BMC Staff Trainings and Seminars
Upcoming Events:
Navigating Parental Bias in Clinical Work With Children
Anyssa Grendel, LMSW
FRIDAY, July 31st 2026, 9:00am-11:00am
Birmingham Maple Clinic
2 CEUs Total, VIRTUAL (ZOOM)
This training is designed for social workers and mental health clinicians who work with children and families. The training will focus on recognizing and mitigating parental influences that may lead to a clinician’s parental bias and reducing the impact this could have in the process of clinical assessments, treatment, and therapeutic relationships. Clinicians will explore how parental bias may be influenced by cultural norms, socioeconomic stressors, and systemic racial inequities. Clinicians will assess and reflect on their own implicit biases and how these may influence their work with children and families of color. Participants will gain practical strategies for ensuring child-centered care while maintaining ethical and professional boundaries in family dynamics.
As a result of this training, participants will be prepared to:
- Understand parental influences that may lead to parental bias.
- Provide child-centered care.
- Maintain ethical and professional boundaries.
Timeline:
- 9am-10am: Defining bias through attachment lens
- 10am-10:10am: Break
- 10:10am-11am: Assessment and Intervention Strategies