Multicultural Awareness & Diversity from Leslie Korn
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Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease,
typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.
Medicine has been around for thousands of years, during most of which it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge) frequently having connections to the religious and
philosophical beliefs of local culture. For example, a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing, or an ancient philosopher and physician would apply bloodletting according to the theories of humorism.
In recent centuries, since the advent of modern science, most medicine has become a combination of art and science (both basic and applied, under the umbrella of medical science).
While stitching technique for sutures is an art learned through practice, the knowledge of what happens at the cellular and molecular level in the tissues being stitched arises through science.
Description:
I have been privileged to work with native populations for the last 40 years. First in Mexico in small rural fishing villages and then later working with peoples native to the Pacific Northwest British Columbia, Alaska and Eastern Canada.
As a trauma specialist, I have been particularly interested in the mental, physical and spiritual effects of trauma on individuals families and communities and how cultural healing practices and traditional medicines provide a foundation for conventional mental health therapies.
Thus I have devoted my career to the exploration of working with diverse communities where culture is a primary method for regaining and maintaining mental and physical health.
I also have discovered that the skills of cultural competency can be applied across all groups and is rooted in knowing who we are and where we come from as we explore its relevance to our work as clinicians.
As a result, I feel that I can treat anyone, regardless of their background. Even if I don’t know a lot about their culture, I am comfortable asking my client to teach me what is important to them.
Join me for a day-long adventure into the world of cultural competency. We will explore many of these ideas as they relate to the diverse peoples of Alaska. Improve assessment, avoid ethical dilemmas and overcome fears. Discover how to tailor treatment for specific groups and improve rapport with diverse clients. Most importantly, dig deeper into your own identity and discover how to use who you are, to help your clients.
Gain a reputation for being the premier therapist in your community for working with diverse clients!
You may just want to attend this seminar to receive 6 CE hours of cultural competency including 3 Alaskan natives mental health cultural competency CE Hours & 3 CE hours of Alaskan ethics credit. But, I guarantee you will leave with so much more. This highly engaging and experiential seminar will challenge you to explore the intersection of your belief systems with your clinical work, and allows you to become more confident as a culturally sensitive clinician.
OUTLINE
Cultural Competencies in Mental Health
- Mindfulness-based approach to cultural competence
- Trends in specific locale: variation and mental health needs
- Acknowledge cultural differences: terms of reference, racism and stereotypes
- Improve client rapport
- Make cultural connections
- Acquire knowledge & skills
- View behavior within a cultural context
- Exercise: Culture(s), biases and ethnic influences
Ethics & the DSM- 5®: New Guidelines for the Integration of Cultural Competencies
- Cross-cultural variations in presentations
- Cultural concepts of distress
- Assessments and diagnostic protocols
- DSM-5® cultural formulation
- Cultural factors influencing clients’ perspectives of their symptoms and treatment options
- Ethical standards for culturally competent practice
- Exercise: Cultural Formulation Interview
Overcome Dilemmas in Practice
- Working with limited English proficiency and bi/ multilingual clients
- When to use an interpreter
- Intersection of religion, customs and culture
- Religious experience, counseling and mental health
- Cultural transference and counter transference
- Exercise: Experiences with Micro-Aggression
Interventions & Strategies for Alaskan Native Populations
- Interventions & Strategies for Alaskan Native Populations
- Historical trauma in Alaska: Contact; Boarding School, Clergy abuse
- Mental and Physical illness in the Alaska Native lifespan; from ADHD to dementia
- Cultural strategies for mental, physical and spiritual well being
- Traditional Alaskan nutrition for mental health
- Innovative research and intervention programs
- Alaskan Native Resources
- Special brief video: Carved from the Heart
OBJECTIVES
- Implement new DSM- 5® criteria and cultural formulation.
- Identify strategies and biases to improve rapport with diverse clients.
- Implement assessment and treatment strategies for cultural and historical trauma.
- Discuss guidelines for working with specific ethnic and religious clients.
- Apply skills to overcome cultural barriers such as language, religion and different belief systems.
- Utilize strategies and techniques for multicultural competencies in your practice.
- Apply culture-based mindfulness and breathing methods.
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This is Digital Download service, the course is available at Coursecui.com and Email download delivery.