TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part 1: Theory Base and Contextual Issues: Metatheories for Working with Families at Four Levels of Need. 1 Levels of Family Need. 2 An Ecological Systems-Social Constructionism Approach to Family Practice. 3 Contexts of Helping: Commonalities and Diversities. 4 Ethical Issues and Spiritual Dimensions. Part 2: First Level of Family Need: Basic Survival Issues. 5 Interventions to Meet Basic Needs in High-Risk Families with Children. 6 A Family Case Management Approach for Level 1 Needs. Part 3: Second Level of Family Need: Structure, Limits, and Safety Issues. 7 Structural Family Interventions. 8 Social Learning Family Interventions. Part 4: Third Level of Family Need: Problem-Focused Issues. 9 Solution-Focused Family Interventions. 10 Family Systems Interventions. Part 5 Fourth Level of Family Need: Family and Personal Growth Issues. 11 Narrative Family Interventions. 12 Object Relations Family Interventions. Part 6: The Family in the Community: Ecosystem Implications. 13 The Family in the Community.