Reflective Practice Through a Racialized Lens
My Hero's Journey
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The widely-viewed killing of George Floyd in 2020 triggered a historic era of global outrage and protests to end police brutality. People from all walks of life, identity groups, and locales around the world became part of a loud uproar for social justice and accountability for brutal police practices. In this post-George Floyd era, we see an explosion of initiatives for anti-racist advocacy, policy, and practice to achieve equity for children and families of color. We applaud your commitment to travel, wander, and worry along a journey of understanding your authentic self as you champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) for infants, children, and families of color. This workbook, Reflective Practice Through a Racialized Lens: My Hero's Journey, provides a personal and protected space for you to deeply reflect, listen, and learn at your own pace about the complex factors that support social justice for children. As you step forward on this journey to self-awareness, hold in mind a multi-layered framework of development.
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This Workbook gently provides a space, place, and time for deep self-reflection and growth for professionals dedicated to anti-racist services for babies, young children and their families. We offer a distinct approach to reflective practice through a racialized lens centered on the nuanced topics of culture, identity, race, racism, power, and privilege. The content of the Workbook supports the reader through structured worksheets, self-care experientials, journaling prompts, storytelling, and reflective practices to untangle their own multicultural identities, unpack the impact on relationships, look back in time while standing in the present moment, take accountability, and stock up on rest, care, and resources for the continued long journey of this work.
About the Author
Marva L. Lewis, Ph.D, IMHM-E®
Is a proud direct descendant of the enslaved Africans in the USA and mother of Mahalah. She earned a doctorate in sociocultural psychology and works as an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is Endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Mentor-Research/Faculty by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health. Her grant-funded research centers on the rituals and routines of hair-combing interaction and the impact of colorism on parent/infant attachment relationships. She is a national consultant and trainer with the Zero to Three Safe Baby Court Teams on issues of implicit bias, the historical trauma of slavery, and workforce contributions to racial disparities in early childcare settings and the child welfare system.
WEBSITE: http://placefornaturalconnections.com
CONTACT: marvalewis@racializedreflectivepractice.com
Samantha S. Colson, MSW, MS, IMH-E®
Holds both a Master’s in Social Work and Strategic Leadership from Roberts Wesleyan University. She has also earned the NYS-AIMH Endorsement as an Infant Family Reflective Supervisor. During her professional journey, she has focused on her passion for promoting positive mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan. Samantha has extensive experience in crisis response, suicide prevention, traumainformed care, infant mental health, project management and planning. She is a mom of four growing young men and a cat mama. She loves traveling and taking much needed naps.
CONTACT: samanthacolson@racializedreflectivepractice.com
Lanh T. Durlak, LMHC, NCC, IMH-E®
Was born in Binh Dinh, Vietnam before emigrating to The States in 1991. She currently lives in Rochester, NY with her husband, their 16-month-old daughter, and are expecting their second child in February 2024. She is Endorsed as an Infant Family Specialist by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health and licensed as a Mental Health Therapist in the state of NY. She has over 12 years of experience as a home visiting therapist working with infants, young children, and their families. She interacts closely with the child welfare, medical, and behavioral health systems within Rochester, NY.
CONTACT: lanhdurlak@racializedreflectivepractice.com
Megan M. Smith, LCAT, LPC, MT-BC, IMHM-E®
Lives in Rochester, NY with her college sweetheart and two cats and is honored to be an important adult to her three nieces. She pursued a Master’s degree in Creative Arts in Therapy and has additional training and clinical experience in relationship-based, trauma-informed, family-centered homebased services across educational, behavioral health, medical, and child welfare systems. Megan is Endorsed as an Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor-Clinician. She supports workforce development and capacity building for professionals through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and DC:0-5 training, Reflective Supervision/Consultation, and her role as an Adjunct Professor. She also maintains a private practice focused on music psychotherapy, childhood trauma, and child-parent psychotherapy.
CONTACT: megansmith@racializedreflectivepractice.com