title: Narrative Approaches to Organizational Development: A Case Study of Implementation of Collaborative Helping.
abstract: Across North America, community agencies and state/provincial jurisdictions are embracing family-centered approaches to service delivery that are grounded in strength-based, culturally responsive, accountable partnerships with families. This article details a collaborative consultation process to initiate and sustain organizational change toward this effort. It draws on innovative ideas from narrative theory, organizational development, and implementation science to highlight a three component approach. This approach includes the use of appreciative inquiry focus groups to elicit existing best practices, the provision of clinical training, and ongoing coaching with practice leaders to build on those better moments and develop concrete practice frameworks, and leadership coaching and organizational consultation to develop organizational structures that institutionalize family-centered practice. While the article uses a principle-based practice framework, Collaborative Helping, to illustrate this process, the approach is applicable with a variety of clinical frameworks grounded in family-centered values and principles.
authors.affiliation: Director, Family-Centered Services Project, Watertown, MA.
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods; D017144:Focus Groups; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D000071252:Mentoring / Q000379:methods*; D062525:Narrative Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009656:North America; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012945:Social Values; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: Collaborative Helping; Family-Centered Practice; Narrative Theory and Practice; Organizational Development; ayuda colaborativa; desarrollo organizativo; práctica centrada en la familia; teoría y práctica narrativa; 叙事理论和实践; 合作帮助; 家庭为中心实践; 组织发展