The Role of Cultural Humility/Cultural Competence in Social Work

Course Description:

We will cover the definition of racial microaggression, the impact of racism on ethnic-minority populations and how this impacts the mental health of immigrant people in the U.S., especially amid and post-COVID-19. What social and community systems would positively affect their mental health conditions?

We will also cover the definition of racial-ethnic identity development as well as the importance of understanding it as social workers; how to help ethnic minority adoptees’ RCID establishment and what information social workers need to provide to adoptive parents for ethnic minority children’s confidence and racial identity.

Training Objectives:

1. understanding the racial-ethnic identity of minority children (cross cultural/racial knowledge) in the welfare system.

2. awareness of racial-ethnic sensitivity and bias in the child welfare system

3. instruction on racial micro-aggression and systematic racism

CEs Offered:

3 Social Work CEs

Virtual Event Information:

Hosted by Western Michigan University College of Health and Human Services, Kalamazoo, Michigan via WebEx. The link to this training is provided after registration. 

Presented by:

  

Hyejoon Park, Ed.M., MSW. Ph.D. Associate Professor in Social Work, Western Michigan University

Keeyoon, Noh, M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice, Pittsburg State University