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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elaine Walton; Patricia Sandau-Beckler; Marc Mannes |
| ISBN: | 0231112823 9780231112826 0231112831 9780231112833 |
| OCLC Number: | 45446166 |
| Description: | xviii, 376 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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 -- Values and ethics for family-centered practice / John P. Ronnau -- Cultural competency in providing family-centered services / Rowena Fong -- A conceptual framework for family-centered services / Elaine Walton -- Family-centered assessment and goal setting / Patricia Sandau-Beckler -- Well-being and family-centered services: the value of the developmental assets framework / Marc Mannes -- Interventions: hard and soft services / Elizabeth M. Tracy -- Formal and informal kinship care: supporting the whole family / Gary R. Anderson -- Family group conferencing: an "extended family" process to safeguard children and strengthen family well-being / Lisa Merkel-Holguin, with contributions from Kimberly Ribich -- Targeting the right families for family-centered services: current dilemmas and future directions / Ramona W. Denby -- Walking our talk in the neighborhoods: going beyond lip service in service delivery improvement / Kim Apple ... [et al.] -- Evaluation in a dynamic environment: assessing change when nothing is constant / Marianne Berry, Marian Bussey, and Scottye J. Cash -- Multisystemic therapy: theory, research, and practice / Colleen A. Halliday-Boykins and Scott W. Henggeler -- Reclaiming a family-centered services reform agenda / Marc Mannes -- Shaping the future of family-centered services: competition or collaboration? / Kristine E. Nelson. |
| Responsibility: | Elaine Walton, Patricia Sandau-Beckler, Marc Mannes, editors. |
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"[T]he collection of readings provides a well-organized, thorough, and in-depth view of the practice, policy, research, and theories applicable in services to families and children... The book is a valuable resource for practitioners, policy makers, and academics. Faculty members who teach in a child welfare specialization, in particular, will want to consider making it required reading." -- Carol Hostetter, "Social Work Today" Read more...
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