Show notes
Today’s episode included the following speakers (in the order they appear):Host: Luke WaldoExperts:Jennifer Jones – Chief Strategy Officer, Prevent Child Abuse AmericaBryan Samuels – Executive Director, Chapin HallDr. Kristi Slack – Professor, University of Wisconsin; Founder, Prof2Prof; Affiliate, Institute for Research on PovertyHannah Kirk – Healthy Start Supervisor, Children’s WisconsinTheresa Swiechowski – Family Support Supervisor, Children’s WisconsinAshlee Jackson – Family Support Specialist II, Children’s WisconsinBregetta Wilson – Lived Experience Coordinator, Wisconsin’s Department of Children and FamiliesTim Grove – Senior Consultant – Wellpoint Care NetworkDr. Julie Woodbury – Family Preservation and Support Manager, Children’s Wisconsin:31 – Luke Waldo – Introduction to Overloaded: Understanding Neglect podcast and Strong Families, Thriving Children, Connected Communities initiative. Strong Families, Thriving Children, Connected Communities3:33 – Luke Waldo – Child neglect and abuse statistics. How is child neglect defined?Wisconsin Out-of-Home Care Report (2020)4:56 – Jennifer Jones – Definitions of neglect differ across the country. Wisconsin’s definition of neglect, which specifically includes “for reasons other than poverty”.Wisconsin Department of Children and FamiliesWisconsin’s Definition of NeglectChild Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)7:51 – Bryan Samuels – Child neglect national and state statistics. Why neglect is the primary reason for family separation in child welfare systems.10:43 – Dr. Kristi Slack – Child neglect and poverty. Systems’ failures that lead to overloaded families.12:51 – Luke Waldo – Introduction of Lived Experience and Direct Practice experts.13:12 – Hannah Kirk – Defining child neglect.13:40 – Theresa Swiechowski – Defining child neglect.13:55 – Ashlee Jackson – Poverty and neglect. 14:22 – Bregetta Wilson - Defining child neglect.14:31 – Hannah Kirk – Mental health and substance use challenges.15:44 – Theresa Swiechowski – The gray areas of neglect.17:54 – Luke Waldo – Complexity of neglect. Introduction of stories about individuals and families that experienced neglect.18:48 – Bregetta Wilson – Social determinants of health. Story about an 18 year old young man who had been involved with the child welfare system for much of his childhood. Story about a mother who went to the system to ask for help, but then had her children taken from her.Social Determinants of Health24:00 – Tim Grove – Story about a 3 month old child that experienced neglect. Trauma as an underlying root cause. Trauma statistics in the child welfare system.30:23 – Luke Waldo – How families become overloaded by stress.30:54 – Dr. Julie Woodbury – Mental health and stress piling on overloaded families.32:18 – Bryan Samuels – The intersection of poverty and neglect. 32:54 – Luke Waldo – 3 Key Takeaways. 35:21 - Closing Credits and Gratitude.Join the conversation and connect with us!Visit our podcast page on our ICFW website to learn more about the experts you hear in this series.Subscribe, rate our show and leave feedback in the comments section.Sign up for our Strong Families, Thriving Children, Connected Communities initiative and our quarterly newsletter.Follow the Institute for Child and Family Well-being on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.