September 2025: Elevating Those We Serve: Effective Strategies for Working with BIPOC Communities

This interactive webinar offers practical guidance for professionals seeking to engage Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) youth and families with greater cultural awareness, humility and intention. Through education, reflection and dialogue, participants will deepen their understanding of how history, culture and lived experiences shape interactions and influence therapeutic outcomes.

The session will explore:

• The significance of the term BIPOC, including understanding why language and identity matter in fostering respectful, culturally centered therapeutic relationships
• Awareness of the historical and systemic barriers that impact BIPOC communities' ability to access and effectively engage in services
• Opportunities to honor lived experience through effective partnership
• Cultural responsiveness through intentional teaming and collaboration
• How to cultivate spaces to provide thoughtful feedback to address missed opportunities and maintain accountability among service providers serving BIPOC communities

Who Should Attend

This webinar is open to anyone who supports youth and families across systems of care. This includes frontline staff, Wraparound team members, youth and parent partners, community-based providers, county and state agency professionals, educators, behavioral health staff and probational personnel. Whether you're working directly with families or shaping the systems that serve them, this session will offer practical insights to strengthen relationships and support more effective engagement.