Understanding Families: Supportive Approaches to Diversity, Disability, and Risk

by Marci J. Hanson, Eleanor Lynch, Marie Poulsen (Contributor)

Today’s American families are more complex and diverse than ever before—and today’s child and family professionals must be fully prepared to meet their needs. Interventionists educators, health care professionals, therapists, and social workers will get the strong foundation they need with the NEW edition of this trusted textbook, a comprehensive guide to working effectively and respectfully with contemporary families. Highly respected experts Marci Hanson and Eleanor Lynch have expanded and updated their bestselling text, weaving in cutting-edge research on social, demographic, and economic changes and connecting the research to best practices in family-centered care. With a strong emphasis on family resilience, this book gets preservice and in-service professionals ready to With this cornerstone textbook, the new generation of child and family professionals will have the research and practical guidance they need to improve the lives and outcomes of 21st-century families. WHAT’S NEW
Timely new information Plus helpful sample questions to guide service providers’ interactions with families!

302 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 17, 2013

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[Mills College Library]

362.82 H2515 2013