The Human Need for Belonging: Understanding What Children Need to Thrive
Thu, Sep 04
|Wichita
Join the Kansas Department for Children and Families and CASA of Sedgwick County for a presentation on The Human Need for Belonging: Understanding What Children Need to Thrive.
Time & Location
Sep 04, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Wichita, 1211 S Emporia St, Wichita, KS 67211, USA
Guests
About the event
Join the Kansas Department for Children and Families and CASA of Sedgwick County at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 4th at the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County- Training Center (1211 S. Emporia Ave., Wichita) for a presentation on The Human Need for Belonging: Understanding What Children Need to Thrive.
This presentation will be facilitated by Dee Nighswonger, LMSW, LCAC, Wichita Regional Director for the Kansas Department for Children & Families featuring Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer, Ed.D, LISW the founder and Executive Officer of the national non-profit, Alia and one of People Magazine’s “25 Women Changing the World” in 2018.
Amelia and Team Alia believe that “Families are the solution” (not the problem). Alia calls this new way of work an “UnSystem”. Team Alia believes that a key part of transformation is supporting families to safely raise their children. Working with innovative leaders, Amelia and Team Alia use best practices, evidence, and human centered design principles to operationalize concepts…