Building family practice skills : methods, strategies, and tools / D. Mark Ragg.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-495) and index.

Thinking family : theories and frameworks -- Four parenting functions -- Cultural influences on family functions -- Exploration and data collection with families -- Structuring the family exploration -- Moving from assessment to treatment -- Preliminary engagement with family members -- Interactive engagement with family members -- Positioning families for change -- Direct change strategies for influencing family action systems -- Direct change strategies for influencing family processing systems -- Influencing family members through indirect strategies of change -- Challenges and promise -- Multiagency work -- Support-focused intervention.