Services Offered
Family Partnership Meeting Facilitation
Amanda completed all required DSS training as well as training from the Casey Foundation to be a facilitator for Family Partnership Meetings in Virginia. Including a pilot program sponsored by the Supreme Court of Virginia, Amanda has been facilitating meetings in and around central and southwest Virginia since July 2010. Amanda also provides training and coaching for local Departments that want to develop a plan for implementation of family engagement practices.
Strategic Planning
“I really appreciated Amanda's presentation style and her willingness to incorporate humor and personalized analogies. Having awareness of a strength-based model is such a great refresher and I would recommend this training to everyone. Thank you for such an enlightening experience!”
Does your organization need assistance mapping out innovative strategies to take your program to the next level? Amanda will provide a thorough assessment of your organization’s strengths, needs, and culture and help you develop a practical plan to help you meet your agency’s goals.
Child-specific Consultation
Is your agency finding barriers in implementing community-based plans for specific children and families? Perhaps the youth are in transition from congregate care to the community or are preparing to exit the foster care system. Perhaps they are struggling in the community and the existing resources seem ineffective. Amanda will help your staff and planning teams conceptualize and implement plans for them.
Service/Program Development
Amanda recognizes the link between the sufficiency and effectiveness of community-based services and outcomes for youth and families. Public and private agencies alike may benefit from the vision, creativity and practical knowledge Amanda can bring to this process. She will help you develop services that will maximize your agency’s resources and match the needs and culture of the community.
Training and Technical Assistance
Training helps give staff, multi-disciplinary teams, and even agency management the tools they need to enhance their service to families. Amanda is able to provide training and ongoing technical assistance in small or large groups as well as one-on-one, depending on the needs of your staff. Training may be offered in a relatively short amount of time or over several months. While Amanda will tailor training to your agency’s own areas of need, her interests and knowledge are most well developed in the following areas:
- Comprehensive Services Act (Virginia only)
- Creating and implementing service plans using Systems of Care principles*
- Applying Systems of Care principles* to your agency’s operations
- Transition planning
- Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)
- Public-private partnerships
*Systems of Care principles include: Outcomes-driven, strengths-based, collaborative, cost-effective, community-based, family-driven, and culturally-competent.
Customized Projects
“Very informative - great job! I think everyone left feeling energized and excited about the future.”
Need help that does not fit in to one of these categories? Good! Amanda believes that agencies operate a lot like our kids and families—they do not fit into a box! Sometimes you just know something needs to change but aren’t sure how to get there or what to call it. Perhaps you need help improving your report-writing or tracking outcomes. Perhaps you want to publish your agency’s success stories or want to sponsor a conference for families in your area. Perhaps you are leading your agency through some difficult changes and need help navigating the barriers that have come up in the process. Contact Amanda today for an initial consultation to see how you might be able to work together to improve outcomes for kids and families.