Rosemary Lambie

The third edition emphasizes at-risk children and those with special needs, and it includes a new chapter on violence and bullying in schools and communities. Every chapter has been extensively updated to reflect current literature and thinking. The content provides a wider systemic view of how professionals and family members can better serve children who are at risk for failure in school or in life.

This book explains major concepts and research findings on the family life cycle, family interactions, and other environmental factors that may affect children. It examines special populations, including families of divorce and remarriage as well as abusive or addictive families, and it provides specific strategies for working with these special children and their families. The applications section includes strategies, concrete exercises, and interventions.

Special Features

• Case Examples throughout the text
• Suggests interventions within the school system
• Discusses a wide range of families with special attention to diversity
• Develops pragmatic approach to understanding application of family systems concepts
• New chapter on bullying and violence in schools

Contents

Part 1: Description of Family Systems
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Family and Family Systems
Chapter 2: Family Life Cycle
Chapter 3: Family Interaction Patterns
Chapter 4: Historical Factors in Family Systems

Part 2: At-Risk Children, Resilient Children, and Children With Special Needs
Chapter 5: Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors in Families
Chapter 6: Families and Adoption
Chapter 7: At-Risk Children From Nontraditional Families
Chapter 8: At-Risk Children From Challenged Families
Chapter 9: Bullying and Violence in Schools and Communities
Chapter 10: Community Factors in Resilience

Part 3: Application of Family Systems
Chapter 11: Team Functioning and Family Involvement
Chapter 12: Family Conferences and Teacher–Student Support Teams
Chapter 13: Family-Focused Interventions and Individualized Education Programs
Chapter 14: Classroom and Group Extension of Family Systems Concepts
Chapter 15: Strengthening the Possibilities for a Systems Paradigm

Appendix: Conceptual Frameworks of Family Systems Models

578 pages
Paperback
ISBN 978-0-89108-326-9
$88.00