Understanding Family Support Format:Trade Paperback - Extract from the Foreword

- Extract from the Foreword by Ann Phoenix

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Understanding Family Support Format:Trade Paperback - Extract from the ForewordUnderstanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families. Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy and practice. The authors argue that this weakens family support as an overarching child welfare paradigm. They present a unifying definition of family support