ACE Screening in a Bilingual Community Mental Health Program
About
This webinar will introduce participants to how Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screening is being used alongside other assessment measures as part of the intake process in a community mental health program that serves English- and Spanish-speaking patients. The presenters will discuss their culturally competent trauma-informed care model along with the rationale and techniques to overcome barriers to ACE assessment in this setting. They will also share strategies to help empower patients to live healthier lives by processing their experiences of trauma.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how to use ACE screening tools along with mental health screening tools as part of the therapeutic process
- Discuss barriers to addressing trauma and toxic stress with clients
- Explain the importance of providing a "safe space" to facilitate new learning and healing during therapy
Professional Credit
- This activity provides the following types of credit: AMA, AAPA, APA, ANCC, ASWB, ABIM-MOC, ABP-MOC.
- 1.0 credits are available.
- Activity document
Featuring
Dr. Jose Quezada Cardenas has been a licensed clinical psychologist since 1988, and he is the CEO of Luminarias Institute Inc., which he founded in 2014. Luminarias is a community mental health treatment, training, and research agency based in the San Fernando Valley with a mission to de-stigmatize mental health and train future culturally competent therapists. Dr. Cardenas earned his PsyD degree from Baylor University in Texas and was an intern and minority teaching fellow at Boston University, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry-Psychology. Recognized for his previous work with school-based and community mental health programs, Dr. Cardenas has presented and published his research on the needs of immigrant children, school violence, and child sexual abuse. Dr. Cardenas also appeared as a mental health expert on Spanish-language television.