title: Development and dissemination of collaborative family-oriented services: the case of community/day residential care in Israel.
abstract: The initiation, development, and dissemination of family-oriented programs are a unifying thread that highlights family therapy's contribution to the fields of mental/physical health and social services. These demanding tasks require an ecosystemic vision, a supportive larger context, and a range of skills. This article delineates the evolution of community and day residential care in Israel by examining processes at different ecological levels: the formulation and implementation of national social policy, the follow-up of two family-oriented facilities, one of which thrived while the other eventually closed, and the residential care provided to 1 family with 3 children. The analysis of this multilevel data highlights 4 facilitating/obstructing factors that have had major impact on family-oriented programs: support by both national and local sociopolitical-professional administration, program's management autonomy, staff training, support and development, and effective facility leadership that establishes and nurtures family-oriented organizational structure and culture.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Child & Educational Psychology Program, School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Yoel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Elizur
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D013315:Stress, Psychological