DEI Training from News Channel 5 (Nashville)
This video provides one hour of training on diversity, equity and inclusion. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/the-hidden-bias-of-good-people-a-newschannel-5-special-airs-march-8#:~:text=%22Hidden%20Bias%20of%20Good%20People,and%20it’s%20not%20our%20fault (CEU credit: 1.0 hour)
Project Implicit from Harvard.edu
Harvard.edu hosts Project Implicit, a series of Implicit Association Tests (IATs) that attempt to identify implicit biases you may hold concerning different groups of people. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html (CEU credit varies)
Strategies for Building Belonging in Everyday Advocacy
You can watch a recording of the 2021 CASA Week training “Strategies for Building Belonging in Everyday Advocacy.” This training is provided by the Kentucky CASA Network and led by Dr. Adrianne Fletcher. It counts for 2 hours of CEU credit and fulfills your annual DEI training requirement. Register here: https://bit.ly/casaweek21-buildingbelonging You must obtain a […]
How ‘Shadow’ Foster Care is Tearing Families Apart
It would take years before Molly and Heaven would learn that neither of them was ever in the foster system. Instead, caseworkers had diverted them to what some scholars call “hidden foster care” or “shadow foster care,” in which the legal protections of the formal system disappear. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/magazine/shadow-foster-care.html (CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0 hours)
Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?
“Child protective agencies are haunted when they fail to save kids. Pittsburgh officials believe a new data analysis program is helping them make better judgment calls.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/02/magazine/can-an-algorithm-tell-when-kids-are-in-danger.html (Estimated CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0)
Resources for Families Facing Deportation and Separation
This toolkit provides detained and deported immigrant and undocumented mothers and fathers with crucial information they need to protect and maintain parental rights and make well-informed, critical decisions regarding the care and welfare of their children. https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-resources/resources-for-families-facing-deportation-separation/ (CEU credit varies)
A Trauma-Informed Approach to ACEs – Building Resilient Communities
This presentation about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) from Dr. Linda Chamberlain is available on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRTwoJsNhGE (CEU Credit: 1.0)
When Should a Child Be Taken From His Parents?
“In family court, judges must decide whether the risks at home outweigh the risks of separating a family.” This article from the New Yorker delves into the nuances of child protective services. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/07/when-should-a-child-be-taken-from-his-parents (Estimated CEU credit: 0.5 to 1.0 hours)
PBS Frontline: Growing Up Trans
Just a generation ago, it was adults, not kids, who changed genders. But today, many children are transitioning, too — with new medical options, and at younger and younger ages. In Growing Up Trans, FRONTLINE takes viewers on an intimate and eye-opening journey inside the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/growing-up-trans/ […]
Learn About the Turpin Case in California, Where 13 Siblings Were Imprisioned For Decades
Read a 2018 Article from the New York Times, published shortly after authorities discovered the situation at the Turpin household: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/health/california-13-kids-siblings.html (Estimated CEU credit: 0.25) Watch the 2021 episode of 20/20 about how one of the siblings escaped and reported what had been going on: https://abc.com/shows/2020/episode-guide/2021-11/19-2020-escape-from-a-house-of-horror-a-diane-sawyer-special-event (CEU credit: 1.0)