ABSTRACT
Social Work Practice with Families: Engagement, Assessment, and Planning begins with a history of social work practice with families, grounded within a systems framework. Theoretical perspectives, including narrative and solution-focused, are discussed within the context of the engagement, assessment, and planning phases of interventions with families, with emphasis on empowerment. Students encounter a broad range of family constellations as they read about contemporary family social work. Practice behaviors and skills are presented for achieving engagement and assessment with families and documentation strategies are included. This newest version of Chapter 6 offers more examples relating to the engagement, assessment, and planning with families. To “Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth” is the Grand Challenge for Social Work that is the focus in this chapter.
