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Follow on Google News | New Studies Focus on Mindfulness Therapies, Work-Life Balance, and Trauma Outcomes in WomenTopics in the 2011 spring issue of Families in Society include reconceptualizing theory and practice, clinical methods utilizing client strengths, women's outcomes with risk and trauma, and family functioning and interrelationships.
By: Alliance for Children and Families The new issue, published in print and on the companion website, Families in Society Online, features interdisciplinary content relevant to social service clinicians, behavioral therapists, CPS workers, and social work educators. For the complete table of contents, visit http://www.familiesinsociety.org/ Mindfulness- “Resilient Workplaces: An Initial Conceptualization” Research in "Sibling Incest: Adjustment in Adult Women Survivors" confirms that for at least a subset of survivors of sibling incest, there are serious and enduring adult consequences including distorted beliefs; mental health symptoms; lowered self-esteem; Additionally, articles in the Family Functioning and Interrelationships section include topics such as familial capital in Latino families, social support and caregiving burden, and end-of-life matters in estranged families. Founded in 1920, Families in Society is the oldest social work journal in the United States and continues to serve as an important source of expert, interdisciplinary information for professionals in social work and related fields such as psychology, nursing, and behavioral health. The journal’s articles are informative, instructive, reflective, and, periodically, controversial. Typically, they examine a broad range of human service activities, such as advocacy; family-life education; public policy; agency administration; Families in Society scholarship is routinely distributed via national and international partners to supplement research compilations on a variety of topics. Recent examples include the Administration on Aging and the Children’s Bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Health Administration in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Foster Family-Based Treatment Association, International Foster Care Organisation, Better Care Network (UNICEF/Child Protection Sect.), Integrated Policy & Legislation Team (Canadian Ministry of Children and Family Development) The Alliance for Children and Families, headquartered in Milwaukee, provides an in-house editorial and support staff which publishes the quarterly print journal and its companion website, Families in Society Online. The Alliance is the United States’ largest association of private, nonprofit human service agencies and organizations. Its mission is to build the capacity of its members to serve and advocate for children, families, and communities. Its members annually serve more than 3.4 million people with a wide array of programs and services. # # # Now in its 92nd year, Families in Society focuses on the art, science, and practice of social work and is one of the most respected professional journals in North America on social and human services. End
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