NCTSN Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma

In this webinar, presenters provide an overview of trauma- and substance abuse-focused EBTs for minority ethnic groups. Also presented is a summary of culturally responsive intervention elements. The presentation also addresses particular challenges experienced by Mexican-American youth in the border regions. Community-based cultural adaptations are presented.

This webinar, developed by Marta Casas LMHC, MEd, Carmen Rosa Noroña LCSW, MSEd and Marcy Safyer, PhD MSW, will provide a basic overview of the intersection of early childhooddevelopment (0-5), attachment and trauma in young migrant children. Presenters discuss trauma and socio-cultural interventions and engage the audience in reflections about best practices and practice-change with this population.

In this webinar, presenters discuss the need for an early childhood mental health consultation program within child care settings and describe the two type of consultation programs and the goals of each. The two types of consultations are child/family centered consultation and programmatic consultation. Additional topics addressed are assessment and evaluation tools, characteristics of a successful consultation, and cultural competent techniques that work. The presentation closes with a discussion of the challenges faced when developing a consultation program.

In this webinar Chandra Ghosh Ippen and Susana Rivera discuss culture, context, and perspective as related to the treatment of child traumatic grief. Questions addressed include: does the child need treatment, how is death experience affected by cultural and contextual factors, and how is the experience influenced by family values?

Presenters introduce core concepts for enhancing diversity-informed practice and present vignettes to highlight how each core concept can be applied to child welfare practice.

In this webinar presenters address the influence of culture on mental health providers coping with secondary traumatic stress (STS) and the choices that clinicians make to seek, or not seek, support. They explore how cultural backgroundincluding immigration historyinforms clinicians work with children and families who have experienced trauma; illustrate the relationship between culture and STS through a personal case example; and introduce the concept of vicarious resiliency. A Spanish-language version of this webinar is also available.

In this webinar, experts from diverse service sectors will explore trauma-informed, culturally-responsive strategies for serving separated children who have migrated to the US from countries in Latin America. They will discuss policies and practices relevant to the protection and best interests of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children. Presenters will also give viewers an overview of a project providing mental health care and family navigation services for Latino immigrant families along the US southern border and community-based interventions in rural northern New Mexico. In addition, they will identify clinical challenges and strategies for serving migrant children and families in a primary health care setting.

In this webinar developed by Lisa Fortuna, MD, Alisa B. Miller, PhD and Saida M. Abdi, MSW, foundational information is offered related to the intersection of culture, the migration journey, trauma and assessment. Description: In addition, recommendations for providing culturally responsive, child-friendly assessment and best practices are shared for working with interpreters for individuals who have direct contact with unaccompanied children (e.g., care provider staff) or work with people with direct contact with unaccompanied children (e.g., supervisors).

Los ponentes abordarán la influencia de la cultura en los proveedores de salud mental para hacer frente al estrés traumático secundario (STS) y las elecciones que hacen los médicos a buscar, o buscar, no apoyan. También se explorará la manera cultural-incluida la inmigración historia-informa el trabajo de los clínicos con niños y familias que han experimentado un trauma; ilustrar la relación entre la cultura y el STS a través de un ejemplo de un caso personal, e introducir el concepto de resiliencia vicaria.

In this webinar presenters discuss how to recognize the uniqueness of the loss and grief American Indian children and communities experience. The presentation is framed within the context of intergenerational trauma, grief, and loss. Demographics of death and loss are reviewed. Participants gain an understanding of the importance of grounding interventions, assessments, and research in culture and community. In addition to the knowledge of two clinicians who are native to Montana tribes, two non-native clinicians describe their experiences and lessons learned from working in an American Indian community. Finally, specific examples will be used to demonstrate the process of adapting interventions to accommodate culture and evaluating instruments for cultural effectiveness.

In this webinar participants learn strategies to make services culturally-responsive to the needs of the Latino immigrant population. Speakers address factors inherent to the immigration process such as bilingualism, sense of self, acculturation, impact over identity, culture, and trauma. Using personal experiences the presenters discuss how Latino clinicians have used their immigration experience in their clinical work.

