Contributors; General Introduction: Family Group Conference Programming; Introduction: Origins and Philosophical Framework; 1: Searching for the Roots of Conferencing; 2: Family Group Conferencing Cultural Origins, Sharing, and Appropriation-A Maori Reflection; 3: Democracy, Community, and Problem Solving; 4: Conferencing and the Community; 5: Guiding Principles of the Conferencing Process; Introduction: Practice Frameworks; 6: Family Group Conferences as “Good” Child Welfare Practice; 7: Family Group Conferencing as Person-Environment Practice; 8: Restorative Practices with High-Risk Youth; 9: Family Group Conference Connections Shared Problems and Solutions; 10: Bringing the Community Back in Patch and Family Group Decision-Making; 11: Establishing Shared Responsibility for Child Welfare through Peacemaking Circles; 12: Social Network Theory, Research, and Practice Implications for Family Group Conferencing; 13: The Wraparound Process with Children and Families; 14: “Just Therapy” with Families and Communities; 15: Making Action Plans in Vermont; 16: Family Group Decision-Making and Family Violence; Introduction: Comparative Practices; 17: Conferencing in New Zealand Child Protection; 18: Family Group Conferences in Sweden; 19: Conferencing in England and Wales; 20: The Evolution of Conferencing within Child Welfare in Northern Ireland; 21: Diversions and Departures in the Implementation of Family Group _Conferencing in the United States; 22: Family Group Conferences in Four Australian States; 23: Implementing and Evaluating Family Group Conferences The New South Wales Experience; 24: Initiating Conferencing Community Practice Issues; 25: Family Decision Process Healing the Fractured Relationship; 26: Family Group Decision-Making in Oregon; Introduction: Evaluating Family Group Conferences; 27: Restorative Conferencing and Theory-Based Evaluation; 28: Data Collection in a Family Group _Conference Evaluation Project; 29: Families as Resources The Washington State Family Group Conference Project 1; 30: Evaluating and Implementing Family Group Conferences The Family and Community Compact in Kent County, Michigan