TY - BOOK AU - Ragg,D.Mark TI - Building family practice skills: methods, strategies, and tools SN - 0534556868 PY - 2006/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Thomson Brooks/Cole KW - Families KW - Pscyhological aspects KW - Family counseling KW - Family social work N1 - 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 ER -