The Practitioner’s Guide to Working with Families

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Notes on the Contributors......Page 5
Introduction......Page 8
PART I The Social, Political and Welfare Context for Working with Families......Page 24
1 New Labour and Family Policy......Page 26
2 Families, Social Change and Diversity......Page 46
PART II Theoretical and Practice Approaches to Working with Families......Page 62
3 Assessing Families: The Family Assessment of Family Competence, Strengths and Difficulties......Page 64
4 Using Extended attachment theory as an evidence-based guide when working with families......Page 92
5 Theme-Focused Family Therapy: Working with the Dynamics of Emotional Abuse and Neglect within an Attachment and Systems Perspective......Page 110
PART III Working with Family Groups in Difficulty......Page 134
6 Working with Divorcing Partners......Page 136
7 Working with Family Change: Repartnering and Stepfamily Life......Page 154
8 Working with Families where there are Child Protection Concerns......Page 175
9 Working with Families where there is Domestic Violence......Page 195
10 Working with Families who Neglect their Children......Page 216
11 Foster Care: Policies and Practice in Working with Foster Families......Page 236
Index......Page 253