The Family Preservation Project was a 2-year specialization in intensive family preservation services at the University of Washington School of Social Work in the early 1990s, sponsored jointly with the Institute for Family Development (neè Behavioral Sciences Institute), the parent agency of Homebuilders™ and funded by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.
Jim Whittaker, Emeritus Professor at University of Washington, School of Social Work explained the challenge: “could we bring the heart of Homebuilders™ into a social work curriculum here at the University of Washington School of Social Work and enhance our professional preparation of students and graduates in doing that, and would there be some ideas worth sharing with a broader audience of social work nationally?”
The Project:
- Developed and implemented a model graduate curriculum for specialization in intensive family preservation.
- Prepared a cadre of students for leadership positions in family preservation services.
- Designed a graduate-level family preservation curriculum in practice, policy, research areas.
- Facilitated research on key practice and administrative issues in the family preservation field.
In 1991 the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University published Intensive Family Preservation Services: Resource Book, compiled and edited by Linda Jewell Morgan and Peg Marckworth.
With the permission of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University the handbook is reprinted on the Resources page of our website: Click here to view the handbook »
posted by Peg Marckworth