Widening the Circle: The Practice and Evaluation of Family Group Conferencing with Children, Youths, and Their Families

Family group conferencing (FCG) is an increasingly popular intervention with social workers worldwide that emphasizes the strengths and potentialities of families, community organizations and public agencies in resolving issues that confront family members. Widening the Circle examines and analyzes FGC principles and how they promote the three pathways to protecting children, youths, and their families-family leadership, cultural safety, and community partnerships. Based on the authors' ext...