Program Summary:  This course examines the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD and conduct disorders in US schools and how Black boys are often classified and treated differently compared to their white peers.  Research found that Black boys often receive diagnoses for conduct disorders as their white peers receive diagnoses for ADHD.  The course examines how such inequities in diagnosis can lead to disparities in treatment and discipline, resulting in long term consequences.  Concepts of adultification bias, structural racism, implicit bias, labeling theory, and trauma misinterpretation are discussed, and recommendations for reform are given.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.

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Program Summary:  This course examines the topic of implicit bias in healthcare and the role of the healthcare provider in addressing implicit bias and prioritizing equitable care.  The course explores the science of implicit bias, the social groups most affected by implicit bias, and the impact on health outcomes.  Mitigation strategies are identified and include self-reflection, simulation-based education, counter-stereotypic strategies, emotional regulation, and mindfulness meditation.

If you would like to take the Harvard Project Implicit Implicit Association Test (IAT), you can find it here.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.   View the course…..

Program Summary:  This course explores explicit and implicit biases in health care and provides an overview of the terminology, the tools used to measure implicit bias, the evidence for implicit bias in health care, the impact of implicit bias in health care, the impact of interventions designed to reduce implicit bias, the key structural factors affecting implicit bias, and the relationship between implicit bias and structural inequities.  The course suggests that implicit bias interventions alone are not enough to reduce biased decision making and health disparities and should be accompanied by other systemic changes.

This course is recommended for social workers and health care professionals and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice. View the course…..

Program Summary:  This course explores the potential harms of biased language in child welfare practice and offers strategies for reducing implicit or unconscious bias and improving practice.  The course examines key concepts to understanding language bias in child welfare, including neutral language, labels, the concrete-to abstract continuum, and sociolinguistic inequality.  Examples of non-stigmatizing and preferred terms are offered.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

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Program Summary:   This course examines stigmatizing language in the electronic health record and how stigmatizing words and phrases may impact health equity.   The course explores three forms of stigmatizing language: labeling someone as other, blaming, and invoking danger.  Patients with diabetes, substance use disorder, and chronic pain are explored as subgroups.  Findings and study limitations are presented.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists.

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Program Summary:   This course explores potential implicit bias in healthcare by looking at stigmatizing language in the healthcare record. The course highlights a study using machine learning to analyze electronic health records using 15 different patient descriptors:  (non-) adherent, aggressive, agitated, angry, challenging, combative, (non-)compliant, confront, (non-) cooperative, defensive, exaggerate, hysterical, (un-)pleasant, refuse, and resist.  A discussion of results and recommendations are given.

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, and therapists.

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