. are choosing, adapting, and applying strategies from the STEM Family Engagement Planning Tool/CARE framework. This report describes the rationale, methodology, and findings of CARE (Connect-Act-Reflect-Empower) strategies to increase family engagement.
