Ethics and Empathy in Action with System-Involved Youth & Families: Effective Responses to Moral Injury

Anisa Mustafa & Rachel Weiss

Training Description

In this training, participants will explore the concept of moral injury and learn about its impact on individuals and communities, especially system-involved youth and those in supporting and caregiving roles for them. The training will emphasize compassionate and social justice approaches to addressing moral injury, including collective ethics and care principles. Attendees will learn practical strategies for fostering resilience and healing, ensuring support systems are grounded in empathy and equity. Through interactive sessions and real-world applications, the training aims to equip participants with the tools to effectively recognize, address and mitigate moral injury, promoting holistic well-being and ethical practices within effort to support system-involved youth and families.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to accurately identify and explain at least 2 characteristics of moral injury.

· Participants will acquire and be able to apply at least three social justice principles and compassionate care strategies to address moral injury.

· Attendees will be able to build individualized resilience and healing plans.

Agenda

9:00 – 9:30AM  Introduction

· Welcome, introductions, and agenda

9:30 – 10:00AM  Understanding Moral Injury

· Definition and key characteristics of moral injury

· Impact of moral injury on supporters, individuals and communities

10:00 – 10:15AM  Morning Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

10:15 – 11:15AM  Approaches to Moral Injury

· Overview of social justice principles and their approaches

· Overview of compassionate care principles and their approaches

· Incorporating social justice with compassionate care within efforts to support system-involved youth

· Breakout Room Activity

11:15AM – 12:15PM  Ethical Decision-Making

· Ethical Decision-Making Model Overview

· Application of Ethical Decision-Making in Addressing Moral Injury

· Incorporating Social Justice and Compassionate Care Values in the Ethical Decision-Making Process

· Breakout Room Activity

12:15 – 1:00 PM  Lunch Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

1:00 – 2:00PM  Resilience and Healing Strategies

· Overview of Resilience and Healing Plans

· Developing resilience and healing plans

· Tools & techniques for fostering resilience & healing within efforts to support system-involved youth

· Interactive workshop to create individualized plans

2:00 – 2:45PM  Wrap-Up

· Summary of key takeaways

· Question & Answer session

· Checkout

Meet Our Trainer

Residing on the ancestral lands of the Doeg and Piscataway Peoples in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, Anisa Christine Mustafa (they/she) shares their home with two cherished cats. Anisa is the Special Projects Coordinator for One New Heartbeat. As a leader, mentor, trainer, advocate, speaker and entrepreneur, Anisa brings a wealth of experience and expertise to their community. Anisa's unique blend of ethnicity, culture and language shapes their worldview, fostering a profound sense of openness, curiosity and flexibility toward all perspectives and pathways. They are a dedicated professional committed to fostering resilience and healing by ensuring systems are grounded in empathy and equity. Their training sessions are designed to be highly interactive, utilizing real-world applications to equip participants with the necessary tools to operate effectively within their roles.

Rachel Weiss has over 20 years of experience in behavioral health program development, project management, supervision, training, and implementation. Rachel has a track record of skillfully connecting assignments to the tools, resources, and individuals needed to achieve project and organization goals. Rachel has been instrumental in the development, implementation and assessment of multi-approach behavioral health projects from on-the ground, in-person trainings to international webinars and online trainings and discussions. Rachel is committed to current and emerging practices in person-centered behavioral health and has the ability to work one-on-one with an in-house team or as part of a cross-disciplinary, cross-organization group tasked with a complex, highly nuanced project.

Rachel Weiss has over 20 years of experience in behavioral health program development, project management, supervision, training, and implementation. Rachel has a track record of skillfully connecting assignments to the tools, resources, and individuals needed to achieve project and organization goals. Rachel has been instrumental in the development, implementation and assessment of multi-approach behavioral health projects from on-the ground, in-person trainings to international webinars and online trainings and discussions. Rachel is committed to current and emerging practices in person-centered behavioral health and has the ability to work one-on-one with an in-house team or as part of a cross-disciplinary, cross-organization group tasked with a complex, highly nuanced project.

This course meets the qualifications for (4.75) 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.