Knowing Who You Are is a curriculum is designed for child welfare professionals, caretakers, and other adults involved in child welfare. The e-learning is the second part of this three-part curriculum. The e-learning builds on introductory concepts presented in the Knowing Who You Are video, and prepares participants for faciliated, in-person learning.
Knowing Who You Are helps participants develop a vocabulary for discussing race and ethnicity as a tool for identity development and for addressing racism and discrimination. It also illustrates ways of integrating knowledge and skills into day-to-day practice.
What will I learn?
Knowing Who You Are is a self-paced, interactive learning space for exploring racial and ethnic identity. You’ll discover:
- Ideas for helping youth in foster care achieve a positive and healthy sense of racial and ethnic identity
- Opportunities to investigate the impact of stereotypes, messages, and social influences on your own racial and ethnic identity.
- Data about the impact of institutional racism on various racial and ethnic groups.
- Strategies for addressing racism in your personal and professional life.
Technical requirements
To take the online course, you’ll need:
- Access to a computer with a high-speed Internet connection
- An e-mail address
- A monitor with a screen resolution of 800x600 or higher
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
- Macromedia Flash 7 Player
- Cookies enabled—this is an Internet Explorer setting that allows information to be stored as you page through the course.
- JavaScript enabled—this is an Internet Explorer setting that makes Web pages more interactive.
Samples
My Point of View—case workers, alumni
of foster care, and parents discuss
what race and ethnicity mean to them.
Challenging Our Beliefs—“Enlightenment is
the state of seeing things as they are.”
An interactive exercise illustrates power
and privilege in our society.
Heart, Mind, Body, Spirit—a series of questions
provides an opportunity to assess your
“personal truth” about racial and ethnic identity.