The report concludes with a review of the results of recent evaluations of a range of intervention programmes aimed at changing families’ modes of functioning. This work converges on several key themes. First, early intervention is key to obtaining positive results. Secondly, different programmes are needed for different types of family environments and programmes must be sensitive to families’ cultural beliefs and values. Thirdly, it is important not only to build the factors that protect families, but also to reduce the ecological risks that threaten family functioning. Taken together, the available research suggests that it may be possible to boost the resilience of families, but that much still remains to be learned about how best to do this.
86 s., utgitt av Ministry of Social Development (MSD) i 2003.