"Preventing Child Abuse: Family-Based Programs to Improve Resiliencies and Address Substance Use" introduces the evidence, theories, concepts, essential components, and practice issues for family-based prevention programs (FBPs) for families dealing withsubstance use problems and who have experienced cumulative adverse experiences. FBPs are interventions designed to prevent or minimize later problems, that involve the family in program practices which are trauma-informed, skills-oriented, and strengths-based. FBPs are guided by multiple theoretical perspectives. They target many outcomes for individuals and families, under the assumption that improving parenting capacity, reducing harmful substance use, and improving family relationships will translate into a reduction of both violence in the home and neglect of children's needs. The book uses examples from existing FBPs to illustrate the concepts as well as an in-depth case study of one FBP specifically developed to address caregivers' substance use. The book also includes chapters on child welfare outcomes research, adverse and compensatory factors that are the foundation of FBPs' practices, prominent theories for FBPs, cultural adaptation, and evaluation methods. Since there are several worthwhile FBPs at various stages of evidence support, the authors recommend that funders and policy makers sustain programs that are beneficial to the community and show promise of preliminary efficacy while they work towards implementing increasingly robust evaluation research studies"-- Provided by publisher.
Preventing Child Abuse introduces family-based prevention programs: interventions involving families, designed to prevent child abuse and help caregivers whose substance use can lead to violence in the home. Using an in-depth case study of a program developed by the authors, the book takes a comprehensive look at the theories behind family-based prevention programs, ways to adapt them for different cultural settings, and methods of evaluating their efficacy.
Preventing Child Abuse introduces the evidence, theories, concepts, essential components, and practice issues for family-based prevention programs (FBPs) for families dealing with substance use problems. FBPs are interventions that involve the family in program practices which are trauma-informed, skills-oriented, and strengths-based, in an effort to prevent or minimize future problems. Guided by multiple theoretical perspectives, FBPs assume that improving parenting capacity, reducing harmful substance use, and improving family relationships will translate into a reduction of both violence in the home and neglect of children's needs.
To demonstrate the foundations and outcomes of FBPs, the book provides examples from existing programs and an in-depth case study of the Celebrating Families! program developed and piloted by the authors to specifically address caregivers' substance use. Chapters provide a comprehensive treatment of child welfare outcomes research, adverse and compensatory factors that inform FBPs' practices, prominent theories for FBPs, cultural adaptation, and evaluation methods. The book concludes by recommending that funders and policymakers sustain programs showing promise of preliminary efficacy while they work toward implementing increasingly robust evaluation research studies.
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