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Family support as reflective practice / edited by Pat Dolan, John Canavan, and John Pinkerton.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child welfare.
- Family services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contributors to this book provide international perspectives on core issues in family support. Providing a combination of clear theoretical frameworks and practical guidance, with clear 'how to' messages and a strong emphasis on evaluation, this book will be of interest to social workers working in all areas of family support.
- Contents:
- COVER; Family Supportas Reflective Practice; Contents; Foreword; 1.Family Support: From Descriptionto Reflection; Part 1Engaging with Policyand Organisation; 2.School as a Base for FamilySupport Services; 3.Family Support as Community-basedPractice: Considering a CommunityCapacity Framework for FamilySupport Provision; 4.Supporting Families through LocalGovernment: A Danish Case Study; 5.Implementing Family Support Policy:Empowering Practitioners; 6.A Comparative Perspective: Exploringthe Space for Family Support; Part 2Using Concepts,Frameworks and Tools
- 7.Safeguarding Children ThroughSupporting Families8.Youth Advocacy: ProgrammingJustice-focused Family SupportIntervention; 9.Supporting Families with DisabledChildren: A Case Study; 10.Enhancing Support for Young Peoplein Need: Reflections on Informaland Formal Sources of Help; 11.Cultural Competence, CulturalSensitivity and Family Support; 12.Reframing Practiceas Family Support: Leaving Care; 13.Assessment, Interventionand Self-appraisal Toolsfor Family Support; 14.Culturally Appropriate Family SupportPractice:Working with AsianPopulations; Part 3Advancing Evaluation
- 15.Developing an OutcomeEvaluation Framework for Useby Family Support Programs16.School- and Family-levelIncome Effects in a RandomizedControlled Prevention Trial:A Multilevel Analysis; 17.Towards an Inclusive Approachto Family Support Evaluation; 18.Reflecting for Action: The Futureof Family Support; List of Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786610566372
- 9781280566219
- 1280566213
- 9781846424748
- 1846424747
- OCLC:
- 76942422
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