Reaching High-Risk Families: Intensive Family Preservation in Human Services

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James K. Whittaker
Transaction Publishers - 206 lappuses

Focusing on a program ("Homebuilders") that has attracted national attention, this book develops implications for family-centered curricula in such areas as social policy, direct practice, program design/management, practice research, theory and prevention.

 

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Family Preservation Services and Education for Social Work Practice Stimulus and Response
1
Definition and Components of Intensive Family Preservation Services
2
Conceptual Framework
4
Implications for Social Work Education
7
References
9
Recognizing and Realizing the Potential of Family Preservation
13
The Implications of Family Preservation as Placement Prevention
16
The Implication of Family Preservation for More Effective Service Delivery to Families
23
Teaching Methods and Aids
123
Faculty Development
124
Conclusion
125
Designing and Managing Family Preservation Services Implications for Human Services Administration Curricula
127
FPS Program and Organizational Design Issues
128
Personnel Management
131
Financial Management Fundraising and CostBenefit Analysis
136
Homebuilders Case Study
139

Conclusion
30
The Homebuilders Model
31
Program Philosophy
32
Basic Components of the Model
40
Child Abuse
60
Mental Health
63
References
64
FamilyBased Services and Public Policy Context and Implications
65
Historical Shifts in Public Policy
66
Reformulating the Policy Framework
71
Dilemmas of Policy Implementation
75
Policy Implications
81
Implications for Social Work Education
84
References
85
Theories Guiding HomeBased Intensive Family Preservation Services
89
Family Systems Theory
92
Social Learning Theory
95
Outcome Research
98
The Blending of Family Systems and Social Learning Models
100
Conclusions
105
Implications for Teaching and Research
108
References
109
Family Preservation Services and the Social Work Practice Sequence
113
Implications for Direct Practice Curriculum
118
Screening and Supervising Homebuilder Therapists A Case Study
140
Conclusion
142
References
143
Applying Practice Research Methods in Intensive Family Preservation Services
147
The Role of Personal Scientist
148
Assessment
150
Monitoring Progress Toward General Program Goals via Individual Client Goals
156
Analyzing the Information for Case Decision Making
159
Specifying Components of Intensive Family Preservation Interventions
161
Supports for Being a Personal Scientist
162
References
163
Creating Social Change MissionOriented Research and Entrepreneurship Mark Fraser and Shelley Leavitt
165
Forces Affecting Social Change
166
Community Leadership and Entrepreneurship
167
MissiorTOriented Research and the Personal Scientist
168
Program Development and Professional Training
173
Intensive Family Preservation Services Broadening the Vision for Prevention
179
Research Background
180
Characteristics and Potential for Problem Behavior Prevention
184
References
190
Afterword
193
Author Index
194
Subject Index
198
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