Virtual Training:
Understanding and Addressing Implicit Bias
in Policy and Practice

​The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) and the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building Center (RHYTTAC) invite you to join us for an upcoming virtual training on 'Understanding and Addressing Implicit Bias in Policy and Practice' on February 13, 2024 from 1:00-2:30 PM ET. 

How can a youth’s race, sex, or other characteristics influence how we see, treat, and provide services to them even when we are genuinely trying to be unbiased? What steps can our organization take to prevent this from happening? To help answer these questions, this virtual training will use psychological science and personal experience to explore some harmful side effects of how the human brain naturally perceives, categorizes, and draws inferences about the world, including other people. This training will also examine when implicit bias is most likely to occur and discuss what practical steps can be taken to reduce or eliminate it, and what has been shown not to work.  

Objectives:

• Participants will be able to describe what implicit bias is, why it occurs, and when it is most likely to influence decisions and behaviors.
• Participants will learn how to use a common framework and vocabulary to begin to discuss and reflect on how implicit bias might impact the work of providers and strategies that can be used to reduce or avoid those impacts.

Facilitators:

• Erik J. Girvan, J.D., Ph.D. (he/him), Associate Professor, Executive Director of Law & Conflict Studies, University of Oregon School of Law
• Diamond Dumas (they/them), Training and Capcity Building Manager, RHYTTAC
  
  

Registration is now closed!

Questions:

If you have any questions, please contact RHYTTAC at [email protected].