Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
Widening the circle ; Before the conference : promoting family leadership ; At the conference : advancing cultural safety / Joan Pennell -- After the conference : maintaining community partnerships / Gary R. Anderson -- Collaborative planning and ongoing training / Joan Pennell -- Family group conferencing and supportive legislation and policy / Gary R. Anderson -- Checkikng for model fidelity / Joan Pennell -- Identifying short-term and long-term FGC outcomes / Gary R. Anderson and Peg Whalen -- Calculating the costs and benefits of family group conferencing / Andy Rowe -- Safety for mothers and their children / Joan Pennell -- Analyzing family involvement approaches / Lisa Merkel-Holguin and Leslie Wilmot -- Family group conferences in the youth justice and the child welfare systems / Gale Burford -- Family group conferencing and child welfare : contributions and challenges / Gary R. Anderson