Interrupting Racism's Impact on Black Children

In our role as school psychologists, we influence, for better or worse, the injustices that Black children face: when we are around the IEP table, during manifestation determination meetings, in due process hearings, and as we consult with parents and teachers. [...]the accumulation of these sometimes minor interactions can cause distress over time due to the consistent experience. [...]studies have shown that Black Americans have experienced such behaviors as intense fear, frustration, anxiety, and avoidance of stress inducing stimuli, which are behaviors that are described in the additional criteria for PTSD (Holmes et al., 2016). Author Affiliation 1 Daria C. Thompson is a doctoral student at the University of South Carolina 2 Samuel D. McQuillin, PhD, is an associate professor of school psychology at the University of South Carolina 3 Charity Brown Griffin, PhD, NCSP, is an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Winston-Salem State University