Social Justice Task Force Resources WSASP has identified and compiled these resources through the work of school psychologists across the state of Washington. These come from a variety of sources and are intended to help schools and families engage in constructive dialogue about social justice issues in the hopes that we can work together to shift the conversation from hate and violence toward understanding and respect. We will be adding to these resources over time. Article Black History Month Resources Guide for Educators and Families Author(s): Various Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, Inclusion, District Level, School Level, Student Level, Article, List of Resources Description: Resources from the Center for Racial Justice in Education focused on Black History Month in schools, with resources specific to the intersection of race and gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender-identity. Blue Blackness, Blue Blackness: Making Sense of Blackness and Disability Author(s): Theri A Pickens Tags: School Level, District Level, Culture and Climate, Article Description: The article shares an interpretation of the intersectionality of disability and being of African descent. Author(s): Walter S. Gilliam, PhD Angela N. Maupin, PhD Chin R. Reyes, PhD Maria Accavitti, BS Frederick Shic, PhD Tags: Disciplinary Practices, District Level, School Level, Student Level, Article, Preschool, Suspension and Expulsion, Implicit Bias Description: Research that investigates the impact of implicit bias in preschool behavior expectations and disciplinary practices. Framework for Effective School Discipline Author(s): NASP Tags: Disciplinary Practices, District Level, School Level, Article, School Resource Officers Description: This resource provides key practices and recommendations to promote equitable and effective discipline and to reduce the use of suspension, expulsion, and other exclusionary discipline practices, particularly those that disproportionately impact students of color. In the Shadow of Brown: Special Education and Overrepresentation of Students of Color Author(s): Beth A. Ferri and David Connor Tags: Disproportionality, District Level, School Level, Article Description: Examines the disproportionate placement of students of color in special education programs (referred to in the education literature as overrepresentation) and traces some of the origins of the current problem of overrepresentation by examining tangled relationship of special education and resegregation in the first years following the Brown decision. Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead) Author(s): Holiday Phillips Tags: Article, Culturally Responsive Practices Description: Redefines the definition of allyship for the BIPOC community Author(s): Jacqueline Kluger Tags: General Psychological Practices, Foundational, Article, Multicultural Training, Cultural Competency Description: This is a dissertation regarding multicultural training and the utility of non-traditional field instructional strategies vs traditional lecture-based instruction. Author(s): AMP Reports Tags: Reading Instruction, Student Level, Article Description: This article outlines the negative impact of balanced literacy instructional practices, and how students of color are particularly disadvantaged when students aren't explicitly taught how to read. This leads to issues of properly identifying students with learning disabilities. |