ODL 239: Undermining the Cultural Power: Understanding Systemic Racism and Code Switching

Created on 02/10/2023 Revised on 12/6/2024

Attention New Jersey Social Workers: 

This course is approved for all social workers, including New Jersey. The Board Adopted Amendments: N.J.A.C. 13:44G-6.3, 6.4, and 6.7 Content Areas for Continuing Education Credit on April 15, 2024. This updates the Board’s regulation. This amendment states that  attendance at programs or courses offered by providers approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) are now acceptable sources of CE credit. 

At the June 12, 2024 public meeting, the Board voted to allow “any applications submitted, or audits which take place, on or after September 1, 2022” to be able “to submit CE from the sources updated in the new amendment adopted on April 15, 2024.”

For more information please refer to https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/sw/Pages/Additional-Information.aspx#CE

Target Audience:

This course is targeted for social workers, case managers, nurses, and counselors.

Overview:

Helping professionals are on the frontlines of many disparities that people face on a daily basis, and systemic racism is one of them. While we as helping professionals are trying to decrease the number of barriers our clients or patients face, we are up against an enormous barrier for our clients or patients who identify as BIPOC. This full day event will provide a discussion of how we as a society arrived at this place of oppression and what we can do to help. We will dive into systemic racism and what we see daily in many different sectors. Discussion will consist of the impacts on our clients and patients mental health, financial well-being, and overall health. We will also discuss the impact on organizations and how systemic racism contributes to organizational moral and higher levels of burnout. Participants will leave this full day of learning with a personal action plan to combat the negative effects of systemic racism for themselves or their clients and patients. 

Course Objectives:

By the end of the session – the participant will be able to:

• Name three examples of systemic racism
• Identify one event in history that contributed to systemic racism
• Define systemic racism
• Define code-switching
• Name three examples of code-switching 

Presenter:

Kendra O’Berry, LCSW

Kendra O’Berry, LCSW, is a graduate of Valdosta State University with her Bachelor’s in English and Master’s degree in Social Work. She is an LCSW and has been working in the medical and mental health fields for most of her career. She is a wife, mother, and travel enthusiast. It is her hope to be able to educate not only her peers but as many in the community as possible of their rights, and how to live their best lives.

5 CREDIT HOURS APPROVED FOR:

Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 5 CE Credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 5 Contact Hours
Counselors
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact Hours
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact Hours
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact Hours
Case Managers
CCMC – 5 Contact Hours

Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit for an asynchronous course. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.