When Love Feels Hard: Understanding and Healing Blocked Care

This interactive Center Chat for child welfare professionals will explore what blocked care is and how it develops in the context of trauma and attachment, the science behind the stress response and its impact on caregiver empathy, practical, trauma-informed strategies to move from survival mode to connection. This session offers strategies for systems and staff to notice and take action to service families. Every family deserves to thrive, not just survive.

Presenters: Michelle Warner and Allison Douglas