Peg Hess, Brenda G. McGowan, Michael Botsko (MOVED -NOT AT THIS ADDRESS A / O 4 / 30 / 06)

Nurturing the One, Supporting the Many

The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A narrative of the development of the center and its relations with the surrounding community. The authors supply case studies and supporting theoretical material and discuss the implications for professional practice, education, research, and policy that can be derived from studying the center's experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 228mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780231115957
• ISBN-10: 0231115954
• Artikelnr.: 21038376

Autorenporträt

Peg Hess, Brenda McGowan, and Michael Botsko

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by Susan P. Kemp
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Center for Family Life and Its Programs
1. Building a Family-Focused Community-Centered Program: Commitments,
Philosophies, and Interests
2. The Development of the Center in the Context of Child Welfare Policy and
Programming
3. The Core: Family Counseling Services or "The Preventive Program"
4. The Neighborhood Foster Care Program
5. Supporting Families, Building Community, and Developing Children and
Youth: The Community School Programs
6. Supporting Family and Community Development
7. Lessons Learned from the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park
Appendix A: Study Design and Methodology
Appendix B: Instruments Modified or Created for This Study
Appendix C: Initial and Final FAF Scores
Sources Cited
Index