Full Description
Working with Families, Third Edition is an accessible and practice-oriented guide that equips students and practitioners alike with the knowledge and tools to support families facing complex and evolving challenges. Through clinical and sociological perspectives and employing a strengths-based approach, this thoroughly updated edition provides a broad overview of factors affecting Canadian families such as diverse family structures, healthy and unhealthy forms of communication, family culture and beliefs, couple dynamics, addiction, and developmental and psychiatric disabilities.
Covering a range of topics, the author draws special attention to 2SLGBTQI and military families, the effects of violence and trauma, and professional ethics and self-care. Thorough updates to this third edition reflect contemporary issues such as trauma-informed practice, social media and its impact on families, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous families, colonialism, and "good enough parenting."
Utilizing straightforward language, applied focus, and extensive pedagogical supports Working with Families, Third Edition remains an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of social services, child and youth work, family studies and health-related programs, and early childhood education.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Changing Structure of Families
Chapter 2 Building on Family Strengths and Promoting Resilience
Chapter 3 Developmental Stages in Families
Chapter 4 Family Communication Styles and Couple Dynamics
Chapter 5 Family Roles, Diversity, and Gender Issues
Chapter 6 Family Scripts, Myths, Beliefs, Secrets, and Legacies
Chapter 7 Family Functioning, Scapegoating, and Attachment Issues
Chapter 8 Couple Relationships
Chapter 9 Families and Disability
Chapter 10 Family Violence
Chapter 11 Addiction and the Family
Chapter 12 Family Assessment
Chapter 13 The Covid 19 Pandemic, Social Isolation, and the Impact of Social Media
Chapter 14 Positive Strategies for Working with Families
Chapter 15 Working with Parents with Complex Needs
Chapter 16 Working with Military Families
Chapter 17 Grieving Families
Chapter 18 Common Pitfalls in Working with Families
Index
