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.
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Scope: Foundational, Student Level, School Level, District Level
Topic: Inclusion, Disciplinary practices/suspensions, Return to in person schooling, Assessment, General psychological practices, General equity and justice information
Format: Article, Book, Website, Podcast, Video, Audio, List of Resources, Booklet, Tip-sheet, Handout
Other: Antiracism, Multicultural Training, Cultural Competency, School Resource Officers, Preschool, Suspension and Expulsion, Implicit Bias, Disproportionality, English Language Learners and Family Collaboration, Culturally Responsive Practices, Diversity, Author(s) and Creator(s) of Color, Culture and Climate, Professional Development Organization, Black Women, COVID-19, History, Unions, Reading Instruction
Beyond Tolerance
Author(s): TED Radio Hour
Tags: Audio, School Level. District Level
Description: How to move beyond tolerance to a place of deeper understanding.
Black Girl in Suburbia
Author(s): Melissa Lowery
Tags: Documentary, Culturally Responsive Practices, District Level, School Level
Description: An examination of the experiences of Black girls in the education system.
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.
CARDS Construct of Race, WEA Race Equity Audit
Author(s): Washington Educators Association
Tags: Presentation, Foundational, History, Unions
Description: This presentation outlines the origins of race and racism from pre-1492 to 2019 in the United States and how it relates to the development of policy and teacher’s unions. Context and implications for the Washington Education Association (WEA) are discussed.
Colorlines
Author(s): Race Forward
Tags: Website
Description: Advances racial justice through research, media and practice. Free e-newsletter
Courage
Author(s): TED Radio Hour
Tags: Audio, School Level. District Level
Description: Examines the courage it might take to move beyond our socializations and biases.
Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools
Author(s): Glenn E. Singleton and Curtis W. Linton (Eds.)
Tags: School Level. District Level, Book
Description: Explains the need for candid, courageous conversations about race so that educators may understand why student disengagement and achievement inequality persists and learn how they can develop a curriculum that promotes true educational equity and excellence.
The Critical Pedagogy Reader
Author(s): Antonia Darder, Marta P. Baltodano & Rodolfo Torres (Eds.)
Tags: School Level. District Level, Book
Description: Collection of essays that reflect upon issues of class, racism, gender/sexuality, language and literacy within the classroom setting.
Culture Checklist
Author(s): Dismantling Racism works
Tags: School Level, District Level, Culture & Climate, Handout
Description: This simple checklist provides a list of characteristics of White Supremacy culture with examples.
Demystifying Social Justice for School Psychologists
Author(s): Celeste M. Malone & Sherrie L. Proctor
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: Recognition and acknowledgement of cultural variables are cornerstones of ethical school psychology practice (National Association of School Psychologists [NASP], 2010b). School psychologists are expected to possess knowledge about diversity factors and how they impact students and have the skills to effectively serve children and families of all backgrounds (NASP, 2010a). Moreover, school psychologists have an ethical responsibility to be advocates and work toward creating school climates conducive to the success of all students (NASP, 2010b). However, there are students who, by virtue of their group membership and identities, have less social power and are more likely to encounter systemic barriers to educational success (Ratts & Greenleaf, 2018). To adequately support students from these historically marginalized groups, school psychologists must engage in culturally competent school psychology practice while simultaneously using a social justice framework to challenge the institutional and systemic barriers that may prevent these students from reaching their full potential (Singh, 2010).
Do Early Educators’ Implicit Biases Regarding Sex and Race Relate to Behavior Expectations and Recommendations of Preschool Expulsions and Suspensions?
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.
EdChange
Author(s): Paul Gorski, Founder
Tags: Website
Description: Works to cultivate equity literacy in schools and society. Has a library of handouts and other resources.
Establishing Norms
Author(s): Advancing Racial Equity in Schools
Tags: School Level, District Level, General Equity and Justice Information, Website
Description: These norms may be useful agreements to make within any group working on social justice and equity work.
Everyday Leadership
Author(s): Drew Dudley
Tags: Audio, School Level, District Level
Description: Reminder of the unintentional significance of each of us in the everyday.
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.
How to Escape Education’s Death Valley
Author(s): Ken Robinson
Tags: Audio, School Level, District Level
Description: Critical thinking around effective and appropriate education.
Implicit Bias - A foundation for School Psychologists
Author(s): NASP
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: Despite our training as education and mental health professionals, like others with whom we serve, school psychologists are shaped by our personal experiences and interactions with the world around us, which makes us vulnerable to implicit bias. School psychologists have a professional responsibility to ensure that all students receive an equitable and just education that not only prepares them for academic success but also places them in a position to make meaningful contributions to society (NASP, 2013). Although we have a moral and ethical obligation to operate without bias and prejudice, implicit bias is arguably one of the most significant challenges facing our profession as it influences the educational outcomes of an increasingly diverse student body.
