Increasing Capacity to Identify Cultural Factors and Discrimination with System Involved Youth and Families

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D.

Training Description

Learning about the cultural identities as well as experiences of discrimination and oppression become crucial with system-involved youth and their families. Without this understanding, it will be a challenge to meet them where they are at and understand the experiences they’ve had and are having. In this training, we will talk about the ways in which culture influences us and ways to increase identification of cultural factors, including discrimination, during initial engagement and information collection processes. Participants will also be able to learn how to complete a culturalgram with system involved youth and their families to gain a better understanding of their cultural influences.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will be able to describe the importance of assessing culture with system-involved youth.

2. Participants will be able to identify at least one strategy to identify cultural influences.

3. Participants will be able to complete a culturalgram with system-involved youth.

Agenda 

9:00am-9:15am  Welcome & Introductions

9:15am-11:00am  Microaggressions & Identification of Cultural Identity

11:00am-11:15am  Break (CEUs will not be offered during this time)

11:15am-12:45pm  Culturalgram, Identifying cultural factors

12:45pm-1:00pm  Closing and evaluations

Meet Our Trainers

Nicole Klasey is a clinical psychologist who has worked with trauma survivors for 14 years. She currently consults with agencies on trauma-informed care, programming for commercially sexually exploited youth, vicarious trauma, and leadership development. Nicole has been training multidisciplinary audiences on trauma-related topics since 2015 and provides guest lectures at local universities on human trafficking.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CEUs for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.