Family Exchange: The Power of Boundaries: Personal and Professional Growth Explored

Full Title:
Family Exchange: Peer Networking for Family Leaders who Foster and Support Family Engagement: (June Topic) The Power of Boundaries: Personal and Professional Growth Explored
Session Description:
In today’s environment, along with our caring nature, it can be challenging to establish and maintain appropriate personal and professional boundaries. During this session, we will have an interactive discussion about boundaries and burnout. Participants will learn how to incorporate identified strategies and resources into their personal and professional life and be able to:
Learning Objectives (if applicable):
1. Define boundaries.
2. Identify the importance of boundaries.
3. Identify issues that challenge our boundaries.
4. Identify signs of burnout and ways to address it.
5. Identify resources for maintaining healthy boundaries.
Intended Audience: Families, Parent Peer Support providers, supervisors, program administrators
Are you a family leader with lived experience as a primary caregiver of a child, youth or young adult with mental health or substance use need who is working in a role that fosters and supports family engagement in agency practice and policy decisions? Are you interested in connecting with other family leaders working in similar roles to expand and enhance your skills and knowledge? Whether you are new to your role or you have been in the family movement for many years, the Family Exchange is a peer networking group to share experiences, innovative and effective practices, skills and knowledge, solution to barriers and challenges, and key information supporting your role as family leaders.
The group will be facilitated by experienced family leaders from the Family-Run Executive Director Leadership Association (FREDLA) who will foster peer connections, access to resources and technical assistance, and support family leaders to further family engagement within their agency, community or state. The group will meet monthly at 12:00 pm PST / 3:00 pm ET on the last Wednesday of every month.