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Title:
Balancing family-centered services and child well-being : exploring issues in policy, practice, theory, and research / Elaine Walton, Patricia Sandau-Beckler, Marc Mannes, editors.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2001
Description:
xviii, 376 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Family social work--United States.
Family services--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
Other Authors:
Walton, Elaine.
Sandau-Beckler, Patricia.
Mannes, Marc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
9780231112833 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231112831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231112826 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231112823 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)45446166
LCCN:
00065603
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

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