Here We Go with This Sh*t! Advocating for Equity in Schools (1.5 CE)   

Presenter: Alicia Smith, LMSW (She/Her)

Course Description: Navigating an educational system is hard. Especially when the only time you're invited to have a seat at the table is during parentteacher conferences. Partnerships between caregivers and the educational institution are invaluable to their success. But for reasons such as lack of communication, lack of knowledge regarding policies and procedures, lack of relationships with school personnel, trauma exposure and experiences (inside and outside the school), and historical, secondary, and generational, parents do not feel empowered to advocate for the best interest of their child, even within those brief 15 minutes. The disconnect between the educational and the family system fosters an academic and social divide. The divide is often exacerbated among marginalized students of color.

CEs: This course is equal to 1.5 CEs

Learning Goals:

1) Participants will explain implications of race on equity within the educational system.

2) Participants will summarize how social systems shape constructs of trauma.

3) Particiapant will discover simplistic approaches to collaborate with parents/schools system.

Content level: Beginning

Target Audience: School Social Workers

Refund policy: No refunds will be given.

School Social Work Association of America, 1789, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. School Social Work Association of America maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 7/27/2023-7/27/2026. 

Note: Many state licensing boards impose specific limitations on course content, distance education, or other elements of continuing education, even when courses are taken from approved providers. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that the courses taken will meet the requirements for your license.

Instructions to receive Credit: Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 CE continuing education credit. Certificates will be provided to participants for download upon successful completion of the webinar.

1. Participants must view the entire length of the professional development training recording.
2. Participants must complete the evaluation to receive credit.
3. Participants must pass the Posttest with a minimum 80% passing rate (within a maximum of 2 attempts). 

System Requirements-- Participants must have a computer and audio to participate in the webinar. For any questions, concerns, or accessibility accommodations, please reach out to ContactUs@sswaa.org