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ForwardEmpowering Vulnerable and Underserved Global Communities: Designing and Implementing International Volunteer Training Programs with Cathleen Morey, PhD, LICSW and Breeanna Bellinger, LMSW
This course is designed to provide mental health practitioners with the essential skills needed to develop and implement impactful international volunteer training programs, targeting the empowerment of vulnerable and underserved global communities. The presenters will illustrate these concepts through a case example, detailing a series of trauma trainings conducted in both rural and urban locations in Ghana. These trainings, which were based on a Train-the-Trainers model, were delivered to various service providers – educators, NGO professionals, and domestic violence detectives from the local police force – who work with young women who have been subjected to ritual servitude, forced labor, and sex trafficking. Additionally, the presenters will discuss two trauma-informed psychoeducational workshops focused on coping skills and self-care that were delivered to young women from this population.
The process of conducting a comprehensive community needs assessment, in advance of traveling in-country, to strategically develop a culturally responsive training curriculum that met the unique needs of the target population will be outlined. In addition, the presenters will highlight strategies for effective implementation and evaluation of in-country interventions.
Using this case example, the presenters will emphasize the centrality of mental health practitioners embracing a stance of cultural humility, when engaging in cross-cultural and cross-racial
Target Audience
______ Introductory _____X_ Intermediate ______ Advanced
Learning Objectives
- Explain how to conduct a comprehensive community needs assessment to strategically shape the design of international training initiatives
- Describe how to effectively implement and evaluate interventions in diverse international settings
- Explain the significance of embracing a stance of cultural humility to navigate international projects with sensitivity and effectiveness
Cathleen M. Morey, PhD, LICSW, is the director of clinical social work at the Austen Riggs Center. She provides direct patient care, family consultation and family therapy, clinical supervision, education and training, case consultation, and administrative management of clinical social work staff.
Dr. Morey has previous clinical social work experience working in a wide range of mental health settings, including an inpatient psychiatric hospital, a correctional facility and community mental health settings.
Dr. Morey has been a volunteer with International Social Work Solutions for several years. ISWS has sponsored Dr. Morey to participate in several social work projects with international partner organizations. She has developed and presented a 2-day virtual Trauma Training Program for staff of a humanitarian NGO in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has also partnered with a NYC non-profit agency to provide research consultation regarding data analysis of their work with under-resourced diabetic adults living in Uganda.
Austen Riggs Center Inc. adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. All those at Austen Riggs Center involved in the planning of this activity, including the presenter(s) listed above, report they have no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company*.
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Austen Riggs Center.
* An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, The Austen Riggs Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Accreditation Statement - Austen Riggs Center,Inc. is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement - Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 APA
The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this Hybrid for 1.00 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology. The Austen Riggs Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.
- 1.00 ASWB-ACEThe Austen Riggs Center, #1344, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for this Hybrid. ACE provider Approval Period: 02/02/2023-2/2/2026. Social workers completing this Hybrid will receive 1.00 continuing education credit(s). For a listing of jurisdictions that accept ACE, please visit States and provinces that accept ACE | Association of Social Work Boards.
- 1.00 Contact Hours/ Participation