{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Foverloaded-understanding-neglect.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fmoving-upstream-gqBTD_fG","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Moving Upstream","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/573d7c60-e83d-4efe-aa78-3ad20853f7aa/7fd2c941-f13f-4fa3-ba40-ad939c5fb261/ps4-20cover-20and-20headshot-20.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In today’s episode, we will be looking at how we might move further upstream from our current child welfare system, with the intent of revealing current strategies, efforts and opportunities to prevent adversity from occurring for children and families. As we discussed in our previous episodes, we will be looking at the impact of mental models – our beliefs and biases that influence our behavior – and the relationships and power dynamics that connect or divide us in our communities and systems, and how they influence the important policies, practices and allocation of funding and resources that support our prevention strategies and efforts. \nAs you will hear today, there are many prevention strategies that currently exist that we believe, if employed more frequently and effectively, can dramatically lessen the overload that too many families in our communities are carrying. In turn, they can be the nurturing, responsive parents that their children need and deserve; and we can reduce family separations for reasons of neglect."}