Direct Family Values

Three (3) values that direct family-centered services. Application, implication, and characteristics of each value. “Values are important to the practice of human services because they are the criteria by which helpers and clients make choices” (Woodside and McClam, 2011, p. 164). One of the values that direct family-centered services is that family plays a vital role in children growth. In Nelson & Landsman Alternative models of family preservation: Family-based services in context (as cited by Ronnau, 2001), Nelson & Landsman (1992) presented that that the healthiest option for children is to remain with their relatives. I had a great childhood. If I could not be with my birth parents, I would have preferred to taken care of by my extended family. At last resort, should be a stranger. Recently, I contacted one of my cousins in New Jersey. We had not connected for years; however, from our …show more content…
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