Educational Series: How Systems Read Families: Standpoint, Power, and Decision-Making

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, examines how historical assumptions about poverty, race, and parenting influence contemporary decision-making. Using standpoint theory and community cultural wealth, participants explore how professional norms and deficit-based frameworks shape perceptions of risk and neglect, often leading to unnecessary system involvement.