Text Size:

 

About The George Hull Centre

For your convenience, this web site is translated into several languages using automatic translation provided by Google. No machine translation system is perfect or intended to replace human translation. The official text is the English version of this website. All anomalies, ambiguities or differences due to the machine translation are non-binding and have no legal value If the translated version of this website poses problems of understanding, or if you have any questions about the validity and accuracy of the information provided, please refer to the English version which is the official version.

Additional Resources
____________________________________________________________________________

The following Family Group Decision Making Resources are available from Marilee Sherry, Brant CAS.
E-mail: Marilee.Sherry@casbrant.ca


Brochures
Family Group Decision Making Brochure
Family Group Decision Making: A Guide for Children and Young People

Booklets
Caregiver's Handbook
What is a homestudy?
Family Group Decision Making & Mediation Guide
Interface between FGDM and Wraparound

Consents
General Consent to Participate in Family Group Decision Making
Consent to Disclose Information to Family Group Decision Making
Confidentiality Agreement for Family Group Decision Making

Child Preparation
Family Group Decision Making Child Preparation Brochure
"I want to say something" Child Statement Template

Community Service Provider Preparation
Summary for Service Providers
Service Provider Report Format & Sample Letters
Guidelines for Lawyers: Family Group Decision Making

Foster Parent Preparation
Foster Parent Tips for FGDM
Foster Parents & FGDM

Child Welfare Service Provider Preparation
Family Group Decision Making: Worker/Manager Handbook
Children's Aid Society of Brant FGDM Policy and Procedures
CAS Worker Report for FGDM template

Best Practices Manual
Family Group Decision Making Best Practices Manual: Brant County, Ontario, Canada

Administrative Documents
Family Group Decision Making Coordinator Job Description
Service Agreement for Child Care Aides
Family Group Decision Making FGDM Planning Question and Bottom Lines Template
Family Group Decision Making Summary of CAS Information Template
Family Group Decision Making Invitation Template
Family Group Decision Making Invitation Letter Template
Family Group Decision Making Plan Template
Family Group Decision Making Plan Letter Template
Evaluation/Feedback Form for Family Group Decision Making

______________________________________________________________________________________


The following resources are available from Julie Boivin, Sudbury-Manitoulin CAS.
E-mail: Julie.Boivin@casdsm.on.ca


Checklists

Coordinator Self Assessment Form for Preparation
American Humane Association 3 pages

Coordinator Self Assessment Form on Facilitating the FGC
American Humane Association 2 pages

The Secrets to Facilitation by Michael Wilkinson - Facilitator’s Checklist for Managing Dysfunction and Recommended Responses to Dysfunctions distributed at a workshop on Managing Emotions when Coordinating/Facilitating FGC’s at a 2006 conference in San Antonio,Texas

Articles

National Centre on Family Group Decision Making American Humane Association. (January 3, 2000) Key Decision Matrix for the Implementation of Family Group Decision Making. 13 pages

Honorable Todd A. Hoover, The Critical Role of Leadership in Implementing Family Group Decision Making in the American Humane Association FGDM Issue in Brief (2005). 2 pages

Lisa Merkel-Holguin, Paul Nixon, Gale Burford Learning with Families: A Synopsis of FGDM Research and Evaluation In Child Welfare, in the Journal of Protecting Children Volume 18 Numbers 1&2. 11 pages