Summary Summary It is argued that a focus on the home-school system is critical in working from a Structural/Strategic approach to child school problems. The Structural/ Strategic conception of these types of problems is presented with a focus on three areas of difference between home and school subsystems that are likely generators of problems: beliefs, structure, and developmental adaptation. Techniques for assessment and intervention are presented.

This paper presents a transcontextual model for intervening with families of underachieving school children. Following a brief review of the literature, the model is presented with specific guidelines for implementation. Finally, the results of a pilot study, using this model, indicate an improvement of general school functioning and of grade point averages in 81.3% of those surveyed in the study.