Full Description
Here is a major new volume for practitioners, researchers, and those concerned with future policies to promote the welfare of children and families. The patterns of support and the ability of family members to care for each other have changed along with the problems for the health and functioning of families. In Families as Nurturing Systems, respected scholars examine the new and emerging directions in the design and implementation of family resources and support programs. They describe and analyze a wide range of program models in the areas of prevention, social support, family resource, and empowerment that have been implemented in schools, the Afro-American church, early intervention programs, the workplace, and the public policy arena, reflecting the needs of families at different stages in the family life cycle.
Contents
Contents
Preface
Families as Nurturing Systems: An Introduction
Part I: New Directions for Family Resource and Support Programs
Supporting and Strengthening Family Functioning: Toward a Congruence Between Principles and Practice
Personal Social Networks as a Focus of Support
Family Resource and Support Programs: Changes and Challenges in the Human Services
Services for Children With Special Needs: Partnerships From the Beginning Between Parents and Practitioners
A Lifespan Perspective on Caregiving
Families, Policy, and Family Support Policies
Part II: Family Support Across the Life Span and Within Different Settings
Early Family Intervention: Focusing on the Mother's Adaptation-Competence and Quality of Partnership
The Challenge of Multiple Roles: The Interface Between Work and Family When Children Are Young
The Schools and Family Oriented Prevention
Social Network Intervention in Intensive Family-Based Preventive Services
The Black Church and Family Support Programs
Preventing Adoption Disruption
How Fathers Respond When Their Youth Leave and Return Home
The Oldest Old: Caregiving or Social Support?
