Direct Work with Family Groups : Simple, Fun Ideas to Aid Engagement and Assessment and Enable Positive Change /

Direct Work with Family Groups is full of great ideas to aid engagement, assessment and enable positive change through direct work with family groups. Working with families can be a challenging experience. This book looks at the personal skills needed to engage families, both at home and in the comm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Tait, Audrey, 1970- (Author), Wosu, Helen, 1945- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.
Subjects:	Family social work. Service social familial. Family social work Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The First Home Visit
Keeping Yourself Safe
What to Do If You Don't Get Access : The Client Refuses to Open the Door
Once in the Door
Working with Resistance, Challenging Behaviour and Aggression
Using Praise
Getting Started
The Bag
Activities to Support Engagement
Activities to Aid Assessment and/or Help With 'Big Conversations'
Simple Ideas to Increase Parent/Child Proximity and Positive Touch
Behaviour
Storytelling
Endings.