^{Cultural and Linguistic Competency Learning Series: : R.A.G.E: (Radical Acceptance, Growth, and Ethical Engagement) Towards Social Justice}

 Daicia Price, LMSW

^{Date: Thursday, September 23, 2021}

^{Time: 10:00am-11:30am}

Course Description:
This presentation will acknowledge the difficulty in living, working, and learning in a world that continues to exhibit injustices to historically marginalized populations locally and globally. Participants will engage in identifying current resiliency strategies and using their internal and external rage to engage in social action based on their roles and spheres of influence. 

Course Objectives:

• Describe ethical obligation to engage in action towards social justice
• Identify one personal action to take to address feelings of rage

Timed Agenda:

• 10:00: Introduction to current social justice issues present in children/family services
• 10:30: Ethical Obligations to engage in Social Justice
• 11:00: Dealing with rage: Strategies and Practices

Relevance this presentation has to social work:Social workers are ethically obligated to engage in work that addresses social injustices. The outcome of systemic oppression on social workers is often described as experiencing burn out, fatigue, or rage. In order to continue to engage in effective efforts, social work practitioners should continue to engage in learning to support. This presentation will specifically focus on systemic oppression and recent injustices that have adversely impacted current practice in the past 24 months.

Who Should Attend: Direct Service Providers, Administrative Professionals, Teachers, Children's Therapists, Youth Pastors, Juvenile Justice Professionals, Youth, or any other professions specializing in children and youth services.

Continuing Education Information:

• SOCIAL WORKERS:  1.0 hour continuing education credit is approved for this training. 

• QUALIFIED CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (QCMHP): This training hour meets the MDHHS training requirement for QCMHP staff. 
• OUALIFIED INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES PROFESSIONAL (QIDP): This training hour meets the MDHHS training requirement for QIDP Staff
• MICHIGAN CERTIFICATION BOARD FOR ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS (MCBAP): This training hour meets the MDHHS traing requirement for MCBAP Staff
• TRAINING HOURS: This training will count 1.0 hour toward the annual training hours required by most provider agencies.

CREDITS

This summit is approved for 1.0 credit for Social Workers (MI-CEC). This summit’s training hour meets the MDHHS training requirement for Children's Mental Health Professionals (CMHP). Participants must arrive on time and remain in the training for its entirety to receive credits, including any Q&A portions. Late arrivals and early departures will result in the deduction of awarded training hours & credits.
 

If you have questions regarding the training, contact Marika Orme at Morme1@dwihn.org