TY - BOOK TI - Family group conferencing: Evaluation guidelines (1st ed.) AU - Harper, C. AU - Pennell, J. AU - Weil, M. DA - 2001/// PY - 2001/// PB - Denver, CO: American Humane Association ER - TY - JOUR TI - Family group conferencing and welfare reform: A partnership strategy for safety and economic sufficiency AU - Turner, T. AU - Watts, B. AU - Messinger, L. AU - Lillie, M. AU - Hardison, J. AU - Pennell, J. T2 - Protecting Children DA - 2001/// PY - 2001/// VL - 10 IS - 3 SP - 52-61 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Building social responsibility through family group conferencing AU - Macgowan, M. J. AU - Pennell, J. T2 - Social Work With Groups (Haworth Press) AB - ABSTRACT Family Group Conferencing (FGC) is a method of bringing together a family group with service providers to come up with a plan to resolve problems in individual and social functioning. This paper describes FGC from a group development perspective involving planning and convening the single-session meeting. The FGC moves along with the help of a group worker called a coordinator, but its success is based on people-citizens-banding together. The core of the convening stage is when families are left alone, equipped with resources at their disposal, to determine a plan for change. This paper describes FGC, its group work elements, and illustrates how the model helps to build partnerships and social responsibility. DA - 2001/// PY - 2001/// DO - 10.1300/j009v24n03_06 VL - 24 IS - 3/4 SP - 67-87 ER -