Seeking Research Participants
A study team at the University of South Florida (USF), Department of Child and Family Studies is conducting a national online survey of former youth residents of residential treatment facilities and their parents and caregivers to understand their experiences and perspectives of the care received by the facilities. The types of facilities include programs such as therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, residential treatment centers, and boot camps.
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The Impact of Implicit Bias on BIPOC Populations
Date/Time: January 26, 2022, 10am PT / 1pm ET
Bias and racism in health care impede scientific advancement, reduce the pipeline of diverse clinicians, and contribute to racial and ethnic health disparities. Learn how to advocate for proactive approaches that eliminate barriers impacting people of color, promote racial equity, and advance cultural humility.
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Flourishing at Work: A Plan for Helping Professionals: Healthy Positivity
Date/Time: February 8, 2022, 11am PT / 2pm ET
Helping professionals, such as counselors, teachers, and health professionals, are critically important to the workforce, yet we are also at great risk for helping others more than we help ourselves! In this webinar series, we invite YOU to sit down, take a breath, replenish yourself and restore by considering strategies to help you flourish. Together, we’ll explore the importance of making our own well-being a priority, think about our work/life balance, remember our purpose, take actions to flourish, and use our strengths within a framework of healthy positivity.
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Webinar Series: The Words Matter
Date/Time: monthly through August 2022, beginning February 10, 2022, 11am PT / 2pm ET
These webinars feature open and authentic discussions about the impact of common terminology used in child serving systems with those that are directly affected. The goal is to illuminate how the terms we use can influence perception, approach, and practice, as well as to explore alternative language as a means of intentionally shifting how we view and interact with youth, families, and each other.
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