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Meaningful Family Engagement:
Nuts and Bolts
Together We Can8th Annual Conference
Lafayette HiltonLafayette, LA
October 6, 2010
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Presenters
Nicole Bossard, NRCPFC Consultant
Sherry Tomlinson, NRCPFC Consultant
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Overview of Today’s Workshop
Welcome and introductions Learning objectives – Intended take-a-ways
from the workshop Meaningful family engagement – key
elements Family engagement self assessment Foundation for partnership: Understanding
grief, loss, and healing
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Learning Objectives for Today’s Workshop
Foundational principles for meaningful family engagement
Building blocks for meaningfully engaging families
Emerging family engagement strategies Action steps to further meaningful family
engagement in your home community
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Ground Rules
Cell phones on vibrate or off Confidentiality Honest/open dialogue Respect other opinions Use of acronyms Relax One more thing…
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Key Elements of Engagement
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Provide all parents with children in imminent
risk of entering foster care the information they
need to successfully advocate for themselves
and for their children.
Walking In The Door
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Child and Family Team Meeting
Provide parents with children in imminent risk
of entering foster care the means to participate
in all decisions made about their children’s
care, custody, and placement.
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Policy and Resource Allocation
Provide parents who have experienced the
child welfare system with opportunities to
influence and improve child welfare policy,
practice, and resource allocation
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New Tools for Workers
Provide all child welfare staff the skills and tools
necessary to work effectively with families and
children.
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Public Information
Inform the public, legislators, and the
community at large about the struggles and
successes of families who have been involved
with child welfare.
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What we’re learning…
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From Principle to Practice
Meet Maria…
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Grief, Loss & Healing
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Birth Fathers and Mothers Feelings and Behaviors
How do birth parents feel when their children are removed and placed into foster care?
How might they behave or act?
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Social Worker Feeling and Behaviors
How might a social worker feel after being involved in the removal of a child?
How might they behave or act?
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Foster Parent Feeling and Behaviors
What might a foster parent feel when a child is removed from their home and returned to their parent?
How might they behave or act?
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What does family engagement look like in your agency or community?
Birth Parent Engagement Assessment Tool
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Engaging and Working with Fathers
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Father Presence/Father Involvement
Better School Performance Attachment to School Staying Out of Trouble Delayed Sexual Activity Fewer Teen Pregnancies
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Idea to action…
What policies and procedures are in place regarding family engagement within your agency, organization, etc.?
Are you actively engaging fathers? What are you doing well? What are challenges and concerns related to
family engagement?
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Questions and Discussion
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Additional Resources National Resource Center for Permanency and Family
Connection www.nrcpfc.org Child Welfare Organizing Project www.cwop.org Rise Magazine www.risemagazine.org Iowa Dept. of Human Services
www.dhs.state.ia.us/cppc/Parent_Partner_Program/index.html
National Coalition for Parent Advocacy in Child Protective Services www.parentadvocacy.org
Detroit Center for Family Advocacy www.law.umich.edu/centersandprograms/ccl/cfa/Pages/default.aspx
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The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections
Hunter College School of Social Work
LSU School of Social Work
A Service of the Children’s Bureau/ACF/DHHS
www.nrcpfc.org