Moving Beyond the ACE Score: Treating Adversity in Diverse Populations

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Target Audience

Social workers, psychologists, licensed professional counselors, educators, school personnel, mental health professionals, clinicians, health and human service practitioners, and other health care professionals.

Description

We all know the importance of assessing childhood adversity due to its impact on short and long-term outcomes. In this workshop, clinicians will examine the importance of moving beyond the ACE score to account more fully for the adverse experiences of diverse populations. Research shows that there are factors beyond exposure to specific traumatic events that can impact a client’s mental health and daily functioning. These factors are particularly important to consider with diverse and marginalized populations, given their disproportional exposure to trauma and race-related stress. This workshop will help clinicians to have a fuller understanding of the impact of historical and intergenerational trauma. You will be introduced to tools for assessing adversity in diverse populations and will learn how cultural factors can promote resilience and mediate the impact of adversity. We will share examples of how cultural healing approaches can be weaved into treatment, and data on how doing so improves outcomes.

Faculty
Tonia Deese, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Assistant Professor
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work

This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NCAHEC Program.

Webinar Information
This webinar will be broadcast with Zoom. Instructions to join the webinar will be emailed prior to the event. You can test your computer by going to the Zoom Test Page.

Charlotte AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5096. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Charlotte AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

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Objectives

• Describe at least two ways that historical or intergenerational traumas can impact mental health or client functioning.
• Identify at least two strategies for assessing broader areas of adversity with clients.
• Describe at least two ways that cultural factors can promote resilience.
• Examine their own use of cultural approaches to healing in treatment and identify at least one action step to using cultural approaches consistently.

Contact

Gabriela Staley MEd, 704-512-6523

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