Family Group Decision Making

Publications

The National Center on Family Group Decision Making publishes a variety of resources each year to enhance the literature available on family involvement processes. Some of these resources include research and evaluation reports and dedicated volumes of American Humane’s quarterly journal, Protecting Children. Visit American Humane’s store to view available publications and order yours today!

Videos

Joanne’s Family: A Pakeha Care and Protection Story

This video presents the dramatized story of a young girl who is sexually abused by her stepfather, and how this care and protection case is resolved at the family group conference.

Eddie’s Aiga: A Samoan Youth Justice Story

This is the dramatization of Eddie, who was caught breaking and entering, vandalizing and committing burglary at his school.

Penny’s Family: A Pakeha Youth Justice Story

This dramatized story portrays a young girl who has been caught shoplifting several times and how this youth justice case is resolved at a family group conference. .

Richard’s Aiga: A Samoan Care and Protection Story

From school reports, it appears that Richard has suffered bruises and cuts as a result of punishment from his father.

Mihi’s Whanau: A Maori Care and Protection Story

This video dramatizes the story of a young mother whose children have been placed in the care of her sister due to alcohol issues and neglect, and how a family group conference is convened to resolve this care and protection case.

Stephen’s Whanau: A Maori Youth Justice Story

This is an extension from the dramatized story presented in Putting Right the Wrong: Victims Rights in the Family Group Conference Process, of Stephen, a young man who broke into an older couple’s car and stole their camera.

Putting Right the Wrong: Victims Rights in the Family Group Conference Process

This video presents two dramatized stories from the point of view of victims who participate in family group conferences.

Widening the Circle: The Family Group Decision Making Experience

Originally produced in Canada, Widening the Circle describes intervention by the extended family and various professionals to break the pattern of family abuse.

Permanency Toolkit: Family Group Decision Making

The first in The Pathways to Permanency series from Courter Films, this video demonstrates the FGDM process in detail.

Additional videos that we recommend:

Pathways to Permanence: Introduction to Mediation, Family Group Conferencing, & Concurrent Planning

This 30-minute video resource provides a quick, easy to follow, and accurate overview for those interested in these three emerging strategies.

Saputjinik: Healing Each Other

Saputjinik is a video account of an Inuit family's attempt to end the cycle of domestic abuse and child maltreatment.