6 - Putting Families in the Driver's Seat for Systems Change
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LockedWhen child- and family-serving systems include families as partners on decision-making groups, it ensures family priorities are addressed, and that policies are more equitable and family-centered. This session will introduce tools systems of care can use to support and enhance meaningful family engagement in systems change.
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- Participants will understand the importance of family engagement
- Participants will differentiate between individual and systems-level engagement
- Participants will utilize a framework and assessment tool to promote meaningful family engagement in systems change
Beth Dworetzky, MS (she/her)
Associate Director of Program Oversight
Family Voices
Beth Dworetzky, MS, is the Associate Director of Program Oversight for Family Voices. She manages multiple projects that focus on building the capacity of systems of care to better serve children and youth with special health care needs, and to promote meaningful family engagement at all levels. Ms. Dworetzky was the team lead for the creation of the Family Voices Family Engagement in Systems Assessment Tool (FESAT), the FESAT Scoresheet, and the Family Engagement in Systems (FES) Toolkit. She also developed the FESAT Coach training. Prior work includes writing the grant to establish the Massachusetts Family-to-Family Health Information Center at the Federation for Children with Special Needs and directing the National Center for Improving Health Insurance and Financing of Care at the Boston University School of Public Health where she developed the evaluation process for the technical assistance center staff provided to policymakers.
Lindsay Calveri (she/her)
Parent Leader
ZERO TO THREE
Lindsay Calveri grew up in Twentynine Palms, CA. She moved to Iowa after living many places including Las Vegas, Pau France and West Yellowstone, MT. She is a single mom to one amazing five-year-old named Gabriel. She is the Director of Rooms at the Renaissance Savery in Des Moines and has been in the hotel industry since she was 17 years old. Lindsay has been in recovery for 4.5 years. She is a graduate of the Polk County Recovery Court Program and has worked closely with Project Iowa and Children and Families of Iowa.
