Pearl Berman, Department of Psychology, will lead a 60-minute workshop designed to help parents and other concerned adults talk to children and teens about the historical trauma faced by African-Americans and how this has influenced current civic unrest over police brutality and racism. This Zoom webinar, "The Trauma of Racism: Talking to Children and Teens," takes place on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Berman takes a psychoeducational approach and provides practical ideas to stimulate adult thinking about what strategies might work best with a particular family. Ideas are discussed that can support resilient development and a sense of agency for ending racial trauma. The format of the webinar is to provide 30 minutes of informational material followed by a 30-minute question and answer period.
Afterward, participating attendees will be able to:
- integrate issues of the historical trauma faced by the African-American community into their discussions of current events;
- integrate an understanding of child development into their discussions of traumatic events with children and teens; and,
- analyze a family's needs and plan a variety of actions to process traumatic events.
This workshop is intended to facilitate discussions led by trusted adults with children and teensit is not therapy.
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Presenters
Kristin Washington, PsyD, PMP and Pearl Berman, PhD
Moderator
Nada Yorke, LCSW