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.
Interpretation Tips Cards for Families
Author(s): WA State Governor's Office of the Education Ombuds (OEO)
Tags: English Language Learners and Family Collaboration, District Level, School Level, Student Level, Website, List of Resources
Description: At the bottom of the page are links to the tips cards referenced in the handout for educators. The tips cards are translated into 8+ different languages and are meant to be given to parents.
Intersectionality and School Psychology - Implications for Practice
Author(s): NASP
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: This article was written in reference to the recently released National Association of School Psychologists (2017) infographic, Understanding Intersectionality. The article explores how intersectionality can be used as a lens to aid in school psychologists' understanding of their own intersecting identities as well as those of the students they serve, particularly in relation to how the intersection of identities interact with privilege or oppression. The article briefly reviews research on Black girls' disproportionate representation in school-based discipline to illustrate how the intersection of gender and race can interact with school-based disciplinary systems, resulting in inequitable outcomes for Black girls. The article concludes with recommendations for how school psychologists can use intersectionality as a practice lens to encourage social justice for those students whose chances of experiencing marginalization and discrimination are increased based on their identities.
Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)
Author(s): Southern Poverty Law Center
Tags: Website, District Level, School Level
Description: A variety of resources related to educational equity and social justice (including classroom lessons and planning). Free e-newsletter
The Lie
Author(s): Directed by: Kevin Pastor Produced by: Untitled Productions
Tags: Audio, School Level
Description: In Ms. Nwoye’s fourth grade class a project that
integrated Social Studies and Poetry resulted in the video that you see here. The student work is original and the message is of their choosing.
Map of Native/Indigenous land and language
Author(s): Native Land Digital, Website
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: This interactive map shows Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world in a way that goes beyond colonial ways of thinking in order to better represent how Indigenous people want to see themselves.
NASP’s Effective Service Delivery for Indigenous Children, Youth, Families, and Communities
Authors: NASP
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: This document outlines NASP’s Indigenous Framework for effective and culturally responsible service delivery for Indigenous Youth.
NASP's Self-Assessment Checklist
Author(s): NASP, Tawara D. Goode, - Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development-University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research & Service. Adapted from - Promoting Cultural Competence and Cultural Diversity in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Settings - June 1989. Revised 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2002.
Tags: General Psychological Practices, Student Level, Website, Culturally Responsive Practices, Checklist, Diversity
Description: "This checklist is intended to heighten the awareness and sensitivity of personnel to the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence in human service settings. It provides concrete examples of the kinds of values and practices that foster such an environment." -NASP
National Women’s Law Center
Author(s): National Women’s Law Center
Tags: Website
Description: Champions laws and policies that work for women and families.
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
Preventing Disproportionality: A Framework for Culturally Responsive Assessment
Author(s): NASP - By Amanda L. Sullivan
Tags: Assessment, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: School psychologists can contribute to the reduction of this ongoing phenomenon of disproportionality by ensuring that their own practices are sound. Given the increasing diversity of our nation’s schools, it is inevitable that practitioners will encounter students and families with backgrounds and experiences drastically different from their own. As such, the cultivation of knowledge, skills, and dispositions conducive to effectively serving diverse populations is essential to ensuring that our professional practices remain relevant and beneficial to the communities we serve.
Push Out
Author(s): Monique W Morris
Tags: Book, Documentary, Culturally Responsive Practices, District Level, School Level, Suspensions and Expulsion practices
Description: An examination of the experiences of Black girls in the education system.
Resources and Links
Author(s): The Association of Black Psychologists, The National Association of Black Social Workers
Tags: Professional Development Organization, Resource List
Description: This one-page PDF links to resources from The Association of Black Psychologists and The National Association of Black Social Workers, Inc. (NABSW). The NABSW is comprised of people of African ancestry, is committed to enhancing the quality of life and empowering people of African ancestry through advocacy, human services delivery, and research.
School Psychology Unified Anti-Racism Statement and Call to Action
Author(s): Multiple Authors, APA NASP, ABSP, etc.
Tags: Antiracism, Foundational, District Level, School Level
Description: Anti-Racism Statement and Call to Action for School Psychologists who have an ethical responsibility to engage in social justice and anti racist action.
Seeing White
Author(s): Seen On Radio Podcast Hosted by John Biewen
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, Foundational, Podcast
Description: This fourteen-part documentary podcast series asks questions about why we were seeing a flare up of racist actions in 2017. Why? Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?
