调整与评估部落社区中家庭群体决策

1、调整与评估部落社区中家庭群体决策美国家庭和青年事务局推广以证据为基础的使用方 法，如fgdm。通常情况下，实践fgdm的时候需要进行调整, 以适应文化背景。本文介绍了两个原住民社区和他们使用 fgdm的情况。尽管该项目面临很多挑战，例如原住民不太愿 意使用fgdmo但作者写道，fgdm可以适用于每个社区。只 要我们承认历史因素影响州和原住民部落的关系，社区工作 的员工就会更容易接受fgdm。family group decision making (fgdm) with lakota families in two tribal communities : tools to facilitat

2、e fgdm implementation and evaluation” child welfare, vol. 91, no. 3 (2012)what it， s about: together， sicangu child and family services on the rosebud reservation, lakota oyate wakanye ja owicakiyapi on the pine ridge reservation , casey family programs , and the university of minnesota duluth adapt

3、ed the evidence-based family group decision making model for use in native american communities. fgdm is centered on a half-day group-dec i s i on-mak i ng meeting that engages families, as we11 as other important people in a young person" s life, in a youth，s treatment plan. this article outli

4、nes the challenges and successes the partners encountered, particularly issues unique to native communities, such as intergenerational grief and trauma and concerns stemming from past misuse of data gathered from native american communitieswhy read it： the family and youth services bureau promotes t

5、he use of evidence-based practices such as fgdm. oftentimes, practices need to be adapted to fit the cultural context in which they are being used. this article describes that process in two native communities.biggest takeaways for family and youth workers： at the two organizations that took part in

6、 this study, some staff resisted change and did not buy in to the use of fgdm, preferring other models they were already using. their resistance may have reflected a tendency to underestimate families' ability to make decisions on their own, without the input of social service professionals, the

7、 authors write. some staff were also confused because some fgdm referrals are voluntary while others are courtmandated.staff thought mandated sessions clashed with the idea of fgdm as a voluntary forum.despite the challenges the project faced, the authors write that fgdm can be adapted by each commu

8、nity to meet its needs they say that their acknowledging the historical factors that influence state and tribal relations made staff more likely to accept fgdm. the authors conclude by noting that many tribal stakeholders believe fgdm and other forms of family engagement will lead to fewer child placements in out-of-home care with proper implementation, the authors say, decisions about the future of a child， s life can be made more efficiently and equitably.(all articles in this forum column are contributed by national clea