Search Results for: cultural

Counseling in the Aging Transgender Community

As traditional and legal constraints on men and women’s behavior loosen, growing numbers of people describe themselves as “non-binary.” As older adults who have lived as transgender for decades age and need more care, they are more likely to run into discrimination and lack of understanding.

Transgender older adults face profound challenges and experience striking disparities in areas such as health and health care access, physical and mental health, employment, housing and more.

Rena McDaniel has extensive experience working with trans people of all ages, and she shares this perspective with Barbara Alexander in this one-hour audio discussion.

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses.

CE Content Category: Cultural Competence; General

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

This CE course is designed for individuals who are new to this topic.

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.

 

Assessment with Gifted and Twice Exceptional Individuals

As a grown up gifted kid herself, Dr. Aimee Yermish definitely “gets it.” She coupled her lifetime of personal experience with a doctorate in psychology to build a highly successful practice working primarily with gifted and twice exceptional individuals. Topics covered in this interview include:

  • Giftedness can be viewed as a cultural experience, and it is important for practitioners to be culturally competent with this population
  • Gifted kids often have gifted parents who really appreciate longer feedback sessions and detailed reports so that they can understand your thinking
  • Smart psychologists have to do their own work around being smart, or it may manifest as counter-transference

Target audience:  Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists,  addiction counselors, nurses.

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

This CE program is designated as intermediate.

This interview was published in May of 2017.

Potential Conflict of Interest: Dr. Yermish is the author of the book If You're So Smart

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

Content Category: Clinical; Testing/Assessment

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is an increasing problem in the United States and around the world. This program discusses the scope of the problem and provides information on how to identify potential human trafficking victims in healthcare settings. The material includes tools for assessing adults and children and information on how to assist patients or make appropriate referrals for victims.

This program meets the continuing education requirements for healthcare providers in Michigan.

Target audience:  Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses.

This CE program is designated as beginner.

Format: Asynchronous, reading-based distance learning. Non-interactive.

There are no known conflicts of interest or commercial support to disclose.

CE category: Cultural Competence; Ethics/Law