Thursday, February 15, 2024
8:30 AM–9:20 AM CST
- PMD: 5,8
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- increase understanding of youth's experiences learning about race and racism in a peer group setting;
- increase understanding of the research on children and youth’s development of racial awareness and the origins of a color-blind ideology; and
- identify ways of advocating for social justice and antiracism at the individual, school-wide, and systemic levels.
Description
Popular media portrays school-age children as too young to learn about race and racism. Presenters will describe the results of a study exploring youth's experiences learning about antiracism and allyship.
Presenter(s)
Elaine Scenters-Zapico, Long Beach Unified School District
Kristi S. Hagans, PhD, California State University, Long Beach
