Jessica Pryce

Child welfare is stuck in an ever-evolving game that never requires the courage to disrupt  By Jessica Pryce I love playing the game Jenga, and I am not alone. Jenga, an imperative form of the Swahili word, kujenga (meaning to build), has been sold in over 100 countries and has sold more than 100 million sets since Leslie Scott created it in Ghana in the 1970s. 

Jessica Pryce on the need to shift how we are training the child welfare workforce to see their role in helping families

Jessica Pryce on the need to train the next child welfare workers on a shared power dynamic when it comes to engaging families

By Amelia Franck Meyer and Jessica Pryce In January, the American Psychological Association publicly apologized for its role in perpetuating racism in psychiatry. Within its statement the association, which counts more than 100,000 members, declared its intent to create a more equitable future.

By Jessica Pryce and Amelia Franck Meyer Although child welfare reform has been a topic of conversation for many years, what is often meant by “reform” is evolutionary or incremental change, which are efforts to make the current system better, but not fundamentally different.