Supporting & Strengthening Families Methods Strategies and Practices
Methods Strategies and Practices
Carl Dunst, PhD,
Carol Trivette, MA
Angela Deal, MSW
ISBN 0-914797-94-8 $30.00
This collection of papers updates the thinking and practices described in Enabling and
Empowering Families since it went to press in 1987, building and elaborating upon the model
described in the earlier book. The book addresses the theory, methods, strategies, and practices
involved in adopting an empowerment and family-centered resource approach to supporting families
and strengthening individual and family functioning. The second volume provides evidence of the outcomes which this model fosters.
After reiterating and elaborating the conceptions stated in Enabling and Empowering Families,
the authors address the elements of the model and their application to practice.
Topics Include:
The Meaning and Key Characteristics of Empowerment, Family Support Programs, Individual Family Support Plans,
Family Needs, Strengths and Resources, Effective Help-giving Practices, Final Thoughts Concerning Adoption of Family-Centered Intervention.
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