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Related Resources: Philosophy & Values of Family-Centered Practice

Resources on the underlying values, principles, and goals of family-centered practice and examples of practical techniques for applying these principles in practice.

	Can We Put Clothes on This Emperor? (PDF - 528 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice Best Practice/Next Practice, 1(1), 2000 Describes the conceptual shift in child welfare from child-focused to family-centered practice; includes four essential elements of family-centered practice.

Culture and Family-Centered Practice
Goetz & Lalley (Eds.) (1996)
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Focuses on the development and provision of culturally competent services to families of different cultures.

Family-Centered Child Welfare Practice: A Resource Manual for Child Welfare Workers, Administrators, and Educators
Tollefson (1999)
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An overview of family-centered practice and practical techniques for applying the family-centered approach.

Guiding Principles and Practices for Delivery of Family Centered Services (PDF - 27 KB)
Iowa's Early ACCESS & Project SCRIPT (2000)
Seven principles of family-centered services selected to guide programs delivering services, with examples of practice behaviors for staff.

Philosophy and Goals of Family-Centered Practice
University of Michigan School of Social Work (2003)
PowerPoint presentation for child welfare supervisors with audio lecture covering family perspective, child perspective, beliefs that foster family-centered practice, and worker-family interactions.

Values and Ethics for Family-Centered Practice
Ronnau (2001)
In Balancing Family-Centered Services and Child Well-Being: Exploring Issues in Policy, Practice, Theory, and Research
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Explains the application, implications, and program characteristics of family-centered values, and reviews the evolution of values in family-centered service.

Updated on December 18, 2007