Background Capturing the scale of child maltreatment is difficult, but few would argue that it
is anything less than a global problem which can affect victims' health and well‐being …

Previous studies have found mixed results about the effects of family support services within
the child protection system. The purpose of the study is to examine whether family support …

This study aimed to determine which domain in the social support significantly influenced
the learning and development of grade six students. The quantitative, non-experimental …

Background Child maltreatment experiences can have a lifelong negative impact. While
there is evidence demonstrating the importance of social support in overcoming childhood …

Family group conferencing (FGC) is considered to be a promising method for empowerment
and community building of people in need of care and their families. However, empirical …

Rigorous research on the efficacy of family group conferencing is rare. This randomized
control trial study used an intent-to-treat approach to examine whether a referral to a family …

This chapter outlines the impact of domestic violence (DV) on young children. Exposure to
DV has detrimental effects on the emotional and behavioural adjustment of significant …

Much has been written over the past thirty years within the international social work literature
on Family Group Conferencing as a process of decision making. Yet, the theories that frame …

Abstract The Family Group Conference (FGC) is grounded in a rights‐based framework,
whereby children and their families have the right and responsibility to be primary decision …

Abstract The chapter provides:(1) an overview of family meetings, including the origins of
family meeting practice in child welfare;(2) a theoretical framework on how family meetings …