Hanging In Mid-Air- The Art of Suspending Bias and Judgement
Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 9am-12pm
Hanging In Mid-Air-The Art of Suspending Bias and Judgement (Registration Form Below)
This 3-hour workshop will focus on recognizing assumptions and biases that impact our ability to relate
to and include individuals who are different from us When this happens, it is tempting to disengage
rather than build connection. Participants will be led through a variety of experiential exercises that will
allow them to get in touch with biases they may have learned, as well as both “held” and “felt” biases.
Participants will also explore implicit bias and will be empowered to recognize and acknowledge biases
that may not be currently be in their awareness. Finally, participants will learn why it is important to
suspend judgement and work through their own bias so they can connect and relate to others who may
be different from them.
SPACE IS LIMITED! Register now on the form below.
This training is offered free of charge to FRN members and their staff through support from FTF.
This 3-hour workshop will focus on recognizing assumptions and biases that impact our ability to relate
to and include individuals who are different from us When this happens, it is tempting to disengage
rather than build connection. Participants will be led through a variety of experiential exercises that will
allow them to get in touch with biases they may have learned, as well as both “held” and “felt” biases.
Participants will also explore implicit bias and will be empowered to recognize and acknowledge biases
that may not be currently be in their awareness. Finally, participants will learn why it is important to
suspend judgement and work through their own bias so they can connect and relate to others who may
be different from them.
SPACE IS LIMITED! Register now on the form below.
This training is offered free of charge to FRN members and their staff through support from FTF.
TRAINING LOCATIONFamily Involvement Center
5333 N 7th St. Suite A-100 Phoenix, AZ. 85014 |
Toni Donnelly,
Director of Training and Innovation at the Family Involvement Center Toni is the Director of Training and Innovation at the Family Involvement Center. In her role Toni develops training curriculum and educational supports for family groups who have children with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges. She is also responsible workforce development training and coaching for the Parent Peer support workforce both locally and nationally. Toni is trained in the state of Arizona as a certified trainer for Cultural Competency and is also trained as a Trainer for ASIST, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and Mental Health First Aid, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs ) and Trauma. After moving to Arizona in 2004,Toni served as a trainer for the Family Involvement Center. In 2005, Value Options hired Toni as the Children's Division Network Development Manager. In conjunction with a community collaborative, she was directly responsible for the creation and implementation of the Quality Management system for the evaluation of Child and Family Teams. This landmark effort paired family members with other behavioral health professionals in the evaluation process. Toni’s most important role has been raising three sons with emotional and behavioral health challenges. Toni and her family, has had personal life experience navigating both the public and private sector of behavioral health. Toni became actively involved in the family movement in Burlington County, New Jersey. Burlington County was awarded a SAMSHA grant in 2001 and her oldest son Michael, was involved in multiple child-serving agencies at the time. He was one of the first 180 youth that received services through the Care Management Organization, Partners for Kids and Families. Toni has a heartfelt passion to confront and address attitudinal bias and stigma by increasing awareness and utilizing a book club as a non-confrontational approach. She has been facilitating this book club for many years and it was featured as a promising practice by Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, National Center for Cultural Competence: Washington, D.C. Dunne, C. & Goode, T. (2004). Using a Book Club to confront attitudinal barriers and other “isms” from the series, Seeds of Change: Promising Practices Toni is also devoted to raising awareness of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week and National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day which is the first Thursday in May. For the past 13 years Toni has collaborated with several organizations in her local community planning and coordinating events that promote awareness that Children’s Mental Health Matter. When Toni is not working she enjoys playing golf with her husband, reading, cooking, and the beauty of the Arizona desert landscape. |
