What is
Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)?
….Family
Group Decision Making is an alternative practice for
families to join with relatives, friends and the community
to develop a plan for ensuring that they are cared for and
protected from future harm in ways which fit their culture
and situation. Family Group Decision Making encourages
cross-systems collaboration with a focus on family strengths
to improve outcomes for children, families and the
community.
How FGDM
puts families in charge of keeping their children safe….
Family group
decision making (FGDM) offers a non-traditional approach to
keeping children safe and ensuring their overall well-being.
Families are engaged and empowered to take responsibility
for the care and protection of their children. FGDM
includes natural supports; aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters,
neighbors, pastors, teachers, coaches or close family
friends to come together and create their own unique plan to
address concerns of neglect/abuse, or crisis
and ultimately assure safety. FGDM is different because
families are given private time whereby only family/extended
family consider the information presented, deliberate, and
make decisions that are then presented back to the
professionals and other conference attendees for discussion
and approval.
Family Group Decision Making Core
Values
