This webinar will review cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments for Native American youth who have experienced trauma and are at risk for suicide. The presentation will also compare evidence-based practice with indigenous ways of knowing.
Format
Recorded webinar, non-interactive, self-paced distance learning activity.
This presentation was recorded on June 14, 2022.
Learning Objectives
- Review elements of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.
- Identify cultural adaptations of trauma-focused, evidence-based treatments for youth at risk for suicide.
- Discuss similarities and differences between evidence-based practice and indigenous knowledge.
- Identify some key considerations in Native American healing practices.
Target Audience
Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Physician (non-psychiatrist), Physician Assistant , Other mental health professionals
Estimated Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 60 minutes
Begin Date: June 21, 2022
End Date: June 21, 2025
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Continuing Education Credit
Physicians
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Program Presenters
- Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD, a child psychologist by training, is a Presidential Professor who directs the Indian Country Child Trauma Center within the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Funded since 1994 by the Children’s Bureau, she has directed Project Making Medicine, a clinical training program to training mental health providers in the treatment of child maltreatment using culturally based teachings. With the establishment of the Indian Country Child Trauma Center in 2004, she was instrumental in the cultural adaptations of four evidenced-based child treatment protocols. In 2020 Dr. BigFoot was awarded the national Suicide Prevention Resource Center from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to provide support and assistance to suicide prevention programs across the country.
Program Planners
- Ebony Harris, American Psychiatric Association. Reports no financial relationships with commercial interests.
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