Refereed Journal Articles
Brown, J. R., Knoche, L. L., Edwards, C. P., & Sheridan, S. M. (2009). Professional development to support parent engagement: A case study of early childhood practitioners. Early Education and Development, 20, 482–506. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cyfsfacpub/13/
Edwards, C. P., Hart, T., Rasmussen, K., Haw, Y. M., & Sheridan, S. M. (2009). Promoting parent partnership in Head Start: A qualitative case study of teacher documents from a school readiness intervention project. Early Childhood Services, 3, 301–322. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/famconfacpub/77/
Knoche, L., Givens, J. E., & Sheridan, S. M. (2007). Risk and protective factors for children of adolescents: Maternal depression and parental sense of competence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 684–695. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/edpsychpapers/29/
Knoche, L. L., Marvin, C. A., & Sheridan, S. M. (2015). Strategies to support parent engagement during home visits in Early Head Start and Head Start. NHSA Dialog: The Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Education Field, 18(1), 19–42.
Knoche, L. L., Sheridan, S. M., Clarke, B. L., Edwards, C. P., Marvin, C. A., Cline, K. D., & Kupzyk, K. A. (2012). Getting Ready: Results of a randomized trial of a relationship-focused intervention on the parent –infant relationship in Early Head Start. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33, 439–458. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/edpsychpapers/207/
Knoche, L. L., Sheridan, S. M., Edwards, C. P., & Osborn, A. Q. (2010). Implementation of a relationship-based school readiness intervention: A multidimensional approach to fidelity measurement for early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 25, 299–313. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cyfsfacpub/6/
Kuhn, M., Marvin, C. A., & Knoche, L. L. (2016). In it for the long haul: Parent–teacher partnerships for addressing preschool children’s challenging behaviors. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education,1–13. doi:10.1177/0271121416659053
Sheridan, S. M., Edwards, C. P., Marvin, C., & Knoche, L. L. (2009). Professional development in early childhood programs: Process issues and research needs. Early Education and Development, 20, 377–401. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cyfsfacpub/13/
Sheridan, S. M., Knoche, L. L., Edwards, C. P., Bovaird, J. A., & Kupzyk, K. A. (2010). Parent engagement and school readiness: Effects of the Getting Ready Intervention on preschool children’s social-emotional competencies. Early Education and Development, 21, 125–156. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cyfsfacpub/12/
Sheridan, S. M., Knoche, L. L., Edwards, C. P., Kupzyk, K. A., Clarke, B. L., & Kim, E. M. (2014). Efficacy of the Getting Ready Intervention and the role of parental depression. Early Education and Development, 25, 746–769. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/edpsychpapers/208/
Sheridan, S. M., Knoche, L. L., Kupzyk, K. A., Edwards, C. P., & Marvin, C. A. (2011). A randomized trial examining the effects of parent engagement on early language and literacy: The Getting Ready Intervention. Journal of School Psychology, 49, 361–383. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/edpsychpapers/209/
Sheridan, S. M., Marvin, C. A., Knoche, L. L., & Edwards, C. P. (2008). Getting Ready: Promoting school readiness through a relationship-based partnership model. Early Childhood Services, 2, 149–172. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/psychfacpub/566/
Book Chapters
Edwards, C. P. (2016). Styles of mothering, methods of engagement: Bridging anthropology, psychology, and education to inform policy. In M. Cameron Hayes (Ed.), Methods that matter: Integrating mixed methods for more effective social science research (pp. 353–373). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Edwards, C. P., & Kutaka, T. S. (2015). Diverse perspectives of parents, diverse concepts of parent involvement and participation: What can they suggest to researchers? In S. M. Sheridan & E. M. Kim (Eds.), Foundational aspects of family–school partnerships (pp. 35–54). New York, NY: Springer.
Edwards, C. P., Sheridan, S. M., & Knoche, L. (2010). Parent–child relationships in early learning. In E. Baker, P. Peterson, & B. McGaw (Eds.), International encyclopedia of education (Vol. 5, pp. 438–443). Oxford, England: Elsevier.
Knoche, L. L. (2013). Implementation of Getting Ready: A relationship-focused intervention to support parent engagement birth to five. In T. G. Halle, A. J. Metz, & I. Martinez-Beck (Eds.), Applying implementation science in early childhood programs and systems (pp. 117–137). Baltimore, MD: Brookes.
Knoche, L. L., Cline, K. D., & Marvin, C. M. (2012). Fostering collaborative partnerships between early childhood professionals and the parents of young children. In R. C. Pianta, W. S. Barnett, L. M. Justice, & S. M. Sheridan (Eds.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 370–392).New York, NY: Guilford.
Knoche, L. L., & Witte, A. L. (2015). Strengths-based educational interventions in rural settings: Promoting child development through home-school partnerships. In L. Crockett & G. Carlo (Eds.), Rural ethnic minority youth and families in the United States: Theory, research, and applications (pp.227–246). New York, NY: Springer.
Sheridan, S. M., Clarke, B. L., & Ihlo, T. A. (2012). Promoting young children’s mental health through early childhood consultation: Ecological advances and research needs. In R. C. Pianta, W. S. Barnett, L. M. Justice, & S. M. Sheridan (Eds.), Handbook of early childhood education (pp. 435–454). New York, NY: Guilford.
Sheridan, S. M., Holmes, S. R., Smith, T. E., & Moen, A. L. (2015). Complexities in field-based partnership research: Exemplars, challenges, and an agenda for the field. In S. M. Sheridan & E. M. Kim (Eds.), Research on family–school partnerships: An interdisciplinary examination of state of the science and critical needs (Vol. 3, pp. 1–23). New York, NY: Springer.
Sheridan, S. M., Knoche, L. L., & White, A. (in press). Family–school partnerships in early childhood. In T. A. Turner-Vorbeck & S. Sheldon (Eds.), Handbook of family, school, community partnerships in education. New York, NY: Wiley & Sons.
Sheridan, S. M., Moen, A., & Knoche, L. L. (in press). Family–school partnerships in early childhood. In E. Votruba-Drzal & E. Dearing (Eds.), Handbook of early childhood development programs, practices, and policies: Theory-based and empirically-supported strategies for promoting young children’s growth in the U.S. New York, NY: Wiley & Sons.