Resources on Family Centered Services
Here are a number of general resources on family centered services that we have authored or found very useful.
 
Collaborative Helping:  A Practice Framework for Family-Centered Services PowerPoint

12th Definition of Family-Driven Care - The National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

Berg, I.K. (1994). Family Based Services: A Solution-Focused Approach.  New York:  W.W. Norton.  

Buckley, E. & Decter, P. (2006).  From isolation to community: Collaborating with families in times of crisis.   The International Journal of Narrative and Community Work.  3-6.

Durrant,  M.  (1993).    Residential Treatment:  A Cooperative, Competency-Based Approach to Therapy and Program Design.    New York:  Norton.  

Madsen, W.C. (1999).  Inviting new stories:  Narrative ideas in family-centered services.  Journal of Systemic Therapies,  18 (3),  1-22.

Madsen, W.C. (2007).  Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families (2nd Edition).  New York:  Guilford.

Madsen, W.C. (2009).  Collaborative helping: A practice framework for family-centered services.  Family Process,  48  103-116.  

Madsen, W.C. - Collaborative Helping Workshop Handout 

Walnum, E. (2007).  Sharing stories: The work of an experience consultant.  The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work,  2,  3-9.

Resources on Wraparound and Systems of Care
Here are some resources on wraparound and systems of care that provide a basic overview as well as some creative extensions of the approaches.

Bruns, E.J. & Walker, J.S. (Eds) (2008).  A Resource Guide to Wraparound.  Portland, OR:  National Wraparound Initiative, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University. 

Pires, S. (2002).  Building Systems of Care: A Primer. 

Swartz, R. (2004).  Narrative work in public social services through wraparound planning.  Journal of Systemic Therapies,  23 (2),  51-67. 

Please see our “links to other resources" section for other resources on wraparound and systems of care.

Resources on Collaborative Child Welfare Practice
Here are some resources on collaborative child welfare practice and the Signs of Safety approach to child protective services that we have authored or found very useful.

Berg, I.K. & Kelly, S. (2000).  Building Solutions in Child Protective Services.  New York:  Norton  

Decter, P. - A Handout on Safety and Danger

Madsen, W.C. & Decter, P. - Collaborative Child Welfare Practice Workshop Handout

Munro, E. (2004).  The impact of audit on social work practice.  British Journal of Social Work.  34,  1075-1095.  

Parton, N. (2007).  Constructive social work in an age of uncertainty.  In S. Witkin & D. Saleebey (Eds),  Social Work Dialogues: Transforming the Canon in Inquiry, Practice, and Education.  CSWE Press.  

Sheinberg, M. & Fraenkel, P. (2001).  The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment.  New York:  Guilford.

Turnell, A. & Edwards, S. (1999).  Signs of Safety: A Solution and Safety Oriented Approach to Child Protection Casework.  New York:  Norton.

Turnell, A. & Essex, S. (2006).  Working with ‘Denied’ Child Abuse: The Resolutions Approach.  New York:  Open University Press.

Resources on Institutional Supports for Family-Centered Services
Here are some resources on developing institutional supports for family centered services that we have authored or found very useful.

Glisson, C. & Hemmelgarn, A.L. (1998).  The effects of organizational climate and interorganizational coordination on the quality and outcomes of children’s service systems.  Child Abuse & Neglect.  22 (5),  401-421.  

Glisson, C. et. al. (2008).  Therapist turnover and new program sustainability in mental health clinics as a function of organizational cultures, climate and service structure.  Administration Policy and Mental Health,  35,  124-135.  

Madsen, W.C. (2007).  Chapter 10:  Sustaining collaborative practice in the real world. Collaborative Therapy with Multi-Stressed Families  New York: Guilford Press.   

Madsen, W.C. (2007).  Working within traditional structures to support a collaborative clinical practice.  The International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work,  51-62.  

Walker, J.S., Koroloff, N. & Schutte, K. (2003). Implementing high-quality collaborative Individualized Service/Support Planning: Necessary conditions. Portland, OR: Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Portland State University.Beach Center Family-Professional Partnership Survey

Resources on Family-Driven Outcome Measures
Here are four useful examples of family-driven outcome measures that can utilize family input to assess whether or not we are “walking the talk” of our core values and principles.

Beach Center Family Professional Partnership Survey

Cultural Competency Scale

Wraparound Fidelity Index

Duncan, B.L., Miller, S.D., & Sparks, J.A. (2004).  The Heroic Client: A Revolutionary Way to Improve Effectiveness Through Client-Directed, Outcome-Informed Therapy.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.Outcome Rating Scale and Session Rating Scale – Duncan, Miller and Sparks