Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Sample Scenario

This sample scenario demonstrates a way to engage people with lived expertise and then shows how to improve upon the initial effort to make the interaction more welcoming.

Use this sample scenario with the corresponding Learning Experience video, which focuses on strategies for effectively integrating people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce, and the CWVE 2022 Learning Experience Discussion Guide, which provides a description of the topic, reflection questions for individual learning, and conversation starters and team activities for child welfare staff and collaborative partners to explore together.