SCHOOL AND FAMILY COOPERATION MODELS FOR REDUCING SOCIAL PROBLEMS AT BOARDING SCHOOL

The task of this report is to analyze the opportunities of cooperation between school and family by considering several models of cooperation. The work specificity is connected with circumstances, created by the economic crisis and the specificity of boarding school in work with social risk group's pupils and their parents. The research is carried out within the framework of Doctoral Thesis „Holistic approach during process of socialization of social risk group pupils”. The report analyses the legislation of the Republic of Latvia, being related to social problems, child's rights and parents' duties, and offers triangular model SCHOOL - NGO - FAMILY, which is pointed towards direct cooperation between school, NGO and family.