Professional CEU Sessions
Session B
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Room One
Journey of Hope: Considerations and Interventions when working with Latinx immigrant families.
Alina Ramirez (Momentous Institute)
Diana Rodriguez (Momentous Institute)
Searching for work, joining family members, seeking refuge from humanitarian crises … No matter what the reason, the process of immigration is complicated and particularly true for those who make the journey without documentation. Immigrants are part of our national fabric. They bring energy and skills that benefit all of us. In Texas, one in six residents is an immigrant, while another one in six residents is a native-born US Citizen with at least one immigrant parent (American Immigration Council, 2020). Additionally, Texas has a long history of immigration form Latin American countries. This workshop will focus on the considerations for working with Latinx families who have immigrated, including the charge to examine one’s own cultural identity and values. Presenters will provide an overview of the contextual factors surrounding immigration, the mental health implications, and tools for working with children and families.
Objectives:
Participants will identify factors impacting the mental health of Latinx children and families throughout their pre-migration, migration, and post-migration experiences.
Participants will increase knowledge of the various considerations including cultural macro-systems surrounding the Latinx immigrant experience in the United States.
Participants will learn tools and interventions appropriate for working with families who present with concerns impacted by the immigration process and will understand the importance of self- reflection in this work.
Room Two
Healing and Growth for Latinx Clients: Culturally Considerate Interventions
Jacqueline Gutierrez (Ellie Mental Health)
Jessica Sanchez (Ellie Mental Health)
Therapy in the Latinx community is still largely stigmatized and seen as taboo. Latinx clients who choose to seek therapy are simultaneously grappling with unlearning cultural norms and stereotypes that are engrained in them. Keeping this in mind, a counselor’s cultural consideration must go beyond how they establish and build rapport with Latinx clients. This presentation will tackle how to modify common therapeutic interventions and approaches to better service Latinx clients and facilitate a greater healing.
Objectives:
Calmness and self-regulation through mindfulness
Stress management through art
Healing through establishing autonomy and boundary setting.
Room Three (en español)
Salud Mental Perinatal en la Comunidad Hispana (Perinatal Mental Health in the Hispanic Community)
Marenid Planell Camacho
"Salud Mental Perinatal en la comunidad hispana" is a presentation specifically tailored to address the unique challenges and needs of perinatal mental health within the Hispanic community. This presentation aims to raise awareness and provide culturally sensitive insights into the mental health issues faced by Hispanic women during the perinatal period. The presentation will explore the cultural factors, societal pressures, and specific barriers that can impact perinatal mental health in the Hispanic community. It will discuss the importance of culturally competent care, including the need for bilingual resources, community support, and destigmatization of mental health issues. Spanish:
"Salud Mental Perinatal en la comunidad hispana" es una presentación diseñada específicamente para abordar los desafíos y necesidades únicas de la salud mental perinatal en la comunidad hispana. Esta presentación tiene como objetivo crear conciencia y proporcionar perspectivas culturalmente sensibles sobre los problemas de salud mental que enfrentan las mujeres hispanas durante el período perinatal. La presentación explorará los factores culturales, las presiones sociales y las barreras específicas que pueden afectar la salud mental perinatal en la comunidad hispana. Se discutirá la importancia de la atención culturalmente competente, incluida la necesidad de recursos bilingües, apoyo comunitario y desestigmatización de los problemas de salud mental.
Objectives:
English:
Understand the unique challenges and cultural factors that impact perinatal mental health in the Hispanic community, including societal pressures, stigma, and language barriers.
Identify common perinatal mental health disorders, and recognize their symptoms, risk factors, and potential consequences.
Gain knowledge of culturally sensitive approaches and strategies to support perinatal mental health in the Hispanic community, including the importance of bilingual resources, community support networks, and destigmatization efforts.
Spanish:
Comprender los desafíos únicos y los factores culturales que impactan en la salud mental perinatal en la comunidad hispana, incluyendo las presiones sociales, el estigma y las barreras lingüísticas.
Identificar los trastornos comunes de salud mental perinatal y reconocer sus síntomas, factores de riesgo y posibles consecuencias.
Obtener conocimientos sobre enfoques y estrategias culturalmente sensibles para apoyar la salud mental perinatal en la comunidad hispana, incluyendo la importancia de recursos bilingües, redes de apoyo comunitario y esfuerzos de destigmatización.
Room Four
Third Culture Kids: How to Serve Those Who Have Been Raised in Many Countries
Jeffrey Proctor
Rebekah Proctor (Peace and Harmony Counseling)
As the world continues to become interconnected, more and more parents find themselves raising children outside of their passport/home country. This causes children to grow up in a blended identity of more than one culture. Left uprocessed, it can lead to isolation and high levels depression. Often parents don't have the tools to process growing up with this blended, multicultural identity. This presentation will help you better understand this type of upbringing, and the grief and loss that comes along with it.
Objectives:
Define Third Culture Kids
Understand the grief and loss that Third Culture Kids typically experience
Gain some tools to help TCKs process their grief
Room Five
Hidden Neurological Symptoms: Understanding the Connections Between Environment and Psychological Symptoms in Patients
Jose Lopez (SMU)
Aaron Gallegos (Every Flowing Health)
The presentation will cover both the medical and the mental health aspects of hidden environmental factors that can lead to neurological symptoms. Many times these environmental factors are not considered in the assessment phase of the client and by ignoring environmental factors client may continue to experience symptoms or not make the appropriate treatment progress. The presentation goal is to shed light into the environmental factors and why it is important to consider the factors when doing a holistic assessment.
Objectives:
To inform about the prevalence of environmental toxins and why they should be taken into account.
To define and explain these environmental toxins for further understanding.
To interconnect the environmental factors and neurological factors in individuals in order to address the interconnection.
Room Six
Decolonizing Social Work: The systemic oppressive practice of unpaid work in the Social Work Profession
Nury Márquez, LCSW-S
This presentation will address and "call out" the oppressive practice of unpaid work in the social work profession by offering a deeper look into the conditions that impact our intersecting identities as social work professionals. The presentation is rooted in the practice of decolonizing social work, and the core value of social justice and advocacy.
Objectives:
Identify and define the oppressive practice of unpaid work in the social work profession.
Examine specific challenges faced by minority social workers in the profession.
Identify practical strategies to support change in the systematically oppressive practice of unpaid work in the social work profession.Benefits of changing practice of unpaid work in the social work profession.
Room Seven
Dallas ISD’s Cross Departmental Approach to Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
Dr. Annmarie Perez (DISD)
Lindsey M. Hernandez, MS.,NCC, LPC (DISD)
Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) is an evidenced based and holistic approach that was developed by the Karen Purvis Institute at TCU. This approach factors in a child’s development, is attachment informed, and is trauma responsive. TBRI has been used by schools, courts, juvenile justice facilities, foster care, as well as by mental health clinicians. Implementation of TBRI by can lead to a complete paradigm shift and transformation of an organization. There has been a significant increase in mental health concerns amongst our youth, especially among youth of color, low-income families, and marginalized groups. To address the increased mental health needs of Dallas ISD students, MHS created a cross-departmental collaboration and identified 4 campuses. Each campus will have approximately 7 staff members receiving TBRI Practitioner Training. The goals are to promote healthy coping strategies, increase academic success, increase a sense of safety and belonging amongst students, and to reduce teacher turnover.
Objectives:
Participants will learn about trauma and how it may present in the classroom setting.
Participants will learn about the principles of TBRI.
Participants will learn about how TBRI can benefit campuses.
