Conscious Inclusion and Anti-Bias in Service Provision: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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| Sessions Available | Time |
|---|---|
| June 7, 2024 | 8:30am - 12:30pm CST |
| November 1, 2024 | 8:30am - 12:30pm CST |
Virtual via Zoom
Course Description
This 4-hour virtual training will focus on meaningful engagement in mental and behavioral health service provision particularly with underserved, marginalized and minoritized populations in order to enhance the ethical principle of social justice, which focuses on external advocacy as well as internal self-examination. As service providers we all bring slices of our intersectional selves to the table which connect with people in ways that are helpful and sometimes ways that are less than helpful. By examining strategies which promote conscious inclusion and anti-bias we will tackle two entry-points toward more inclusive practice and service provision and thereby augment personal and professional integrity.
Learning Objectives:
- Review, integrate and renew understanding of the ethical value of service, and the embedded goal of addressing social problems.
- Examine personal beliefs both explicit and implicit, which impact practice and service provision of minoritized poplutations.
- Examine personal belief regarding the social problem of negative bias and minoritized populations in practice and service provision.
- Review, integrate and renew understanding of the ethical value of social justice, which challenges social injustice in its numerous forms.
- Examine and apply strategies which promote conscious inclusion and anti-bias in practice and service provision.
About Your Trainer
Dr. Adrianne M. Crawford Fletcher PhD., MSSA, LCSW, LISW
Adrianne M. Crawford Fletcher is the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Supreme Court of Ohio. Dr. Fletcher serves as the primary lead for creating, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs related to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, culture, region, religious or spiritual believes, disability, age, gender, transgender, sexual orientation and gender identity within the court system. Prior to accepting this appointment, Adrianne served as Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, and Assistant Professor at The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (Mandel School) at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). During her tenure at the Mandel School, Dr. Fletcher was responsible for teaching both core foundation social work courses, and advanced practice social work courses. As Assistant Dean, she was responsible for shaping the culture regarding issues of inclusion, diversity and equal opportunity. Dr. Fletcher taught at the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay (UWGB) from 2014-2017. Over her teaching career Adrianne received 3 teaching awards: two from the Mandel School and one from UWGB. She also received the Think Big leadership Award from CWRU for organizing university-wide events regarding diversity issues, implicit biases and the reduction of microaggressions on campus and in the community.
Dr. Fletcher holds a PhD, from Loyola University Chicago, and a master’s degree from the Mandel School at CWRU. When given the opportunity, she engages with non-profit organizations, health care institutions and faith-based organizations regarding an awareness of implicit attitude, cultural humility/flexibility and racial equity. Dr. Fletcher believes that service providers should be equipped to serve with equity, and without bias, implicit or explicit. Dr. Fletcher is a member of the National Association of Social Work, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s Council of Conscious Inclusion, and The Ohio Access to Justice Foundation’s Diversity Committee.