International perspectives on family support /

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Imprint:Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Arena, c1997.
Description:x, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2966153
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Other authors / contributors:Hellinckx, Walter.
Colton, M. J., 1955-
Williams, Margaret, 1943-
ISBN:185742347X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • General Framework
  • Determinants and consequences of parenting
  • Illustrative findings and basic principles
  • Pedagogical mismanagement in families and other child-rearing systems
  • Secondary prevention of child maltreatment
  • The early identification of families in need for support
  • Parental involvement in residential care: Fact or fiction?
  • Breaking the cycle of perpetual crisis
  • Practice
  • The application of intensive family support programmes: Home training in The Netherlands
  • Evaluation and its impact on practice
  • Home-based services: To each his own?
  • Intensive family preservation work with high risk families: critical challenges for research, clinical intervention and policy
  • Supporting children in need and their families through a change in legislation: A case study based on the impact of the Children Act in England and Wales
  • When parenting is in danger: How do we protect children without separating them from their families?
  • Evaluation of Family Preservation Work: Evaluation of portage in The Netherlands: An overview of six intervention studies
  • Process-oriented research of home-based treatment programmes
  • Evaluating family preservation services: Asking the right questions