SCHEDULE DETAILS Event Schedules
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8.00 - 8.30 AM Registration and Networking
Check-In
Please join us for check-in and networking.
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8.30 - 10.00 AM Morning Keynote
Karen Rice, PhD, LSW, ACSBehaviors that Create barriers to Engaging Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
This session will explore the various behaviors that impede efforts to foster an environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. These behaviors include conscious and unconscious bias, prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, and microaggressions. To foster inclusivity and create a sense of belonging, various interrupters can be implemented. These interrupters include involve create an environment that fosters psychological meaningfulness, safety, and availability.
This sessions is eligible for 1.5 CEs.
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10.00 - 10.15 AM Break
Stretch Break
Fifteen minute break for coffee, stretching, brain breaks.
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10.15 - 11.45 AM Morning Break-Out 1
Evelin A. La PazLanguage Barriers & Immigration: How Do We Bridge the Gap to Access Effective Communication?
This presentation aims to explore the language barriers immigrants face in the United States. These barriers may impact how they navigate simple daily life activities such as opening a bank account, to more complicated ones, including accessing healthcare services or navigating the legal system. The target audience will be exposed to a discussion about regulations that protect their rights to effective communication in certain instances as well as the resources available to service providers and the individuals with limited English proficiency or emerging English language skills.
This sessions is eligible for 1.5 CEs.
Choose 1 of 3 morning break-outs.
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2.15 - 2.30 PM Break
Break
Enjoy a fifteen minute brain break.
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8.15 - 8.30 AM Check-in
Check-In
Technology check.
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10.00 - 10.10 AM Break
Stretch Break
Fifteen minute break for coffee, stretching, brain breaks.