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Developmental Repair and the Intersection of Culture, Race, Trauma, and Systems
March 7, 2025 | 12:30-3:30pm CST | 3 CEHs | $45 | Live Webinar | Infant & Early Childhood Focus | Cultural Competency
This workshop is expected to be approved for 1 hour of clinical content, 3 hours of cultural competency content & 3 hours of DEVELOP Credit
Description:
In order to help a young person heal from toxic stress we must hold in mind the core components of Developmental Repair (stress biology, attachment, family culture) while honoring the family and community’s experience of culture, race, and interactions with systems. In 2017, Washburn Center and Northside Achievement Zone began formally training NAZ partners in the model bringing Dr. Anne Gearity’s concepts of joining and making sense to early childhood spaces. Each provider who uses these tools to increase emotional and behavioral regulation brings their own lived experiences to the relationship with young children and their families. When providers and caregivers are grounded in the principals of Developmental Repair and trust each other’s intentions, we can work within and across cultures to serve the various needs of our scholars/clients.
Learning Objectives:
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- Understand how unlearning assumptions about family culture can lead to better connections.
- Identify ways adult/provider’s lived experience impacts how they take a child’s perspective.
- Learn how the intersection of racialized trauma, development, family, and system impact scholar/client well-being.
Level: Intermediate | For: Early Childhood Professional or Educator | Ages Addressed: Prenatal through 6 years
About the Presenter
Chantell Johnson, MSW Candidate – Community Wellness Program Manager & Family Academy Facilitator, Northside Achievement Zone
Lauren W. Nietz, MSW, LICSW – Director of the Training Institute and Clinical Development, Washburn Center for Children