cultural proficiency for treatment providers strategies...
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The multiple needs of clients with substance use disorders, mental health, and/or health care issues are more complex for clients of diverse backgrounds and challenging for treatment providers. This interactive training will discuss and inform on how a client’s cultural perspective influences behavior within the context of one’s own consequent substance use along with a brief review on the impact of culture on psychosocial domain. Participants will explore the importance of using culturally informed questions to elicit client specific information to identify strengths within adhered to values in ‘their world,’ and help practitioners reframe client cultural values and integrate in practice to motivate behavior change.
Goal: Instruct participants on how the client’s culture can inform practice to motivate and sustain behavior change.
Objectives : · Review client cultural perspectives and challenges
· List ways on how culture can influence the motivation to change behavior and/or hinder the recovery process
· List how to identify the strengths within client cultural values and integrate in practice
When/Where is the training: Thursday, June 30, 2016
9:00am – 4:30pmGreater Binghamton Health Center Staff DevelopmentGarvin Building, 3D Room 112
Registration: Pre-registration is requiredPlease contact – Jeanann Schechter 607-773-4449 or by e-mail [email protected]
“State of New York Office of Mental Health SW CPE is recognized by the New York State EducationDepartment's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education forlicensed social workers #0227. Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs) and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) who attend this class in its entirety will receive 6 contact hours toward renewal of their social work license.”
Cultural Proficiency for Treatment Providers Strategies for the Multidisciplinary Team
This training provides 6 hrs. of CPP, CPS initial, and CASAC, CPP, CPS renewal hours (toward credentialing).This is collaboration with the Dual Recovery Project