What is meant by family support?
Family support is an approach used to provide services to children and families by recognizing families are best served when all aspects of child and family development are considered. Using a strengths-based strategy, family support addresses family problems by building on families’ strengths, skills, interests and abilities while promoting cooperative partnerships between parents and providers of services. Service needs are determined by taking into consideration the situation of the entire family, not simply an individual family member.
