Essential Knowledge: James Baldwin - Ethics/Cultural Diversity CEU (1 hr)
Essential Knowledge: James Baldwin - Ethics/Cultural Diversity CEU (1 hr)
If you attend any of my CEUs -
If you can only attend one CEU -
You need to attend this one.
Note from Kimberly:
I had an extremely distressing experience this summer.
I was talking to someone in the mental health field, a person who is educated; a person I respect.
This informed, empathetic, capable mental health worker - someone who specialized in working with transgender people - had not heard of James Baldwin.
This rattled me deeply. No therapist today - no therapist who works with marginalized patients or racialized patients - no one should be unaware of the work of James Baldwin.
It’s not our fault that some pieces of knowledge were left out of our education.
It’s our duty - our ethical and moral responsibility as care workers - to put that information back in.
It’s not okay for responsible therapists to “do everything right,” and still never learn essential knowledge. I am going to change this situation the only way I know how.
In the immortal words of a terrible news man, “F**k it, we’re doing it live.”
In this CEU, we will watch video of James Baldwin. Hear his own perspectives in his own voice. Then, we’ll reflect on how this information directly relates to your work, and social work as a whole.
The work of James Baldwin is inextricably connected to being a therapist.
“If one is continually surviving the worst that life can bring, one eventually ceases to be controlled by a fear of what life can bring; whatever it bring must be borne. And at this level of experience one's bitterness begins to be palatable, and hatred becomes too heavy a sack to carry.”
— James Baldwin
I work with transgender youth - adolescents terrified of the world around them and struggling to find their place in a society full of discrimination and hatred. The work of James Baldwin directly addresses their situation. He examines what it means to have hope and resilience in situations where none can be found.
I so strongly believe in providing access to this knowledge that I am radically increasing my own CEU workload by 33%. I am offering this CEU every single month, as well as creating a non-credit self-study option.
1 hour ethics credit.
Fulfils one hour of TSBSWE cultural diversity requirement.
NOTE: WE ARE WORKING ON FINALIZING DATES/TIMES. IF YOU SELECT A MONTH, WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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If you’re a social worker in Texas and North Carolina, absolutely! I know what they require because I’m licensed in those states.
For other states, check with your state licensing board for more definitive information and specific requirements.
This CEU is not pre-approved by any state or organization.
Per Texas Board of Social Work Examiners (Title 22, Part 34, Chapter 781, Subchapter C, Rule §781.501), Texas views CEUs given by council-approved Supervisors as in the same category as CEUs given by national organizations like the NASW. )
(For more background: approval processes can cost hundreds of dollars. Usually, only CEUs that would recoup these fees go through this process. If I were to get national certification for a class, I probably would not be able to offer it for free.)
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All CEUs are held online.
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The CEUs are live.
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Yes! The platform used is compatible with live captions. Instructions to enable them will be provided when given session information.
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As a general policy, I don't share my full slides. I want to encourage people to attend the CEUs. Being a healthcare provider can be incredibly isolating, especially if you’re in private practice. I want to build a space where you can see that other people care about the same things you do.
Teaching and providing these CEUs is a passion project, and I’m always trying to strike a balance between information accessibility and building community.
Some specific CEUs, such as ARFID and Autism and MLMs: An Ethical Trap, do provide modified versions of some slides to help participants review examples.
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The classes will not be recorded.
If you feel like recording the class may be a helpful accommodation in your own learning, you may record the classes for your own personal review.
To protect the privacy of other workshop members, any use of recordings other than personal review by the CEU participant is not allowed.
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All CEUs are lead by Kimberly Vered Shashoua, LCSW.
After getting Bachelors Degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology, Kimberly went on to get a Master's in Social Work. Kimberly's work has won numerous awards and accolades, including publication in a scientific journal as a sole author while in graduate school.
Kimberly's wisdom, insight, and wit have made them a highly sought-after speaker and educator. Their insights have appeared in USA Today, the LA Times, and at the Game Developer's Conference.
Kimberly specializes in complexity. Patients who are medically frail, suicidal, and/or have severe and persistent mental illness can find support at Vered Counseling.
Kimberly also has a decade of experience working with transgender and neurodivergent youth.
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While there is no penalty for missing a free CEU, we ask that you do not sign up for sessions you are not planning on attending.
We use registration counts to determine when to close the class to new sign ups (and offer a new section instead).
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All the CEUs are Ethics CEUs. They involve discussing ethical failures and reflecting on how we need to change in order to meet a higher ethical standard.
The Developing an Ethical Framework CEU has a specific content warning related to the intensity of ethical challenges described.
Additionally, all CEUs will include profanity. I follow the George Carlin school of determining what is profane.
(I was trying to think of some folksy euphemism for profanity, but I’ve got nothing. One of my grandmothers regularly left accidental voicemails cursing at technology. My other grandmother didn’t speak English very well, but loved watching The Jerry Springer Show on maximum volume. The heel turn is my birthright; someone pass me a folding chair.)