Towards Culturally Responsive Treatment: Increasing Awareness on Privilege, Racism, and Microaggressions

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D. and Maryann Adalat

Training Description

Given the diversity that exists within the United States, it’s essential to understand one’s cultural heritage. Many times, one’s culture can be overlooked in social services, which creates barriers to engaging the system involved youth and their families. The training will provide an overview of cultural factors that are essential to incorporate in the support we provide to system involved youth and families. The training will also provide participants an overview of microaggressions so they are able to identify, prevent, and/or address discrimination which system involved youth and families they work with may experience.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will learn examples of microaggressions.

2. Participants will explore at least one way they hold privilege.

3. Participants will explore the ways their privilege has been a barrier in their work.

4. Participants will learn how to describe cultural humility.

5. Participants will explore strategies for providing culturally relevant services.

Agenda 

9:00-9:15am  Welcome & Introductions

9:15-10:30am  Culture overview

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

10:45am-12:00pm  Culture overview (continued)

12:00-1:00pm  Lunch (CE Hours will not be offered for this time)

1:00-2:30pm  Privilege and Microaggressions

2:30-2:45pm  Break (CE Hours will not be offered for this time)

2:45-3:45pm  Culturalgram

3:45-4:00pm  Closing and evals

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 (5.5) 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.