Title: Let's Talk About It: Reflective Practice and Microaggressions
Date: February 8, 2024
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm CST/12:30pm - 2:30pm EST
Description:
This session will focus on enhancing self and other awareness of microaggressions through reflective practice. We will explore strategies for identifying and responding to micro-aggressions within our work, with a specific focus on ourselves. Participants will be invited to participate in regulation activities, as well as the process of critical-self reflection, and dialogue.
Biography:
Amittia Parker, PhD, LMSW, MPA, IMH-E® Specialist is a researcher, trainer, social worker, and mama scholar. She is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. She provides training and technical assistance for the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety. She also helps lead a program evaluation on infant and mental health consultation. Her research, scholarship, and service focuses on advancing minority mental health and equity, particularly among BIPOC families that are pregnant and parenting young children.
About AIMHiTN:
The Association of Infant Mental Health in Tennessee (AIMHiTN) exists to support infants and young children and the adults who impact their early relational health. Our focus is on prenatal care up to a child's sixth birthday because we know it's those earliest years that matter most. AIMHiTN delivers education, training, and resources to assist caregivers, educators, healthcare providers, and other professionals in their everyday interactions with infants, young children, and their families. Our work helps ensure healthy communities and a productive workforce for generations to come, creating a brighter future for all. Simply put, we support the workforce that supports our future workforce.
