CULTURAL & GENDER DIVERSITY
Children enter foster care with different cultural, ethnic, racial, gender, and sexual orientation identities and continue to develop their identities while in foster care. It is important for foster parents to recognize such differences and support the healthy identity development of children in their care.
Introduction to Supporting Children's Identity Development
Format: 90-100 minute Nearpod
Code: PWQUJ
Description: This interactive Nearpod introduces young people’s developing racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities. It shares both children’s perspectives and those of adults reflecting back on influences from their youth. Suggestions are included for how to support children’s developing racial and ethnic identities in societal contexts in which negative messages about people of color are present.
Format: 90-100 minute Nearpod
Code: PWQUJ
Description: This interactive Nearpod introduces young people’s developing racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities. It shares both children’s perspectives and those of adults reflecting back on influences from their youth. Suggestions are included for how to support children’s developing racial and ethnic identities in societal contexts in which negative messages about people of color are present.