Meaningful Family Engagement: Nuts and Bolts Together We Can 8 th Annual Conference Lafayette Hilton Lafayette, LA October 6, 2010.

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Meaningful Family Engagement: Nuts and Bolts Together We Can 8 th Annual Conference Lafayette Hilton Lafayette, LA October 6, 2010

Presenters Nicole Bossard, NRCPFC Consultant Sherry Tomlinson, NRCPFC Consultant

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

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

Ground Rules Cell phones on vibrate or off Confidentiality Honest/open dialogue Respect other opinions Use of acronyms Relax One more thing…

Key Elements of Engagement

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

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.

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

New Tools for Workers Provide all child welfare staff the skills and tools necessary to work effectively with families and children.

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.

What we’re learning…

From Principle to Practice Meet Maria…

Grief, Loss & Healing

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?

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?

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?

What does family engagement look like in your agency or community? Birth Parent Engagement Assessment Tool

Engaging and Working with Fathers

Father Presence/Father Involvement Better School Performance Attachment to School Staying Out of Trouble Delayed Sexual Activity Fewer Teen Pregnancies

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?

Questions and Discussion

Additional Resources National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connection Child Welfare Organizing Project Rise Magazine Iowa Dept. of Human Services x.html x.html National Coalition for Parent Advocacy in Child Protective Services Detroit Center for Family Advocacy default.aspx default.aspx

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