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WORKSHOP #12 3:30 PM THURSDAY • 8:30 AM SATURDAY • TALLAHASSEE 3
A Culturally Competent Approach for Family Involvement in Systems of Care:
Family Roundtables
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. The history and purposes of Family Roundtables (FRT)
2. How to assess community readiness for a Roundtable
3. Steps to creating Culturally Responsive roundtables
4. How to establish a Family Roundtable in their communities
5. Methods for sustaining a Family Roundtable
6. Lessons learned for implementing Family Roundtables
This Workshop will focus on Family Roundtables, a model for family engagement and multi-level family-professional
partnerships based on respect, equity, and reciprocity. Family Roundtables offer a platform for the voices of families of
children with emotional, mental, and behavioral challenges to operationalize the core value of a family-driven approach
in child-serving systems and to drive systems change. They also provide a mechanism for professionals to hear
authentic family voice, to partner with families for solutions to organization-level challenges, and to establish ongoing,
sustainable relationships with families.
The strategies shared in this session are based on the work done by the staff and families of Monroe County, New York’s
system of care initiative. Faculty will provide an example of how the Family Roundtable approach is operationalized in
various cultural communities with various diverse partners. They will provide information about how to establish Family
Roundtables in participants’ communities, how to obtain funding to sustain the approach over time, and lessons learned
that can inform the work of others in implementing this strategy.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• Steps to assess readiness for Family Roundtable
• Steps to creating a culturally responsive Family Roundtable
• Potential sources of sustainable funding for roundtables
• Specific steps for establishing a roundtable in your community
• Tips on what partners you need to create sustained champions for your roundtables
This session will primarily be in a discussion format where participants have the opportunity to receive guidance on
strategies to create, implement, evaluate, and sustain Family Roundtables in their communities. The faulty team includes
the perspectives of the director of community engagement who developed the Family Roundtable approach and was a
key family contact for a system of care. A family member who facilitates Family Roundtables will also share her
expertise on the team.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Melanie Funchess, Director of Community Engagement, Mental Health Association,
Rochester, NY
Debby Myricks, Family Member, Mental Health Association, Rochester, NY
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