Disrupting Blindness: What Racial Literacy Can Teach Us to See

In the workshop, we build on the material presented in the keynote and will practice mindfulness approaches to identify and notice reactions to stressful racial and other diversity encounters that may interfere with learning. 
 
Participants will 
1.     learn the research support for engaging racial encounters directly on behalf of early childhood parent and teacher training 
2.     increase engagement rather than avoidant-racial coping behaviors during racially stressful moments at work and in therapeutic sessions 
3.     improve participant understanding and practicing of in-the-moment racial stress reduction strategies 
4.     practice racial literacy strategies of storytelling and emotional regulation to use in face-to-face encounters with parents, colleagues, and students with diverse life experiences