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The Journal of Family Strengths (JFS), formerly Family Preservation Journal, is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal produced by the CHILDREN AT RISK Institute in partnership with the Center for Family Strengths at the University of Houston-Downtown and the Texas Medical Center Library. JFS is devoted to presenting theoretical, policy, practice, and evaluation articles on the strengths perspective in family-centered practice to improve services that promote and sustain family systems.
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Current Issue: Volume 11, Issue 1 (2011)
Implications
New Name, New Format, New Publisher, Same Principles and Values
Alvin Sallee, Angelo P. Giardino, and Robert D. Sanborn
Strengthening and Preserving Family is Essential to America's Future
William B. Flores
Issue Editor's Point of View
Is Our Business Family-Centered?
David Berns
Articles
That Wall is Around My Heart: Family Centered Practice
Roger Friedman
Resilient Families Help Make Resilient Children
James P. Coyle
An Examination of the Contextual Environment of Families with Sexually Abused Adolescents
Javonda D. Williams and Debra Nelson-Gardell
Strengthening Families: Parents' Voices on Discipline and Child Rearing
Elizabeth M. Breshears
Family Stability and Childhood Behavioral Outcomes: A Critical Review of the Literature
Stephen Baldridge
Grandparents in Kinship Care: Help or Hindrance to Family Preservation
Patricia A. Wilkerson and Gloria J. Davis
Connecting the Dots: Families and Children with Special Needs in a Rural Community
Saundra Starks, Dana J. Sullivan, and Vella Mae Travis
The Impact of Family Stressors on the Social Development of Adolescents Admitted to a Residential Treatment Facility
Cynthia Harr, Tancy Horn-Johnson, Nathaniel Williams, and Lacey DeJager
Low-Income Fathers’ Barriers to Participation in Family and Parenting Programs
Shawna J. Lee, Anna Yelick, Kimberly Brisebois, and Kelvin L. Banks
Practitioners' Views of Family Strengths: A Delphi Study
Kathleen Romero, Jessica Crowder, and Kenneth Wedel
Partnering with Parents: Promising Approaches to Improve Reunification Outcomes for Children in Foster Care
J D. Berrick, Edward Cohen, and Elizabeth Anthony
Child Welfare Waivers: The Stakes for Families
Richard Wexler
Invited Commentary
Considering the Consequences of Child Welfare Service Decisions
Vincent J. Geremia
Commentary on "An Examination of the Contextual Environment of Families with Sexually Abused Adolescents"
Monit Cheung and Jacquelynn Duron
Commentary on "Strengthening Families: Parents' Voices on Discipline and Child Rearing"
Matthew Sanders
How Family Stability Affects Children
Marni E. Axelrad
Commentary on "Grandparents in Kinship Care: Help or Hindrance to Family Preservation"
Lori Lewis-Conerly
Commentary on “Connecting the Dots: Families and Children with Special Needs in a Rural Community”
Carl Tapia
Commentary on "The Impact of Family Stressors on the Social Development of Adolescents in Residential Facilities"
David Derezotes
Commentary on "A Needs Assessment Examining Low-Income Fathers’ Barriers to Participation in Parenting Programs"
Jean Ann Summers
Commentary on "Partnering with Parents: Promising Approaches to Improve Reunification Outcomes for Children in Foster Care"
Jacquelyn McCroskey