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Making Multidisciplinary Teams Work Every Day:
Engaging Discomfort to Move Us Forward Copyright SVJI Do not reproduce without permission.
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OVW Disclaimer This conference was supported by Grant No TA-AX-K014 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this training are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
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Report Back How many of you felt fully comfortable and confident responding effectively to each of these scenarios? What’s good about discomfort for us in this moment? What changes should or could your team make to engage in discomfort when we do not have answers or need to adapt individual practice, agency policy or system-wide procedure?
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Defining terms Discomfort Uncomfortable
To experience a lack of comfort, familiarity, or ease Awkwardness Individual and agency Harm To inflict injury, maltreatment, damage, or suffering Neglect, exclusion, and violence Individual, agency, systemic Discomfort To cause distress, pain, or embarrassment Hardship or disturbance in normal operations Brings about action Individual, agency, systemic
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Why do individuals and agencies need to engage discomfort
Why do individuals and agencies need to engage discomfort? What happens when we don’t engage discomfort meaningfully? 1) Some teams want to do case file review who are newer or do not have a protocol in place.
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Table Talk: Impacts and Effects of Discomfort
What are the results of providers’ discomfort for teams? For victims/survivors? For offenders? For communities?
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Check-In Questions for Self and Team
How do my experiences impact my ability to stay focused on v/s stories and necessary changes in the system response? Where does your discomfort result in harm to victims/survivors or communities? How must our practice or policy change to meet v/s needs? How can I productively engage discomfort within myself and my partners to make change? What action steps can we take to move our response forward when we go home?
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What Questions Do You Have?
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