Sistas Staying Well Resource List COVID 19 Resources for Black Women 2020
Author(s): Safe Black Space
Tags: Black Women, List of Resources, COVID-19
Description: List of mental health and wellness resources to support Black Women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social Justice and Anti-Racism Resource List
Author(s): The Association of Black Psychologists
Tags: List of Resources
Description: List of mental health and wellness resources for BIPOC community
Social Justice Resource List
Author(s): Various
Tags: Assessment, General Equity and Justice Information, General Psychological Practices, District Level, School Level, List of Resources
Description: A list of resources pertaining to social justice information and research, organized by practice focus area.
Speak Up At School- How to Respond to Everyday Prejudice, Bias, and Stereotypes
Author(s): Teaching Tolerance Publication
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, School Level, Student Level, Booklet
Description: This resource serves as a guide for educators when encountering individuals in their school (student, colleague, parent) who use biased language. Could be help helpful for beginners to intermediate who are unsure as to how to respond in these situations
Stamped From the Beginning
Author(s): Ibram X. Kendi
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, Foundational, Book, Author(s) or Creator(s) of Color, History
Description: This book is a history of racism in the United States and can help individuals develop a more complex understanding of the context in which racism today takes place. This is not specific to education or school psychology. This book is available where books are sold, and linked above are discussion questions.
The Relationship Between Non-Traditional Instructional Strategies and the Multicultural Competence of School Psychologists
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.
Testing and Assessment with Persons and Communities of Color
Author(s): Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests
Tags: Assessment, Foundational, District Level, School Level, Student Level, Booklet
Description: The monograph on testing and assessment among racial/ethnic minorities is the fourth in a series of monographs published by the Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests (CNPAAEMI) to address diversity issues pertaining to core activities undertaken by psychologists in service of the major racial/ethnic minority populations in the United States.
Therapy for Black Girls
Author(s): Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
Tags: Podcast, Culturally Responsive Practices, List of Resources
Description: Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls.
Tips for Educators When Using a Qualified Interpreter
Author(s): WA State Gov. Office of the Education Ombuds (OEO)
Tags: English Language Learners and Family Collaboration, District Level, School Level, Tip-sheet
Description: This is a tip sheet for using interpreters to effectively communicate with students and families and includes information on how to access interpreters and managing communication through interpreters.
Unbank the Fire: Visions for the Education of African American Children
Author(s): Janice Hale
Tags: Book, Cultural Competency, School Level, Culturally Responsive Practices
Description: Discusses the challenges African-American students have in the school setting and reflects upon best practices in supporting students of colors learning styles.
Under Our Skin
Author(s): Seattle Times
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, Foundational, Video(s), Website, Author(s) or Creator(s) of Color
Description: This is a series of videos with embedded activities and reflections focused around issues of race such as micro-aggressions, implicit bias, white privileges, etc. Though not specifically intended for educators or school psychologists it does touch on issues in schools.
Understanding Race and Privilege
Author(s): NASP
Tags: General Equity and Justice Information, District Level, School Level, Student Level
Description: This document is part of a series of resources developed by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in response to recent acts of racial violence and the increasingly uncivil discourse occurring across our country. It is important for school psychologists and other educators to understand the historical and contemporary conditions that have resulted in many of these violent acts, as well as others’ reactions (including violence) to these events. NASP seeks to help schools and families engage in constructive dialogue about privilege, prejudice, power, and the ways that all of us can work together to shift the conversation from hate and violence toward understanding and respect to ultimately bring about positive change and unity to our communities.
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice - Revised and Expanded 3rd edition
Author(s): Paul Kivel
Tags: School Level, District Level, Book
Description: Uprooting Racism offers a framework for understanding institutional racism. It provides practical suggestions, tools, examples, and advice on how white people can intervene in interpersonal and organizational situations to work as allies for racial justice.
White Fragility
Author(s): Robin DiAngelo
Tags: Antiracism, General Equity and Justice Information, Foundational, Book
Description: This resource is not specific to school psychology or education, but is to inform the foundational understanding of the role of white people in systemic racism. This book is informative primarily for white folks who are not cognizant of the role white people broadly carry in upholding systems of racism and is recommended as a primer on the concept of whiteness as a race in the racist systems built into our society in the US. See the Readers guide for more information prior to reading. This book is available where books are sold, and linked above are discussion questions for educators.
White Supremacy Culture in Organizations
Author(s): Created by Centre for Community Organizations, based on workbook by Tema Okun at Dismantling Racism Works
Tags: School Level, District Level, General Equity and Justice Information, Culture & Climate, Booklet
Description: This resource features a list of characteristics of white supremacy
culture that show up in organizations and is intended to spark conversations
about racism (including antidotes to racism) within organizations.
What the Words Say: Many kids struggle with reading - and children of color are far less likely to get the help they need
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.
