Strategies for Increasing Engagement with Latino System Involved Families

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D. and Monique Calderon

Training Description

Given the large number of Latino families involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, it’s important to understand them through a cultural lens. Without understanding their history, challenges, and their resilience it’s hard to partner with them. Participants will learn strategies to partner with Latino families so that we can support improve outcomes for system involved Latino youth and families.

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

1. Be able to explain the importance of cultural responsiveness with Latino system involved families

2. Be able to identify one barrier to engaging Latino system involved families

3. Be able to identify at least 1 strategy to engage Latino system involved families

Agenda 

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

9:15am-10:30am  Overview of historical oppression and barriers

10:30am-10:45am  Break (CE hours will not be offered for this time)

10:45am-12:45pm  Engagement Strategies

12:45pm-1:00pm  Questions & Answers, Closing

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.

Monique Calderon-Remenda is a Survivor of Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Advocate and Speaker. Monique is the Care Manager at Treasures, a unique, survivor led organization that provides holistic recovery opportunities and an authentic, supportive community of women. She is a Survivor Advocate with ZOE Internationalwhere she works with children who have been Commercially Sexually Exploited in Los Angeles County. Monique also works as a Professional Trainer where she equips providers with engagement skills in working with commercially sexually exploited children and transitional aged youth; and conducts trainings on trauma, the Stages of Change and domestic sex trafficking. She has worked with survivors in the Red Light Districts of the Philippines and Vietnam.

This course meets the qualifications for (3.75) BBS CE Hours 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.