Session 6

Topic: Collaborative Outreach Family Therapy

Processes and learning methods:

Threaded Discussion of Life in the Family: A Newcomer’s Guide to Parenting Issues in Canada
The Case of Restorative Justice. Listen to NPR Audio at http://www.justicetalking.org/ShowPage.aspx?ShowID=415
What is restorative justice? Watch video streams at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9060858501100748189&q=%22restorative+justice%22 and http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7788543819683169910&q=%22restorative+justice%22

Required Readings:

Venables, M. (2000). Restoration versus alienation : family group conferencing from the perspectives of victims. Doctoral Dissertation: Griffith University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. (Download at: http://www.aic.gov.au/rjustice/venables/) Chapters 1-3
Zehr, H. (2002). Little Book of Restorative Justice. Good Books

Recommended Readings:

Boyd-Franklyn, N. & Hafer Bry B. (1999). Reaching out in family therapy: home-based, school, and community interventions. New York, NY: Guilford Press. 9-10.
Moore, D., & McDonald, J. (2000). Guiding principles of the conferencing process. In G. Burford & J. Hudson (Eds.), Family group conferencing: New directions in community-centered child & family practice (pp. 49-57). New York.
Pranis, K. (2000). Conferencing and the community. In G. Burford & J. Hudson (Eds.), Family group conferencing: New directions in community-centered child & family practice (pp. 40-48). New York.
Ross, R. (2000). Searching for the roots of conferencing. In G. Burford & J. Hudson (Eds.), Family group conferencing: New directions in community-centered child & family practice (pp. 5-14). New York.

Assignment(s) due:

Team 2: Family Intervention

Citation: cchewadmin. (2008, August 01). Session 6. Retrieved November 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/counseling-and-school-psychology/collaborative-consultation-and-larger-systems/schedule-1/session-6.