APSAC Members: Free
Non-Member Registration: $25
Title: Resilience & Resistance: Black Youth and Family’s Navigation of Racism-Related Stress
Description:
Keniston (1978) asserted that Black youth are “the most endangered children in our society.” Indeed, Black children and teenagers are exposed to myriad adversities, particularly those that emanate from the legacy of racism in this country. Yet, despite deficit-oriented narratives concerning them, Black youth—and their families—have continued to demonstrate remarkable psychosocial resilience. This resilience is cultivated drawing upon racial-ethnic protective factors (REPFs) within Black families, including racial socialization and racial identity. In this presentation, conceptual and empirical work on mechanisms undergirding the salutary benefit of REPFs for Black youth and caregivers will be discussed. This presentation will conclude with a discussion of ongoing and future research, which seeks to imagine novel ways that resistance from racism-related stress can support the psychosocial health of Black youth.
Presented by: Shawn Jones, PhD
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.
General Admission (entire 8-week course): $160.00
APSAC Members and The New York Foundling Staff Admission: Free
12 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) Non-Members: $90.00
12 CE Credits (Social Work & Psychology) APSAC Members and NY Foundling: $60
APSAC Members: You will receive your discount automatically when registering.
The New York Foundling Staff: Please email FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org to request your entry code.
Please contact FontanaCenter@nyfoundling.org if you would like to receive NY State CE credits for psychology, mental health counseling, or social work
All sessions will take place from 12:30pm to 2pm ET on Thursdays from March 7th to April 25th, 2024 remotely through the use of live interactive webinars over Zoom.
The program consists of eight 90-minute sessions. Applicants must register for the entire 8-week program. The training program will offer participating professionals the opportunity to acquire or enhance the competencies, skills and insights necessary to effectively work with children and families in the child welfare system. Please see course descriptions and course presenters below. All eight courses will be led by national experts in the field of child welfare and child maltreatment.
Event Details:
March 7: Child Neglect: Concepts, Controversies and Challenges presented by Howard Dubowitz, MD, MS, FAAP (Recording available, continuing education only available for live attendance)
March 14: Child Neglect Prevention presented by Bart Klika, MSW, PhD (Recording available, continuing education only available for live attendance)
March 21: Advocacy: A Two-Pronged Approach to Educational Neglect presented by Gary Shulman, MS. Ed (Recording available, continuing education only available for live attendance)
March 28: Psychosocial Neglect: The Hidden Adversity presented by Charles H. Zeanah, Jr, MD (Recording available, continuing education only available for live attendance)
April 4: Emotional Neglect to More Positive Parenting- What Works presented by Marla R. Brassard, PhD (Recording available, continuing education only available for live attendance)
April 11: Understanding Medical Neglect presented by Jamie Hoffman-Rosenfeld, MD
April 18: The Complex Interrelationship between Racism and Child Neglect in Minoritized Communities presented by Akeem Marsh, MD, DFAACAP
April 25: The Bulk of CPS Neglect Cases: Racialized Poverty Related Unintended Neglect presented by Darcey H. Merritt, MSW, PhD
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.
When children are removed from their homes because of neglect or abuse, the goal of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is to return them to a loving, safe, stable, and permanent home as soon as possible. Ideally, children are reunified with their parents, but when this cannot be done safely, the alternatives are often adoption or guardianship. Unfortunately, the most recent statistics show that 48.1% of children and youth who entered substitute care in Illinois in 2019 were not placed in a permanent home within three years. The difficulty of placing children in permanent homes is worse for Black children in substitute care. More White children entering substitute care in Illinois in 2019 reached a permanent home within three years (56.6%) than Black children (45.7%).
This webinar shares findings from a recent study that used both interviews and surveys to capture the perceptions of caregivers of Black children and permanency professionals on the role of race in permanency practices. Participants shared how factors like inequitable treatment, implicit bias, deficiencies in cultural competency, and structural racism impact permanency for Black youth in Illinois. Furthermore, Black caseworkers and supervisors were significantly more likely than White caseworkers and supervisors to report that they perceived racial disparities, reinforcing the importance of engaging Black child welfare workers' perspectives in identifying and addressing racial inequities for Black children in child welfare.
It will take concerted efforts and cultural changes to reduce racial disparities for Black children in Illinois. We will discuss steps the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are taking to change both practice and culture to better serve Black children in care and their families. This includes a new initiative to increase guardianship across the state and important legislation changes promoting guardianship as a permanent family arrangement. The Department is also working to mitigate implicit biases and build cultural competency and humility into the agency’s culture. Participants will be invited to share their observations of the role of race in permanency in their jurisdiction and any efforts they are part of that are aimed at reducing racial inequities in permanency.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will be able to identify what caseworkers and supervisors perceive as the most common differences between Black and White children and families in permanency planning, use of guardianship and adoption, and child well system supports.
- Attendees will understand why it is important to explore the differences in perception between Black and White permanency professionals and caregivers, especially regarding issues of race.
- Attendees will be able to describe the efforts one state is making to reduce racial disparities throughout their child welfare system.
Free Registration for Members and Non-members
1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology): $30.00
1 CE Credit (Social Work & Psychology) for APSAC Members: $20.00
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.
APSAC Members: Free
Non-Member Registration: $25
Title: Kids & Drugs: An Exploration of Adolescent Substance Use & Related Issues
Description:
In the United States, drugs generally are a major public health burden as a source of morbidity, mortality, family disruption, and criminalization. Substance use in particular, typically beginning during adolescence, has historically been viewed as a “character flaw” rather than a mental health issue. In large part due to stigma along with poor education, and general lack of society’s prioritization of youth, we are facing the unprecedented circumstance of increasing adolescent overdose deaths over the past several years, despite an overall decrease in prevalence. There exists a complex array of circumstances that may lead to substance use and related disorders, but childhood trauma appears to be the often overlooked underlying thread. This workshop will focus on exploring various associated components of adolescent substance use including some prominent risk factors, the role of trauma, underlying biology, societal implications, and pathophysiology. Upon completion, participants will understand the inextricable link between traumatic stress and substance use, and be able to tailor their assessments and treatments more appropriately for patients with substance use disorders.
Presented by: Akeem Marsh, MD, DFAACAP & Brian Hodge, MD
Cancellations:
No cancellations. No refunds. Registration is transferable. Requests for transfer to a future event will also be considered on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions please email us at onlinetraining@apsac.org.