Posted: July 30th, 2022

MODULE 11 INFORMATION:

MODULE 11 INFORMATION:
For this discussion forum, we want you to reflect on the importance of self-care, to manage working in high risk interventions with children and youth.

First, watch this short video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1cHoL4vaBs&abg)
featuring the Black academic, abolitionist and author Angela Davis on the importance of radical, collective self-care. While this video focuses on activist work, its conversations should resonate with those engaged in structural social work practice.

Use the questions below to guide your response. Reflections MUST BE a minimum 400 words – maximum 500 words.

What might radical, collective self-care look like for social workers engaged in child and youth care? What strategies and approaches might workers take to foster collective self-care in the spaces they work in?
How might radical, collective self-care support both the well-being of workers and the children, youth and families they support? How might radical self-care be understood as a protective factor?

MODULE 12 INFORMATION:
For this discussion forum, we want to reflect on engaging in practice with 2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth that challenges cisnormativity and heteronormativity, and centres their well-being.

Use the questions below to guide your response. Reflections MUST BE a minimum 400 words – maximum 500 words.

What are some strategies social workers might use to engage with parents who are unsupportive of their child’s gender identity or sexuality, while still providing affirming care to the child or youth they are working with? What might be some strengths or limitations of these approaches?

How can social workers help foster affirming environments for young LGBTQ2S+ folks, in the agencies and institutions they work in? How might various tools (i.e. intake forms, assessments) and spaces (i.e. bathrooms) be better designed to support queer, trans and questioning youth?