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The purpose of the 2015 State Conference is to bring together practitioners to share strategies for closing the achievement or “equity” gap among children and families in our schools.  Diverse and dynamic workshops will highlight the many ways schools of social work and school-based support services contribute to positive outcomes for students.

WORKSHOP TOPICS 

• Restorative practices
• Cultural humility
• Unaccompanied migrant youth
• Common Core and LCAP
• Trauma-informed classrooms
• Collaborative partnerships to support students and families
• Group interventions for students impacted by trauma
• Culturally competent practices with students of Middle Eastern or Muslim descent
• School-based mentoring
• Social and psychological effects of racism and inequality in public education
• Interrupting equitable practices to ensure access
• Positive bicultural identity development

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

• Keynote Speaker: Na’ilah Suad Nasir, professor of African American Studies and Education at UC Berkeley. Professor Nasir holds the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities and the Williams Chair of African American Studies. Her research centers on how issues of culture and race influence the learning, achievement, and educational trajectories of African American and other non-dominant students in urban school settings.