Family-Centered Helpgiving
The goal of the Family-Centered Helpgiving Practices Laboratory is to identify and isolate the characteristics of family-centered helpgiving practices that are directly and indirectly associated with positive consequences in child, parent and family functioning. Family-centered helpgiving places families in central and pivotal roles in decisions about desired benefits, and the active involvement of families in procuring supports and resources that contribute to different benefits and consequences. Research-to-date has isolated two key components of family-centered helpgiving (relational practices and participatory practices); the degree to which early childhood, family support and other human service/health care program practitioners use family-centered helpgiving (adherence); factors associated with variation in the use of family-centered helpgiving; and the influences and consequences of family-centered helpgiving on child, parent, and family functioning. Selected references to publications on family-centered helpgiving are included in our CASEmakers (Volume 1, Number 6) publications.
Learn more about the Family-Centered Helpgiving Practices Laboratory studies and initiatives by clicking on any of the following titles:
- Practitioner Adoption and Adherence to Family Support Principles
- Factors Associated with Practitioner Use of Capacity Building Helpgiving Practices
- Influences of Family-Centered Helpgiving Practices on Child, Parent and Family Functioning
- Family Resource Centers Evaluation Study
- Early Childhood Intervention Program Evaluation Study
- Practice-Based Research Syntheses of Family-Centered Helpgiving
