Course Description

** please note this session is now closed for registration**

GET THE SKILLS TO CREATE REAL CHANGE WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS

This is an in-depth 10 week online course designed for professionals in the fields of social work, education, mental health, public policy, community program development and similar.

The course session begins  Tue MAY 6, 2025.
*There are 5 live sessions that happen at Tuesdays at 4:30pm-6:00pm Pacific. 

  • Tue MAY 6, 2025 4:30 PM Pacific Time Week 1 (1.5 hours) 

  • Tue JUN 3, 2025 4:30 PM Pacific Time Week 5 

  • Tue JUN 17, 2025 4:30 PM Pacific Time Week 7 

  • Tue JUN 24, 2025 4:30 PM Pacific Time Week 8 

  • Tue JUL 8, 2025 4:30 PM Pacific Time Week 10


Meetings are recorded for later viewing.


The goal of this course is to expose students to the historical events and policies which have lead to contemporary social problems and structural inequalities that continue to negatively impact African Americans. 

  • Multigenerational patterns of adaptive behaviors passed along through generations will be explored with an emphasis on assessment and interventions using evidence based, culture specific, and social justice models.

  • A relationship based approach will be presented as one method of intervention with a particular focus on culturally based strategies that include areas of spirituality, music, art and literature.

  • The course will provide practical tools that will inform practice at the five levels of service and empower individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities throughout the change process.


A crucial aspect of social work involves sensitivity and competence in working with African Americans as an underserved and vulnerable population. This course is designed to enable students to develop a knowledge base and critical awareness of issues specifically impacting African Americans in practice and policy. This course will include the development of techniques useful for practice.

PLEASE NOTE:

- Required Materials Not Included in Registration:

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Study Guide


CONTINUING EDUCATION
This course session qualifies for 9 NASW CE's.

- Course Tuition and Payment Options
There are two options to pay for registration:

We do not offer scholarships at this time.

  • Early Bird 
    • $595
    • OR Three payments of $250 each

  • After May 1st
    • One time payment $695
    • OR Three payments of $250 each

Dr. Joy DeGruy

Course curriculum

    1. 2025 SPRING African American Multi-Generational Trauma & Implementing Models of Change

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Course Objectives

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Assignments & Grading

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. 2025 Spring Outline

    1. Required Texts

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Academic Honesty and Integrity & Copyright

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. LIVE INTRODUCTION: by Dr. Joy DeGruy, Tue MAY 6, 2025 4:30 PM Pacific Time

    2. RECORDING: Live Intro May 6

    3. OUTLINE: Week 1

    4. WATCH: Week One Video Lecture

    5. READING: White People Facing Race || Uncovering the Myths that Keep Racism in Place (Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D.) Article

    6. QUIZ: Week 1

    7. OPTIONAL READING: How Racism Works Handout

    8. OPTIONAL READING: Diversity vs. Social Justice Handout: Diversity Training- Good For Business But Insufficient For Social Change

    9. OPTIONAL READING: Internalized White Supremacy Handout

    10. STUDENT DISCUSSIONS: Week 1

    1. OUTLINE: Week 2

    2. READING: Bicentennial Speech

    3. READING: U.S. Resolution Apology Document

    4. READING: Serial Forced Displacement Article

    5. WATCH: Dehumanization & White Fear of Annihilation

    6. QUIZ #2: Week 2 Content

    7. QUIZ #3: Recorded Lecture: Dehumanization & White Fear of Annihilation

    8. OPTIONAL READING: Cultural Genocide Article

    9. OPTIONAL READING: Japanese Relocation (JARDA) Handout

    10. OPTIONAL READING: Chinese Exclusion, Immigrant labor for Railroads Handout

    11. OPTIONAL READING: Timeline of Agricultural Labor (The POC Experience)

    12. STUDENT DISCUSSION: Week 2

    1. OUTLINE: Week 3

    2. WATCH: Video Lecture Week 3

    3. READING: Dehumanizing Black Boys

    4. READING: Bias isn’t just a police problem

    5. READING: Serial Forced Displacement

    6. READING: Color of Law Richard Rothstein Federal segregation

    7. QUIZ #4: Week 3 Content

    8. WATCH: When the Bough Breaks (From Unnatural Causes) (Quiz on this in Week 5)

    9. WATCH: In Sickness and in Health (Quiz on this in Week 5)

    10. OPTIONAL READING: White Boys to Terrorist Men

    11. OPTIONAL READING: White Debt

    12. STUDENT DISCUSSION: Week 3

    1. OUTLINE: WEEK 4

    2. WATCH: Video Lecture Week 4

    3. READ: Epigenetics

    4. READ: Racial/Cultural Identity Development Chart + Dichotomous Logic Chart

    5. READ: Families in Psychology

    6. READ: Dichotomous Logic

    7. QUIZ #5: Week 4 Content

    8. OPTIONAL READ: Racial PTSD

    9. OPTIONAL READ: The Origin of Others

    10. STUDENT DISCUSSION: Week 4

About this course

  • $595.00
  • 103 lessons
  • 15 hours of video content

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