Advancing Family Preservation Practice

Are there effective ways to support a family with problems (for example, neglect, abuse, HIV, terminal illness) in order to prevent it breaking up, and make a positive change possible? This book examines Intensive Family Preservation Services, tracing the history of these services, their success at solving family problems, how families respond to the services and how their effectiveness varies according to the type of problem a family is experiencing. Through an exploration of these issues, the contributors offer their own experience as a basis for tracing the evolution of IFPS and the advances that have been made in the field.

List of contents

Introduction - R Kevin Grigsby and E Susan Morton
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
The Evolution of Family Preservation - E Susan Morton
Theories That Guide Intensive Family Preservation Services - R Kevin Grigsby
A Second Look
Child Protective Services and Intensive Family Preservation - Ann E Quinn
A Primary Relationship
PART TWO: EVOLVING PRACTICE MODELS
Clinician-Support Worker Teams in Family Preservation - Charles R Soulé, Kaarina Massarene and Kathleen Abate
Are Two Heads Better Than One?
Evolving Family Preservation Services - Richard Schafer and Sandra D Erickson
The Florida Experience
The Relative Effectiveness of Family Preservation Services with Neglectful Families - Marianne Berry
Shifting Objectives in Family Preservation Programs - Julia H Littell et al
PART THREE: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Supporting HIV Infected Children in Their Own Families Through Family Centered Practice - D Jean Adnopoz and Steven F Nagler
PART FOUR: EVALUATION
Promoting Evaluation Research in the Field of Family Preservation - Bruce A Thyer
Epilogue - E Susan Morton and William Eyberse
Family Preservation and Social Change
The Need for Future Dialogue

Summary

Are there effective ways to support a family with problems (for example, neglect, abuse, HIV, terminal illness) in order to prevent it breaking up, and make a positive change possible? This book examines Intensive Family Preservation Services, tracing the history of these services, their success at solving family problems, how families respond to the services and how their effectiveness varies according to the type of problem a family is experiencing. Through an exploration of these issues, the contributors offer their own experience as a basis for tracing the evolution of IFPS and the advances that have been made in the field.

Product details

• Authors: R. Kevin Grigsby, E. Susan Morton
• Assisted by: R . Kevin Grigsby (Editor), R. Kevin Grigsby (Editor), E . Susan Morton (Editor), E. Susan Morton (Editor)
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.1993
• EAN: 9780803945708
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-4570-8
• No. of pages: 158
• Weight: 400 g
• Series: SAGE Focus Editions; Sage Focus Editions (Hardcover; SAGE Focus Editions; Sage Focus Editions (Hardcover
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Politik und Staat, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Sociology: family & relationships, Communication Studies, Sociology: family and relationships, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems, Family studies