This text is theoretically based and research driven and encourages the reader to understand the reasons that a particular assessment and/or intervention strategy has been proeffective ... The text encourages discourse using case examples. The case examples could easily be transferred into classroom exercises. The case examples conjunction with the discussion questions makes the populations-at-risk "come alive" within the environment.-Back cover.

Revised edition of: Family treatment in social work practice / Curtis Janzen, Oliver Harris. 3rd ed. 1997.

Theoretical framework: Framework for evidence-based family treatment; Theoretical and treatment approaches to evidence-based family treatment; Beginning evidence-based treatment -- Evidence-based intervention strategies: Evidence-based treatment of families headed by a single parent; Evidence-based treatment of families with aging members; Evidence-based treatment of families with multiple problems, including income loss and poverty; Evidence-based treatment of persistent mental disorders; Treatment for families with chronically and terminally III members (using HIV/AIDS as an example); Child abuse and other family violence; Evidence-base treatment of substance abuse; Evidence treatment during separation and divorce; Evidence-based treatment reconstituted family.