A strengths approach to child and family well being: a South Australian case study
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2012
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Hudson, C.M.
Goel, K.
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Source details - Title: Papers in strengths based practice, 2012, pp.297-309
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Child we1l-being is promoted by family well-being and rhe care children receive in rhe vital early years of life will influence their development. Families can experience disadvantage in many forms and families in regional areas are particularly vulnerable to disadvantage due to poor socioeconomic conditions, lack of services or problems accessing services. A1l of these risk facrors have rhe potencial to negatively impact child well-being in those families. In regional South Australia the Parenting Support Program, through an individually tailored, strengths based approach to service provision, provides a service to families which aim to help them to overcome these challenges. The program improves confidence in parenting skills, increases family resilience and well-being, links families with services and integrates them into the community. Feedback from parents is that they feel a greater sense of satisfaction in their parenting, a positive difference in the relationship with their child, a reduction in child behaviour problems and an increased confidence in the future. Participants leave the program with practical strategies for dealing with parenting problems, are utilising other services in the community ro support the family and have extended their social networks to include other parents who have participated in the program.
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Copyright 2012 Convener, Papers in Strengths Based Practice