Thanks to the generous support of The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation and Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement & Innovation, VTMHCA Is thrilled to present:

Implicit Bias: Everyone has a Story, presented by Quentin Tyler, Ph.D.

Vermont State University (formerly Vermont Technical College) in Randolph, Vermont

Meets OPR's requirement for training on systematic oppression and anti-oppressive practice.

Dr. Quentin Tyler will provide counseling professionals substantive training regarding the issue of implicit bias and how it relates to their areas of practice. Specific areas to be covered include how implicit bias is defined, historical trauma, the manifestation of implicit bias on the micro, mezzo, and macrolevels, intersectionality, the power structures and processes that cultivate a culture of bias, micro-assaults, microaggressions, microinsults, micro-preventions, micro-validations, micro-interventions, strategies for mitigating implicit bias by applying reduction skills to case studies and personal biased experiences, encourage development of an action plan for implementing learning so it's sustainable and transferable to professional counseling, counselor professional identity and practice issues, wellness, and prevention. 

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