Ralph Bayard, Ed.D., serves as the Senior Director for Systems Improvement – Disproportionality at Casey Family Programs and is member of the Race Matters Consortium Coordinating Committee.
Understanding the origins and complexity of disproportionality in child welfare is the first step to finding solutions. Click the links below to hear diversity expert Dr. Ralph Bayard speak about these issues:
Signs of systemic bias in foster care decision making and how individual children are affected (4:12):(click to listen) (click to listen)
Identifying and addressing the root problems (1:56):(click to listen) (click to listen)
The role of cultural sensitivity in mitigating disproportionality (2:26):(click to listen) (click to listen)
Disproportionality is not unique to Foster Care. What we can learn from juvenile justice and special education (1:06):(click to listen) (click to listen)
Alternatives to removing large numbers of children of color from their homes (0:39):(click to listen) (click to listen)
How addressing disproportionality can improve outcomes for all foster children (5:13):(click to listen) (click to listen)