Navigating Difficult Conversations with System Involved Youth About Social Injustices

Nola Kesia Brantley

Training Description

It is important to have discussions with foster and juvenile justice involved youth about social injustices that impact their families and their communities. In this training we will explore racism, structural racism, historical oppression and over-policing and its impact on foster and juvenile justice involved youth, their families and communities. The trainer will share strategies to navigate these difficult conversations.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to discuss social injustices with foster and juvenile justice involved youth.

· Participants will be able to adapt their discussions about social injustice based on the youth’s developmental age.