EP207: Creating Safer Spaces for Clients and Students Who Are at the Intersections of Multiple Marginalized Identities
Internationally renowned clinician, educator, and activist Deborah Headley, MSW chats with Dr. Aaron Smith about how clinicians and educators can create safer spaces for clients and students who are at the intersections of multiple marginalized identities. Deborah shares her three-phase process for facilitating a trauma-informed, safe space to resolve conflicts. These include prevention, intervention, and resolution/evaluation:
Prevention:\xa0set the tone (framework, my background, experience, teaching style, lens); create agreements including me (my power), gatekeeping\xa0
Intervention:\xa0review course syllabus and make connections (walk through)\xa0
Resolution & Evaluation:\xa0critical analysis (belief, opinion vs information & knowledge)\xa0\u25aa\xa0accommodations - all of you is welcome in the classroom; deconstructing the hidden curriculum; secondary & tertiary learning.
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