Jordyn Hope, BSW
National trainer, Consultant, and Survivor Advocate
Jordyn Hope, BSW, is a national trainer, consultant, and survivor advocate specializing in Munchausen by Proxy Abuse (MBPA), also known as medical child abuse. Their work bridges lived experience and professional practice, helping multidisciplinary teams better recognize, investigate, and respond to this often-overlooked form of child maltreatment. Jordyn first shared their story publicly on The Doctors in 2019 and has since been featured by NBC’s Today Show, Business Insider, VICE, iHeartRadio, Trust Me Podcast, and other national platforms focused on child abuse awareness and survivor perspectives.
Through their practice, Flourishing Wildly, Jordyn provides survivor-centered training, consultation, and technical assistance to professionals across child welfare, healthcare, mental health, education, and advocacy settings. They have presented at conferences, professional trainings, and community events nationwide, reaching more than 2,000 participants. Jordyn’s work focuses on strengthening multidisciplinary responses, reducing systemic harm, and helping professionals build trauma-informed, survivor-centered practices that promote safety, trust, accountability, and healing.
Workshop
Sessions
Munchausen by Proxy Abuse: Building Coordinated Responses for Children and Families
Munchausen by Proxy Abuse (MBPA), also known as medical child abuse, is a complex and often overlooked form of child maltreatment in which a caregiver fabricates, exaggerates, or induces illness in another person, most often a child. Because abuse frequently occurs across medical, educational, mental health, and child welfare systems, cases can be difficult to recognize and investigate. This workshop provides an introduction to MBPA through both professional expertise and lived experience as an adult survivor. Participants will learn common behavioral, medical, and systemic red flags, explore how abuse is maintained across systems, and examine challenges that multidisciplinary teams may encounter during investigation and response. The session will also address opportunities for improved collaboration, trauma-informed practice, and survivor-centered care. Attendees will leave with practical strategies to strengthen identification, investigation, and multidisciplinary response while reducing harm and improving outcomes for children and families.