Category: Diversity / Social & Cultural Competence Category: Diversity / Social & Cultural Competence (show less)

Synopsis: This dynamic and informative 3-hour training will equip clinical social workers with culturally responsive, trauma-informed strategies for assessing and engaging Black male clients through the intersecting lenses of responsibility, resilience, and legacy. Using Juneteenth as a historical and clinical context rather than a ceremonial observance, participants examine how systemic oppression, intergenerational trauma, and cultural misinterpretation influence diagnostic impressions, treatment planning, and therapeutic alliance.
The training emphasizes ethical assessment, strengths-based formulation, and avoidance of deficit-based narratives when evaluating accountability, motivation, relational functioning, and life outcomes in Black male clients. Participants will apply a five-pillar clinical framework integrating economic agency, moral courage, relational health, wealth stewardship, and spiritual wellness. Clinical case vignettes are used to support applied learning, reflection, and skill development within professional scope of practice.
Learning Objectives: By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Identify at least three ways historical context (including Juneteenth and delayed emancipation) influences clinical assessment of Black male clients
2. Differentiate between trauma-driven behaviors and character-based functioning in Black male clients.
3. Apply at least three culturally responsive clinical strategies that support Black male responsibility, resilience, and legacy in treatment planning
CE: 3 Cat 1 in Anti Oppressive Social Work Practice Content
Cost: $50 for members; $75 for non-members; $30 for retired members; $20 for student members
Please Note: This workshop meets the BSWE Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice content requirement and qualifies for 3 Category I continuing education units in Anti Racist Practice.