Understanding Neglect: Trauma and Systemic Oppression

Today’s episode included the following speakers (in the order they appear):

Opening quote: Tim Grove – Senior Consultant – Wellpoint Care Network

Host: Luke Waldo

Experts:

• Jennifer Jones – Chief Strategy Officer, Prevent Child Abuse America
• Bregetta Wilson – Lived Experience Coordinator, Wisconsin’s Department of Children and Families
• Tim Grove – Senior Consultant – Wellpoint Care Network
• Bryan Samuels – Director, Chapin Hall

0:04 – Tim Grove – Opening Quote on Trauma and Equity

:52 – Luke Waldo – Introduction to root causes of neglect – trauma and systemic oppression.

3:23 – Luke Waldo and Jennifer Jones – Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Adverse Community Environments. 

• Wendy Ellis.
• Pair of ACEs - Adverse Community Experiences 

5:41 - Bregetta Wilson – Dorothy Roberts’ Torn Apart reading and the structures of bias built into child welfare systems. 

• Torn Apart:  How the child welfare system destroys Black families–and how abolition can build a safer world by Dorothy Roberts

8:25 – Luke Waldo – Importance of facing the realities of inequities and generational trauma in our society.

9:05 - Tim Grove – Impacts of ACEs, trauma, and equity. 

• Original ACEs study  
• Dr. Joy DeGruy
• Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart
• Sam Simmons
• Fran Kaplan & Reggie Jackson
• Center for Community Resilience

13:01 – Bregetta Wilson – How are we educating the system actors like mandated reporters? Generational trauma from generational child welfare involvement. Bias.

15:46 – Luke Waldo – Prevalence of ACEs. ICFW ACEs studies. Disproportionality statistics.

• ICFW Adverse Childhood Experiences’ studies
• Wisconsin Out-of-Home Care Report (2020)
• Wisconsin child population demographics: US Census Quick Facts (2020 Estimates)

17:48 – Luke Waldo and Jennifer Jones – Systemic oppression and disparities. 

• Addressing the Root Causes of Neglect Article
• Change in Mind Institute

21:39 – Bryan Samuels – Child welfare disparities. Hispanic and African-American families in child welfare system.

• Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Statistics
• National Child Maltreatment Data from the Administration for Children and Families

24:39 – Gabe McGaughey – How might data better inform us?

25:29 – Bryan Samuels – How data might more effectively inform the child welfare and child maltreatment prevention systems.

27:56 – Luke Waldo – What would families change about the child welfare system?

28:24 – Bregetta Wilson – Let families lead. 

29:19 – Luke Waldo – Closing introduction to speakers.

29:45 – Jennifer Jones - The legacy of systemic racial trauma. Positive Childhood Experiences.

• Examining the Association between ACEs, Childhood Poverty and neglect, and physical and mental health:  Data from two state samples 
• Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample: Associations Across Adverse Childhood Experiences Levels

34:44 – Bryan Samuels – The real challenges of the child welfare system.  

39:36 – Luke Waldo – 3 Key Takeaways

41:58 – Closing Credits and Gratitude

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