Registration Fee: No cost/Free but participants are required
to pre-register for each training
Training Description:
This didactic will assist clinical helpers to understand, recognize, and position themselves in identifying identity-based trauma when working with clients, regardless of the helper’s personal identity. Participants will engage is self- exploration and will be challenged to take a critical assessment of their ability to treat diverse clients in an effective and cultural informed manner. Through experiential learning, participants will begin to develop competencies to engage in critical conversations with clients who have experienced identity related traumatic injuries and to do so in a manner that enhances the therapeutic relationship and does not lead to further traumatic injury.
Learning Objectives:
Part One: Didactic
Participants will understand the intersectionality of identity, trauma, and mental and physical health.
Participants will describe the organizing principles associated with identity-based trauma.
Using an ecological systems perspective, participants will recognize the systemic factors contributing to identity-based trauma.
Participants will be able to identify the symptoms of identity- based traumatic stress responses and differentiate them from PTSD.
Participants will examine the need for culturally appropriate and sensitive treatment approaches to better serve a diverse client population.
Speaker: Dr. Tamara Atkinson
DHA, MSW, LCSW
Part Two: Ask The Expert
Participants will demonstrate their understanding of tools available to assess for identity-based trauma.
Participants will formulate culturally relevant plans and interventions to treat clients experiencing identity-based trauma.
Continuing Education: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Each successfully completed webinar qualifies for 3.5 contact hours.
This course has been submitted the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board for 3.5 contact hours.
