During this episode of Beyond the Collabobabble, Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer and I talk about innovations for people and systems impacted by childhood trauma. We will also discuss the approach Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer calls UnSystem: Families Are The Solution (not the problem). Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer is the Founder and CEO of the national non-profit, Alia. Amelia and Team Alia are leading a nationally co-designed movement to keep children safe with, not from, their families. Amelia was named as one of People Magazine’s “25 Women Changing the World” in 2018, and in 2020, Amelia was named by AARP MN and Pollen Midwest as a 50over50 Honoree—System Reformer in the Disruptor Category. Amelia has a widely viewed TEDx Talk on the Human Need for Belonging. Amelia has also received the prestigious honors of being named a Bush Fellow and an Ashoka Fellow.
0:00 Opening
5:00 The Impacts of Trauma and Child Welfare Work
11:00 History of Prevention Services and Out of Home Placements
14:00 Overview of ACE Study and Safety
21:30 Description of Creating "An UnSystem"
34:30 Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion & the Early Roots of Child Welfare System
41:30 What Does Giving Power and Sharing Power look Like?
44:15 Working in Rules Based and Compliance Based Systems
52:00 Know Better, Do Better
54:00 Three Take Aways for Taking Action
56:00 Getting to Know the Guest