Educational Series: From Deficits to Assets: Rethinking Neglect and Family Support

Training description

This educational series, hosted by Massachusetts’ Initiative to Reduce Child Neglect, dives deeper into the data, builds shared understanding, and supports consistent, informed decision-making across the initiative.

This session, led by Matthew Kincaid of Overcoming Racism, explores how deficit-based thinking became embedded in child welfare policy and practice. Participants contrast deficit- and asset-based approaches and examine how asset-based frameworks can shift responses from reporting and surveillance toward support and prevention