Balancing family-centered services and child well-being
Subtitle: exploring issues in policy, practice, theory, and research
By: Elaine Walton, Patricia Sandau-Beckler, Marc Mannes, editors
Contributors: Walton, Elaine; Sandau-Beckler, Patricia; Mannes, Marc
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Family social work -- United States; Family services -- United States; Child welfare -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Family-centered services: a typology, brief history, and overview of current program implementation and evaluation challenges / Peter J. Pecora, Kellie Reed-Ashcraft, and Raymond S. Kirk; title: Values and ethics for family-centered practice / John P. Ronnau; title: Cultural competency in providing family-centered services / Rowena Fong; title: A conceptual framework for family-centered services / Elaine Walton; title: Family-centered assessment and goal setting / Patricia Sandau-Beckler; title: Well-being and family-centered services: the value of the developmental assets framework / Marc Mannes; title: Interventions: hard and soft services / Elizabeth M. Tracy; title: Formal and informal kinship care: supporting the whole family / Gary R. Anderson; title: Family group conferencing: an "extended family" process to safeguard children and strengthen family well-being / Lisa Merkel-Holguin, with contributions from Kimberly Ribich; title: Targeting the right families for family-centered services: current dilemmas and future directions / Ramona W. Denby; title: Walking our talk in the neighborhoods: going beyond lip service in service delivery improvement / Kim Apple ... [et al.]; title: Evaluation in a dynamic environment: assessing change when nothing is constant / Marianne Berry, Marian Bussey, and Scottye J. Cash; title: Multisystemic therapy: theory, research, and practice / Colleen A. Halliday-Boykins and Scott W. Henggeler; title: Reclaiming a family-centered services reform agenda / Marc Mannes; title: Shaping the future of family-centered services: competition or collaboration? / Kristine E. Nelson