The Impact of Power Dynamics and Privilege in Building Relationships with System-Involved Youth and Their Families

Nicole Klasey

Training Description

Power dynamics and privilege can be barriers to both establishing and maintaining a relationship with system-involved youth and their families. It’s crucial for support providers to acknowledge the privilege they have and how it can affect their ability to engage and help system involved youth and families. Without this awareness, we may not fully understand the challenges and obstacles system-involved youth and their families have and are experiencing. Youth and their families may also passively go along with our recommendations because we hold the power in the relationship. Join us as we explore power and privilege within efforts to support system-involved youth and their families.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to identify one aspect of privilege they have when working with system-involved youth and their families.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 way privilege can affect system-involved youth and their families.

· Participants will be able to identify at least 1 strategy to address the power imbalance in relationships with system-involved youth and their families.

Agenda

1:00-1:15pm  Introductions and Welcome

1:15-2:45pm  Privilege

· Privilege Overview

· Defining privilege

· Examples of privilege

· When privilege isn’t recognized

· Oppression of system-involved youth and families

· Addressing our privilege with system-involved youth and families

2:45-3:00pm  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

3:00-4:45pm  Power Dynamics

· Power dynamics overview

· Examples of power dynamics

· Impact of power dynamics with system-involved youth

· Impact of power dynamics with caregivers of system involved youth

· Addressing power dynamics with system-involved youth and families

· Strategies to be more mindful of privilege and power dynamics

· What we can do

4:45-5:00pm  Questions & Answers, Wrap-up

Meet Our Trainer

Nicole Klasey is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE hours for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.