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Themes and Reporting Out

Themes and Reporting Out. Pennsylvania Children’s Roundtable Summit November 21, 2009. Summitry. “Bring mutual respect … check your ego at the door.” J. Kelly Streib “Don’t check your passion at the door.” Cindy Stoltz. Summitry.

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Themes and Reporting Out

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  1. Themes and Reporting Out Pennsylvania Children’s Roundtable Summit November 21, 2009

  2. Summitry “Bring mutual respect … check your ego at the door.” J. Kelly Streib “Don’t check your passion at the door.” Cindy Stoltz

  3. Summitry “Sincere and earnest … dedication with pure intentions.” J. Brian Johnson

  4. Summitry “We isolate mother at one end of the room …then tell her ‘we’re here to help you’. It’s disturbing and immoral.” J. Charles Pratt

  5. Summitry “The ‘crack mom’, the kid on drugs: the person becomes the problem. It’s misdirection if you really want to do rehabilitation.” J. Charles Pratt

  6. Summitry “If we are taking away assets, WHAT ARE WE DOING?” J. Charles Pratt

  7. Summitry “Barriers? … Too numerous to mention.” Summit participant commenting on team building in county

  8. Summitry “There is somebody doing it better than you.” J. Chet Harhut

  9. Summitry “If you really want to get something done, you need a maniac on a mission.” Ron Sharp per Jim Anderson

  10. Summitry “Changing placement = disrupting relationship.” Dr. Judy Silver

  11. Summitry “I can’t believe you did that.”Luke Skywalker “That is why you fail.” Yoda

  12. Voices “I have had over 10 families that I call Mom and Dad … it is tiring after a while.” Jacquan Jones

  13. Voices “I didn’t know I had a right to visit with my brother.” Stacy Johnson

  14. Voices Experience with your GAL? “My experiences were really good.” “My experiences were terrible.”

  15. Voices Experience with your GAL? “It was only recently that I got one that even bothered to learn how to pronounce my name… [like I] wasn’t even there.” Jacquan Jones

  16. Voices “I only see my GAL 5 minutes before the hearing … 10 minutes a year.” Barbara Huggins

  17. Voices [I want to be in the courtroom] “letting the judge know that I am a person & that I am trying.” Jacquan Jones

  18. Voices “I have never really looked forward to the holidays.” Jacquan Jones

  19. Voices “My family in Maryland didn’t know I was in foster care until 6 months after I had aged out…. They would have taken me in.” Stacy Johnson

  20. Voices “The adults over 40 are having so many meetings about kids under 18. If you had one or two kids in the meeting, you’d be so much better off.” Jacquan Jones

  21. Theme: Culture of the Room • Silence … then buzz! • Old and new: different ways of viewing our work, approaching each other • Excited to make change in the county • C&Y-judicial partnerships • Non-judges liked talking with judges

  22. Theme: Culture of the System • Strength-based … what will it mean? • Empowerment • Philosophical attitude: Servant leadership • Physical layout of the courtroom needs to change • Professionals need to see what is in it for them: how will MY part of the case be handled well?

  23. Theme: Roundtable Participants • Who do we need at the table? • Schools and school districts - Medical • Probation - MH/MR • GALs, parents lawyers - Churches • Kids, parents, grandparents, family members • Who is [conspicuously] NOT at the table? • Prisons, schools: bumping up against systems inhibiting change • Commissioners “out of the loop”

  24. Theme: Roundtable Management • Need statements of mission and values: what do we stand for? • Take step back: what should we be doing? • Leadership is key • Judge not here … not involved • Anger, resentment • Alternative approach: Create the plan! Your judge needs YOU to lead!

  25. Theme: Roundtable Management • Make Roundtable THE vehicle for reform! • “we’re not using the Roundtable the way we should” • Create Roundtable relationships • Trust as basis for collaboration • Judge to attend CYS staff meetings • Create Roundtable Action Plan • Define roles … need people who KNOW their roles • Find the time!

  26. Theme: Learning • Creating a language • PIPs, CIP, Roundtable • Seeing what other counties are doing • Summit Panel Discussions • Field trips to find gems • Willingness to innovate • Need to track data on initiatives

  27. Theme: Child Welfare Practice • Remove barriers • Intimate discussion about the case • Resourced and supported accountability • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) • Not a referral … part of every service level • Move away from “initiative”: make it OUR practice! • Questions about education • Focus on 2 year+ placements

  28. Theme: Judge Practice • Shared authority • Up to your elbows • Call in middle of night: what have you done to find a family member? • Ask about education, health: list of questions • Comfort with new approach: “This case made me feel funny … We have to stay focused on the child.”

  29. Theme: Training • Bring line staff to gain this energy and focus • Strength based – what will it mean? • Court Masters not getting trained • Data-driven training essential • Need same language, foundational values • Visits together create common experience • Who are the MENTORS in your system? • Transfer of learning i.e., when one worker has great experience

  30. Theme: Trauma and Separation • Foster parent role in maintaining birth family relationships • Workers, foster parents and case aides don’t know enough about child development & trauma • 2 year old crying in new foster home– how to respond? • Need mentors

  31. Theme: Visitation • Seeking solutions to visits challenge • Consider: SWAN Child Prep: work through change process • Barriers • Transportation - Distance • Facility - Incarcerated parents • Compliance-driven: “we have to have a visit.” • Bi-weekly minimum has become MAXIMUM • Strategic visit plan: why visit … then … how to meet that goal?

  32. Theme: Representation • GAL training • GAL as rubber stamp of county • “No objections, Your Honor.” • GALs not paid enough, not enough time/service on cases • Key theme: how to improve legal representation of children • Representation of parents not much mentioned

  33. Theme: Data • Become data driven • Use the data we have • Become data-informed leaders • Define your outcomes • Who on Roundtable will be responsible for gathering data and reporting results? • How to go public with data? • Lots to learn about collecting and using data

  34. Theme: Law Reform • Change ICPC • Barrier to kinship placements across state line

  35. Theme: Challenges • Need to respect family • Court process adversarial, compliance-driven • Orders not family friendly • Reducing moves in foster care • $$ for solutions • Intergovernmental cooperation • Shifts in culture are hard to accomplish

  36. Theme: The Summit • Format good • Laptop work good • Multiple copies of planning documents • Time to talk and plan without job’s interruptions • Need much more time in planning sessions! (can you believe THAT?!!) • Cheap seats felt disenfranchised

  37. Voices “Take the extra minute … get to know what they need.” Barbara Huggins

  38. Voices “You are all doing your workplans. I would like to see how they come together when you get home. Work hard on them.” Barbara Huggins

  39. “Try not. Do. Or do not.” Yoda

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