In the face of multiple crises and the unknowns of the future, it is important to understand how we see ourselves both professionally and personally. While we are tasked with healing our communities, we are also tasked with carrying the weight of our own experiences, both past and present, through this time which inevitably feeds into our work.
If you are a supervisor who participated in the previous offering of "Intersections of Grief & Resilience with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion", we invite you to join us in this highly interactive workshop intended to offer us opportunities to face ourselves and consider how resiliency, acknowledging grief & loss, and diversity, equity and inclusion are paths towards authenticity and strength for our leadership and practice.
Note: Due to the interactive format of this offering (utilizing breakout room activities), this session will be limited to a registration of 30 supervisors. This session directly builds upon the previous offering, "Intersections of Grief & Resilience with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion." Supervisors who participated in the previous offering will get priority registration.
Presented by
Laura Quiros, PhD, LMSW
Date & Time
04.23.2021 – 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
CEU Hour
1.5 for LMSW/LCSW, LMHC
More about Laura Quiros
Laura Quiros, PhD, LMSW, is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Adelphi University for the past eleven years. She teaches social work practice at the Doctoral and Master’s level. Her research and scholarly interests focus on the social construction of racial and ethnic identity and trauma informed care from a social justice lens. The common thread in her consulting, teaching and scholarship is elevating complexity and furthering the mission of social justice, including diversity and inclusion.
Laura works to find spaces in and outside of the classroom to advance inclusion within organizations, which to me means taking a look at the ways that “whiteness” is maintained in organizational cultures and supporting organizations to become more racially literate. She coaches, trains and facilitates dialogues with executive level staff across higher education, corporate and non-profits to dig deep and sincerely connect to diversity and inclusion. Some of this work involves gently pushing the boundaries of
overcoming the resistance to talking candidly about whiteness and unpacking diversity and inclusion work. Much of this has been accomplished through relationship building. I use my relationship building and clinical skills as a way to foster connection, inclusion and empathic accountability. The intersection for her is clear, as a woman of color from a very multicultural background, she could only survive through relationship building. Negotiating her identity required her to create safe enough and brave spaces in order to survive and thrive. Her practice is one of liberation, love and generosity.
“I think together we can deepen the conversation to develop a reflective consciousness that is strength-based, yet also critically nurturing and
ultimately, contribute to changing the world. I welcome the opportunity to work with you.”
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More About the Grief & Resilience Collaborative
The Coalition for Behavioral Health warmly welcomes you to the Grief & Resilience Collaborative, a training and support initiative for staff of behavioral health programs throughout New York State.
We are here to support you through this difficult time whether your role is in reception, group and individual counseling, building maintenance, the healing arts, billing, peer support, advocacy, food service, executive leadership, care management, everything in between and beyond! Our initiative will be inclusive of diverse perspectives from faith communities, artists, and
alternative healing outlets. We will feature topics ranging from children to older adults; grief, loss and resiliency; wellness and self-care; team dynamics, and supervision.
We hope you will watch our introductory video, sign up for our mailing list and upcoming events, and stay tuned for more details of upcoming offerings. We hope you will share widely with fellow colleagues.
Our webinars are funded by The NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) under The Center for Rehabilitation & Recovery (CRR) Training Initiative.