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Houston, Stan; Dolan, Pat – Children & Society, 2008
The role of social support in child welfare policy and practice continues to engender widespread debate. Yet the moral and philosophical underpinnings of this topical area have received less attention in the literature. This is of concern, not least because academic debates on the "politics of identity" have a significant contribution to make to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Social Support Groups, Critical Theory, Family Programs
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Dolan, Pat; Canavan, John; Brady, Bernadine – Child Care in Practice, 2006
In order to effectively meet the needs of families, this paper argues that there is a need for people working in the arena of family support to incorporate theory and research into their practice and to engage in a process of reflective practice. An inter-disciplinary cyclical model of training for experienced family support practitioners is…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Reflective Teaching, Theory Practice Relationship, Reflection