Family Support: Direction from Diversity

by Canavan, John

• ISBN13: 9781853028502
• ISBN10: 1853028509
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

(Jessica Kingsley Publishers) National Univ. of Ireland, Galway. Integrates concepts and experiences from an international perspective, different levels of analysis, and different loci of intervention. For educators, professionals, service providers, policymakers, and students. Softcover.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgements	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(4)
Family Support: Issues and Prospects	13	(22)
Robbie Gilligan
Communities, Family Support and Social Change	35	(22)
Graham Crow
Graham Allan
Social Pedagogical Family Help in Germany: New Wine in Old Vessels or New Vessels for Old Wine?	57	(22)
Joachim Wieler
Children in Control: Helping Parents to Restore the Balance	79	(24)
Martin Herbert
Social Support Principles for Strengthening Families: Messages from the USA	103	(20)
Carolyn E. Cutrona
Refocusing Project Work with Adolescents towards a Family Support Paradigm	123	(22)
John Canavan
Pat Dolan
Drug Prevention: Perspectives on Family and Community Support	145	(26)
Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
Fiona Walsh
Developing Reciprocal Support among Families, Communities and Schools: The Irish Experience	171	(24)
Sandra Ryan
Creating Municipal Structures for Family Support in a Danish City	195	(12)
Peter Steen Jensen
Emerging Agendas for Family Support	207	(20)
John Pinkerton
The Contributors	227	(2)
Subject Index	229	(7)
Author Index	236