Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the video, Simulation Innovations: It’s Not Just Role Play Anymore. 

See how listening and relatability helped build trust between a youth and his attorney.

Underscores the importance of consistency and encouragement in trusting relationships. A Fostering Success peer mentor gave impactful advice to the youth she mentored: Stop listening to the people who don’t believe in you.

Explore three different simulations used to train and build child welfare workers’ skills by mimicking the conditions and content that a worker will encounter on the job.  

Demonstrates how showing up and listening are foundational to developing a nourishing relationship with youth. A young woman describes the constant support she and her family received from a social worker as she evolved from a youth into a teen mom and an advocate.

Identify effective strategies for authentic youth engagement at the practice, peer, and system-change levels

Explore how an engaged workforce with shared values can increase effectiveness in child welfare.