Past Lessons, Future Impact: Reflectively Applying the Family Lens to Enhance Community Response

FREE Live Interactive Online Training offered on Zoom

2 CEs ($10) for Florida LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, CMSW offered through Florida CEBrokers.
Florida Certification Board recognizes this training for mental health and child welfare.

Who is this training for?
This presentation is designed for professionals across child- and family-serving systems who want to strengthen collaboration, examine internal practices, and partner more effectively with families to prevent future crises.

Training Description:
This presentation explores the complex needs of children and caregivers within the Child & Family Well-Being System, focusing on invisible, brain-based challenges related to prenatal alcohol and substance exposure. Through a case study, we will examine perspectives from professional and those with lived experience as participants explore how behaviors often labeled as “non-compliant” or “combative” reflect unmet needs and frustration. The training highlights missed opportunities for early intervention, the escalation of crises, and practical, compassionate strategies to better support families.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize invisible, brain-based differences related to prenatal substance exposure and their impact on behavior.
• Reframe “non-compliant” or “combative” behaviors as signs of unmet needs rather than intentional defiance.
• Understand how missed early intervention contributes to increased crises, including Baker Acts and lock-out calls.
• Apply compassionate, practical strategies to better support children and caregivers within the Child & Family Well Being System.

Presenters:
Tamra Cajo, LCSW, Director of FASD Services
Nathan Scott, B.A., CCPP, Child & Family Well-Being
Jenn Werden, MSW, Outreach and Engagement Coordinator of the FASD Clinic
Elida Mujic, Circuit 12 Community Development Administrator
Jen Propsom, CPRS-F/A High Fidelity Wraparound Coach and Facilitator.