TY - CHAP TI - Initiating conferencing: Community practice issues AU - Pennell, J. AU - Weil, M. T2 - Family group conferences: New directions in community-centered child and family practice A2 - G. Burford, A2 - Hudson, J. AB - This chapter describes the process of initiating family group conferences (FGC) in North Carolina and considers the difficulties in main-streaming FGC. It proposes a partnership approach for respecting the integrity of FGC philosophy and practice and focuses on how the concept of concern can offer a simplifying starting point for alternative approaches to child welfare reform. The family-centered, partnership-building framework of FGC offers one means of making the service system more responsive to family and community concerns. Community development has historically emphasized the participation of citizens in identifying issues and their engagement in mutual processes of community problem solving. These basic community practice tenets build on a shared vision and commitment to action. With the plan in place, the family group and involved community organizations work with the authorities to protect and assist family members. If the plan becomes unfeasible or unhelpful or the family's situation changes dramatically, an FGC can be reconvened. CN - HV697 .F3635 2000 PY - 2000/// DO - 10.4324/9780203792186-29 SP - 253-261 PB - Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter ER - TY - CHAP TI - Family group decision-making and family violence AU - Pennell, J. AU - Burford, G. T2 - Family group conferences: New directions in community-centered child and family practice A2 - G. Burford, A2 - Hudson, J. CN - HV697 .F3635 2000 PY - 2000/// SP - 171-192 PB - Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter ER - TY - CONF TI - Partnership-building evaluation in Newfoundland/Labrador and North Carolina AU - Pennell, J. AU - Burford, G. AU - MacGowan, M. AU - Waites, C. AU - Weil, M. C2 - 2000/// C3 - 1999 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable and International Conference on Evaluating Family Group Decision Making: Summary of the Proceedings CN - HV697 .F36 1999 DA - 2000/// SP - 129-132 PB - Englewood, CO: American Humane Association, Children's Division ER - TY - CONF TI - Family group conferencing: Building partnerships with African American, Latino/Hispa?os, and Native American families and communities AU - Waites, C. AU - Macgowan, M. J. AU - Pennell, J. AU - Weil, M. AU - Carlton-LaNey, I. C2 - 2000/// C3 - 1999 Family Group Decision Making National Roundtable and International Evaluation Conference: Summary proceedings, Seattle, WA, May 12, 13 & 14, 1999 CN - HV697 .F36 1999 DA - 2000/// SP - 49-54 PB - Englewood, CO: American Humane Association, Children's Division ER - TY - JOUR TI - Family group decision making: Protecting children and women AU - Pennell, J. AU - Burford, G. T2 - Child Welfare (New York, N.Y.) DA - 2000/// PY - 2000/// VL - 79 IS - 2 SP - 131-158 ER -