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Family Preservation Services: A cautionary note

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Frank Ainsworth
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Abstract

The present interest in US style family preservation services is the focus of this article. The article sounds a cautionary note in relation to the development of these services in Australia. It does this by drawing attention to a recent influential evaluation of these services and to the differences between social work and child welfare practices in America and Australia.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , 1993 , pp. 10 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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