Photograph of Amir Whitaker

Student Voices and Advocacy for Student Mental Health

Thursday, February 08, 2024
Event Time 04:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. PT
Cost Free
Location Zoom Webinar
Contact Email ibhequity@sfsu.edu

Overview

Session Description:

Join Dr. Amir Whitaker, Esq. and students from ACLU’s Youth Liberty Squad (YLS) for this 1-hour webinar as they share their experiences and discuss school-based mental health as a civil rights issue. In this session, students will share personal experiences, stigma reduction campaigns, and some of the findings their a wellness survey completed by 1,200+ California students. Counselors will learn from the panelists about the best ways to support youth in schools.

 

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Amir Whitaker, Esq. who is senior policy counsel for the ACLU, and the founder and director of Project Knucklehead, which is a non-profit serving thousands of underserved and system-involved youth through educational, music, art, and mentoring programs. Dr. Whitaker received his masters and doctorate in Educational Psychology prior to obtaining his JD. He is an incredible advocate for youth justice, equity, and mental health. He will be accompanied by students members of the ACLU’s Youth Liberty Squad (YLS).

 

Learning Objectives: 

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the current mental health needs of youth in CA
  • Identify youth advocacy efforts to increase access to mental health services
  • List two recommendations about how to provide accessible and effective mental health services for youth

 

Accessibility statement:

SF State Department of Counseling’s Equity and Justice – Focused Counselor Training project welcomes persons with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations (including ASL interpretation) upon request. If you need reasonable accommodations for this event, please make your request by contacting Julie Chronister jchronis@sfsu.edu by Thursday Jan. 25, 2024.

 

Continuing Education Information:

The Department of Counseling at San Francisco State University, an accredited post-secondary educational institution, maintains responsibility for the program and its content. Real-time attendance at this webinar has been approved for 1.0 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT, LPCC, and/or LCSW as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BPC 4980.54, 4989.34, 4996.22, 4999.76). Please direct concerns about this course or its content to Tiffany O’Shaughnessy, PhD taosh@sfsu.edu
 
There is no cost to attend this webinar. Participants licensed in California by the BBS desiring CEU credit for attending this webinar will be directed to sign in at the start of the webinar and will be required to provide an evaluation of the session directly following the webinar and verify their participation and attendance. CEU certificates will be emailed to participants who successfully complete both the sign in and evaluation process.

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