Practicing Cultural Humility: Addressing Implicit Bias
Saturday, Apr 18 from 10 am to 1:30 pm EDT
Overview
This program will help participants understand ableism and the impact on their professional work.
Full course title: Practicing Cultural Humility: Addressing Implicit Bias to Create an
Anti-ableist, Anti-Oppressive and Neuro-inclusive Therapy Practice
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A 6-HOUR continuing education event spread over TWO 3-hour workshops on TWO SEPARATE SATURDAYS (April 18th and April 25th - 10a-1:30p). Attendees MUST attend BOTH workshops on BOTH SATURDAYS to receive continuing education. NO PARTIAL CREDIT for partial attendance is possible.
The fee being charged applies to BOTH DATES. You need only pay the fee once.
Instructor: Jennifer Glacel, LCSW, RPT-S
Summary
Lisa Kays PLLC/Shift Happens Collective, Seven Corners Psychotherapy LLC, and Godfrey-Smith Counseling invite you to attend this workshop, which will explore the concept of ableism and the impact of ableism on the mental health field by exploring the neurodiversity paradigm, different types of neurodivergence and the ways ableism permeates our culture and the field of psychotherapy. Participants will work to unlearn the harmful things they have been taught and examine their own internalized ableism. Working together towards an inclusive and anti-ableist framework, participants will learn how to not only support their neurodivergent clients, but also their neuronormative clients in order to have an affirming and inclusive practice for all.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A 6-HOUR continuing education event spread over TWO 3-hour workshops on TWO SEPARATE SATURDAYS. Attendees MUST attend BOTH workshops on BOTH SATURDAYS to receive continuing education. NO PARTIAL CREDIT for partial attendance is possible.
The fee being charged applies to BOTH DATES. You need only pay the fee once.
Participants will earn 6 hours of continuing education credit for completing this workshop. Continuing education credits are available from the D.C. Board of Social Work, NBCC (Seven Corners Psychotherapy is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 8721), or Continuing Education of Illinois (To see if Continuing Education of Illinois meet requirements for your profession and state, please consult this map: https://ceupro.com or email lisa@lisakays.com to ask if you are unsure).
This course is appropriate for social workers at the following levels of practice: beginning, intermediate, and advanced.
Because the workshop is focused on participants examining their own internalized biases it is applicable to a wide-range of social workers at varying levels of experience. Indeed, social workers will walk away with different take-aways depending in their level/experience in practice, as outlined below:
Beginner: Beginning social workers will have an opportunity to explore how ableism can and does impact their practice, and to start to develop their own values and identity—based on and informed by the NASW Code of Ethics, the neurodiversity paradigm, and experiences of more advanced clinicians—related to how they may or may not internalize an anti-ableist perspective and incorporate it into their work.
Intermediate and Advanced: Intermediate and advanced level social workers who may have developed a more cohesive professional identity and values will be able to explore how the neurodiversity paradigm may or may not fit into that identity and their values. They may explore and benefit more from discussion of strategies for identifying and managing ableist perspectives based on those that have emerged in their prior experience. In addition, they will have an opportunity to reflect on and review practices they have been engaging in, and to assess their appropriateness in light of the NASW Code of Ethics, the neurodiversity paradigm and input from other clinicians.
The workshop will be led by Jennifer Glacel, LCSW, RPT-S. Jennifer is a nationally recognized speaker and author on the subjects of the neurodiversity paradigm, anti-ableism, and understanding the Autistic nervous system. She has provided continuing education workshops for the Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society, the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and various Play Therapy conferences. In addition she has two upcoming book chapters that will be published in neurodiversity anthologies in 2026.
Agenda or Outline
Day 1/Part 1 - April 18th
10 a.m.-10:15 a.m.: Introductions and overview of topic
10:15 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.: Understanding Neurodiversity & Anit-ableism: Introduction to the neurodiversity paradigm and the concept of being anti-ableist
11:30 am - 11:45 am: Break
11:45 am - 1:30 pm: Reframing Neurodivergence: A deeper look into the experience of being autistic and/or adhd, with a focus on unlearning inaccurate information and understanding the power dynamics at play in therapeutic relationships
Day 2/Part 2- April 25th
10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.: Review and questions from previous session
10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.: Experiential, participatory role play related to topic and processing/discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am: Break
11:45 am - 1:15 pm: Overview of concrete means to incorporate safer practices into clinical interactions and administrative procedures
1:15 p.m - 1:30 pm.: Q&A and evaluations
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A 6-HOUR continuing education event spread over TWO 3-hour workshops on TWO SEPARATE SATURDAYS. Attendees MUST attend BOTH workshops on BOTH SATURDAYS to receive continuing education. NO PARTIAL CREDIT for partial attendance is possible.
The fee being charged applies to BOTH DATES. You need only pay the fee once.
Learning Objectives
After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:
List three ways ableist structures and thinking impact their work.
Define the neurodiversity paradigm and identify its relevance to their work.
List three criteria that make up an Autistic and/or ADHD nervous system.
List three ways to be anti-ableist in their work.