Planning and Conducting Family Cluster: Education for Family Wellness

This volume describes a form of mutual support and education for a group of family units who meet once a week for at least eight weeks in order to develop insights about their family relationships and about their potential growth as a family. The book is designed as a practical guide for training leaders to plan and conduct Family Cluster. The first part provides an overview of the method and discusses the family as a system, the characteristics of a strong family and research on the results of Family Cluster. The second part gives detailed information about each step in planning and conducting a Family Cluster. In addition to many examples and vignettes, Vance provides songs, games and activities that may be integrated into sessions as teaching tools. The Family Strengths Inventory developed by the author and her colleagues is also included.