Supporting Youth and Families in Navigating Acculturation Challenges with Jeanette Lopez-Urbina, LCSW. Provided by Family Paths (CEU Provider #62239) in conjunction with Chabot-Las Positas Community College District and Alameda County through Title IV-E Funding.This workshop is free & open to those who work with children in the foster care system in Alameda County.
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This training meets the qualifications for 4 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Training Description:
When parents immigrate to the United States from another country, particular those countries plagued with trauma and poverty, they often arrive with hopes and dreams for a better future, especially for generations to come. Families with recent immigrant roots often hope that their children will have a future with less poverty, trauma, and other challenges that parents may have experienced in their country of origin. However, upon raising children in the United States, they may experience tension with their children, particularly in the adolescent years, as children learn the culture and customs of the United States and they continue to negotiate the cultural ties of their parents’ ethnicity. Often this tension impacts the parent-child relationship which further exacerbates typical challenges faced in the parent-child system found in normal adolescent development. Parents and their children may not fully comprehend the challenges of acculturation, rather they may personalize the conflict. The family may be at odds due to misunderstanding each other’s cultural roles and identities. Acculturation is not a linear process and it often is a story told only by each individual. Therefore, in service delivery, it is important that we learn how to support families in navigating this challenge in order to strengthen the parent-child relationship and reduce the conflict/tension that may be occurring.
Learning Objectives:
1. Review impact and significant of culture on a family system
2. Review acculturation, including strengths and challenges for individuals and families
3. Identify strategies in supporting youth and families in navigating the tension related to acculturation
4. Practice and apply identified strategies addressing acculturation challenges in a culturally responsive manner
COURSE OUTLINE
10:00 Overview of significance of culture on a family system
10:30 Overview of acculturation and its impact on youth and families
11:30 Break
11:45 Identify strategies in supporting youth and families in navigating tension related to acculturation
01:00 Practice and apply strategies in supporting youth and families manage acculturation challenges
02:00 Adjournment
The Trainer
Jeanette Lopez-Urbina, LCSW has worked in the mental health/social services field since the year 2000, in various settings in Northern and Southern California, including residential and community-based services, through services such as Wraparound, psychotherapy, and violence prevention work. Jeanette has worked extensively with youth and families, especially in the area of trauma, including supporting youth and families in specialized services that address gang involvement, sexual exploitation, immigration trauma, and issues related oppression, racism, and acculturation issues. Jeanette is a bilingual Salvadoran-American practitioner who enjoys practicing mostly from a social justice, relational, and psychodynamic approach. She currently holds a Private Practice in Berkeley and is adjunct faculty in a mental health professional institute in the Bay Area. Jeanette provides trainings throughout the Bay Area on topics related to the LatinX population, trauma informed care, and culturally responsive services.
Citations:
- Huang, C.Y. (2018). How Culture Influences Children’s Development. The Conversation: Academic rigor, journalistic flair.
- Benson, C.J. (2013). Acculturation and the Effects on Latino Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Well-Being. St. Catherine University/University of St. Thomas. School of Social Work.
- Birman, D. & Simon, C.D. (2014). Acculturation Research: Challenges, Complexities, and Possibilities. APA Handbook of Multicultural Psychology: Vol 1. Theory and Research.
- Klinc Community Health Centre (2013, p.47). A Resource for service organizations and providers to deliver services that are trauma informed. Trauma Informed- The Trauma Toolkit (Second Edition) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Manitoba Trauma Information and Education Centre
- Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit (2013). Retrieved from https://learn.nctsn.org/mod/page/view.php?id=1813.
- California Institute for Mental Health. (2012). Full Service Partnership Tool Kit: Cultural Relevance. Child Youth and Family.
CEUs This training meets the qualifications for 4hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CEUs will be awarded via email at least 10 days after training. Provided by Family Paths, Provider #62239 thru CAMFT CEPA. We will be unable to provide attendees with certificates of completion if more than 15 minutes of course content is missed.
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