Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index.
Contents
Families in perpetual crisis -- Home-based family assessments: "You don't have to tell us anything" -- Engaging families with chronic and severe problems -- Getting past the door: practice strategies for working with resistance -- Home-based family work: moving beyond the one-way mirror -- When a family experiences placement -- Children in group care: moving from crisis to context -- Engaging family competence when a youth is in group care -- Building family connections for the child who cannot go home -- When all else fails: minimizing foster care drift -- Staying alive when the going gets tough.