The needs of children and families may change in the weeks, months, and years following disasters and terrorism events. To best meet these evolving needs, service providers must appreciate the diversity of recovery trajectories and understand how to stage response activities to promote long-term recovery. This webinar provides an overview of current research and up-to-date knowledge on long-term effects and needs after a disaster, strategies for pacing response activities with the stage of disaster, recommendations for working with systems that support youth living outside the home, including foster care and juvenile justice, and considerations for the role of cultural factors.

Esta presentación fue desarrollada por el Dr. Javier Rosado, PhD, la Dra. Susana Rivera PhD, y Luis E. Flores, MA. Este seminario web define la separación traumática y el duelo traumático y describe el impacto en el desarrollo en los jóvenes y niños. Además, los participantes aprenderán cómo responder a las necesidades culturales y lingüísticas de los jóvenes. Los participantes aprenderán a identificar los temores comunes de los niños y las amenazas a la seguridad que perciben los jóvenes expuestos a eventos traumáticos, así como las estrategias que responden a la cultura de los jóvenes y que el personal puede utilizar con ellos.

In this webinar presenters provide a brief history of the NCTSN Partnering with Youth and Families Committee, share information about the Pathways document and how to incorporate it into consumer engagement, and discuss the mutual benefits of family and youth partnerships. The presentation focuses on building cultural competence into outreach to families.

In this webinar Ernestine Briggs-King and Vivian Jackson stress that cultural competence requires organizations to have a clearly defined, congruent set of values and principles, and demonstrate behaviors, attitudes, policies, structures, and practices that enable them to work effectively cross-culturally. They discuss the five elements of cultural competence as well as linguistic competence. Examples of self-assessment questions for both organizations and individuals are also included.

There is often a story of profound pain and fear behind anger and dysregulated behavior in parent-child relationships. During this session, you will see the modern-day manifestations of the intersection of historical, intergenerational, and migration trauma and its compounding impact with present-day traumatic stressors on the parent-child relationship of an indigenous Guatemalan immigrant family. This webinar depicts significant emotional and relational themes faced by young children who come to the US as unaccompanied minors as well as themes that both the children and their parents face upon reunification. Viewers will also see a framework for engagement where the therapeutic relationship is used as a vehicle for the restoration of safety, co-regulation, protection, and hope in the parent-child relationship. This framework is aimed not only at repairing the child-parent relationship but also at exploring, acknowledging, and including the family’s historical and socio-cultural context in complex trauma treatment.

In this webianr speakers discuss special areas of vulnerability, risk factors, disclosure, and cultural competency when working with LGBTQ youth after sexual abuse. Participants learn to identify issues of risk, challenge and strength specific to LGBTQ youth and young adults and develop strategies that balance personal beliefs with professional responsibilities. Speakers address the knowledge and empathy needed to understand the unique stressors experienced by sexual and gender minority youth, their families and caregivers.

Developed by Raven Cuellar, PhD, Carmen Rosa Noroña, LCSW, Ms. Ed., Ginny Sprang, PhD, and Savina Treves, MA, LPC this webinar defines Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), describes how the sociocultural context and the experience of migration may impact the experience of STS and outlines specific strategies to strengthen protective factors to prevent, identify, and address STS in the workplace. Through case examples, participants will learn who is at risk, organizational and individual factors related to STS, and how to approach support staff wellness.

Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 4 storm that created widespread devastation in Puerto Rico in September 2017. This webinar will highlight how the NCTSN brought in culturally-adapted trauma and grief interventions to several child-serving systems and are ensuring the sustainability of these practices to better identify and treat traumatized and bereaved children and families.

In this webinar, viewers see critically important moments from three dramatized therapy sessions and hear from seasoned trauma therapists who reflect on their own experiences in working with clients of similar and different racial and ethnic backgrounds to their own. Through thoughtful discussion, participants explore the intersections of developmental trauma, clinical work and race/ethnicity. Webinar participants are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences in working across similar cultural backgrounds and will have the opportunity to share questions to further this important discussion.

Understanding the intersection of complex trauma, development, and culture creates a foundation for effective case planning, treatment, and intervention. This therapeutic session shares strategies for identifying the developmental and cultural needs of an immigrant client, and recognizing facilitators and barriers for healing from complex trauma. Lessons from this session support culturally-responsive approaches for developing therapeutic bonds and promoting effective practices to engage family members.