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Cultural humility

Cultural humility: Native American survivance, resilience, and healing

In order to develop and work via cultural humility with Indigenous, Native American/American Indian, individuals, families and communities, it is essential to understand the historical and cultural context of the community. This includes historical events and impact from systems, statistics of health outcomes, strengths, and cultural practices that can promote intergenerational trauma survivance and resilience. The Indigenous community’s experiences with the services being considered such as behavioral health care will also be acknowledged. After addressing several of these key issues for increased understanding, there will also be references to and examples of best practices. This workshop will highlight the latest research for best practices for substance abuse treatment with American Indian/Alaskan Native populations and homelessness statistics to support implementation of Proposition 1.

Learning objectives:

  • identify by listing at least 4 of the multiple historical influences as well as current epidemics significant to the Indigenous, Native American/American Indian community (such as Land displacement, Residential schools, colonization, stereotypes, MMIW).
  • state at least 4 key cultural influences contributing to diversity, complexity and understanding to work with individuals and families of the Indigenous, Native American/American Indian population (among Native Americans: Urban versus rural, The Medicine Wheel- four directions, role of spirituality, intergenerational trauma).
  • determine at least 3 key cultural considerations for assessment, diagnosis, and engagement for establishing rapport, goals towards wellness, and positive treatment outcomes for Indigenous, Native American/American Indian individuals (among Native Americans: Intergenerational and racial trauma, indigenous healers, ancestral healing approaches).
  • specify at least 3 acknowledged best practices for working with specific Indigenous, Native American/American Indian communities (among Native American: Indigenous healers, four directions, perspective taking, family and community influences)

 

Register:

County employees, register by clicking on the blue registration button.
County partners, register at sccgov.org/scclearn-partner (required for CEs)

If you have questions, need accommodations, or have a grievance, please contact: [email protected].

Friday, April 25, 2025
9:00am - 4:30pm
In-person event
LP Training Rooms
Learning Partnership
1075 E. Santa Clara St. 2nd floor
San Jose, CA 95116-1002
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(408) 792-3900
Register (County employees)

Training materials

Cultural humility training flyer