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The Family Casebook

Notes from a social service desk: counseling, crisis work and the programs that hold families together

Parenting and family education

Parent education, family life education, workshops and the practical guidance families ask for first.

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A printed weekly events sheet taped to a community desk counter, a highlighter resting on it, morning light from a window falling across the columns of dates and prices.

PE-001Parenting and family education

A Calendar as a Referral Tool

Why a local arts calendar works better than a programme list at a family service desk, and what a desk should never publish.

A long wooden table in a community room under warm afternoon window light, with a photocopied street map in a plastic sleeve, a magnifying glass, and three chairs pulled close together.

PE-002Parenting and family education

A Reading Hour Borrowed from a Map Collection

What a map and atlas collection teaches a family agency about running a weekly literacy hour that families actually return to, and what never to promise.