This workshop will provide Certified Educators, Certified Educator Candidates, and Counselors with personality, theology and education theories that exist beyond traditional, Eurocentric and commonly used theories drawn upon in the training and educational environment. Attendees will be presented with a vast array of theories, theorists and resources that can be integrated to connect with the African American experience in the education space.
Objectives:
- To explore the importance of including African American voices and perspectives in the Clinical Pastoral Education certification process
- To present a framework for theology, personality and education theory integration which is rooted in African American voices and perspectives
- To provide an inventory of theology, personality and education theories, theorists and resources that reflect African American voices and perspectives
Outcomes:
Practitioners of Clinical Pastoral Education, Clinical Counseling, Counseling Education, Mental Health Providers and Professional Counselors will:
- Gain awareness of the importance of including African American voices and perspectives in the CPE certification process
- Have increased knowledge of personality, theology and education theories/theorists that reflect African American voices and perspectives
