Meeting Theme: Partnering with Families: Building trust and addressing implicit bias around family engagement in School Behavioral Health
The D.C. School Behavioral Health Community of Practice meeting on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm focused on learning what it means to partner with families in school behavioral health. Family Engagement Practice Group leaders shared the evidence-based approaches that promote authentic engagement of families and model family engagement strategies that can be easily applied in schools.
Presenters:
Chioma Oruh, Ph.D.
Linda Sheriff, M.Ed.
Ronald LaFleur, MSW, LICSW
The meeting objectives are:
- Explore evidence-based and promising strategies that promote meaningful engagement of families
- Use the Grounding Assumptions strategy to examine the implicit bias around family engagement
- Learn about national and local resources on family engagement
- Showcase a successful family engagement strategy to model important conversations that can deepen understanding about what it means to partner with families (e.g., Family café)
Meeting Padlet: https://padlet.com/msrosser/DCCOPMeeting_November2020