Description
NEW DATE AND TIME
August 20, 2024 | 9:00-10:00am
Virtual via Zoom
Description:
This training will focus on working with immigrants, specifically refugees, asylum-seekers and asylees. The training will discuss why and how these individuals come to the United States and will outline immigration categories and processes. We will also look at perceptions of mental health in multicultural populations, and offer suggestions for best practices in engagement and diagnostics.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the processes of immigration and precipitating factors, as experienced by refugees, asylum-seekers and asylees;
2. Gain knowledge about the way that mental health and mental health treatment may be perceived by these groups;
3. Learn tools to more effectively work with clients who fear mental health stigmatization.
Presenter:
Krista Hall, LCSW, is the Clinical and Program Development Director at Gateway Community Services. Krista has been with Gateway since 2016 and in this role has worked with and assessed hundreds of New Mainers to qualify them for services. Krista is originally from Bangor, ME and received her MSW at the University of Maine – Orono; she also carries a certificate in Advanced Clinical Supervision from Smith College. Outside of work, Krista enjoys going to concerts, reading, and being a cat mom.
Contact hours:
1 contact hour for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals
1 category I contact hour for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hour for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval from the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors.
1 contact hour for CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
