How do parent training programs benefit the parent, teacher and school relationship? One factor in determining the success or failure of a school is determining the effectiveness of the parent-teacher-school relationship. To enhance a child's educational experience, parents, teachers, and school leaders must form a partnership that helps promote lifelong learning in the lives of the children they serve. (Brooks & Goldstein, 2001) Some teachers are often perplexed by the lack of parental involvement, while others are equally perplexed by the overinvolvement of some parents. Parents, on the other hand, often seem to not know what to do to help their children succeed in school by working effectively with teachers and the school. Providing parent training programs that employ teachers and other school administrators as instructors can be an effective solution to barriers that often exist between parents, teachers, and schools. In the book Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Caffarella suggests that adult learning programs have 5 main reasons, 1) to ensure that individuals continue to grow and develop, 2) to help people solve problems, 3) to help prepare people for employment opportunities, 4) ensure that groups of adults address the challenges or goals they wish they might have set, and 5) promote community and social change. (Caffarilla, 2002) A parent training program could fall into the category of promoting community spirit and cooperation. The education and rearing of children no longer falls solely on parents, but includes the help of other members of society who come in and out of a child's life. (Clinton, 1996) When a community such as a school and its population work well together, children... middle of paper... work hard to teach children to read. Washington DC: US ​​Department of Education. Amundson, K. (1998). 25 ways parents can help children learn. Fairfax: TheParent Institute.Brooks R and Goldstein, S. (2001). Raising resilient children: Promoting strength, hope and optimism in the child. New York: McGraw-Hill.Caffarilla, R. (2002). Program planning for adult learners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Clinton, H. (1996). It takes a village and other lessons children teach us.New York: Simon & Schuster.Fraser, J., & Conti-Ramsden, G. (2008). Phonological and broader contribution. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 43(5), 552-569. What are the common topics taught in parenting classes?. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.parenting411.com/parenting-tips/what-are-the-common-topics-taught-in-parenting-classes.html