Treating Undocumented Families Facing ICE with Dr. Sandra Espinoza
This 2-CE training with Dr. Sandra Espinoza discusses care for undocumented clients and their families when ICE detention risk has increased.
Course curriculum
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Support & Safety during Crisis: Treating Undocumented Families Facing ICE & Detention - Free Preview
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Treating Undocumented Families Facing ICE & Detention with Dr. Sandra Espinoza - Videos
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Post-Test
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Course Evaluation
About this course
- $36.00
- 2 hours of video content
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Course Description
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This introductory workshop will prepare clinicians with the knowledge and tools to support undocumented clients and families impacted by the threat of deportation. Recent research highlights the urgent need for such clinical awareness. Personally knowing a detained or deported person, particularly when the individual is a family member, is strongly associated with poorer mental health among U.S. citizens (Pinedo & Valdez, 2020). This webinar will provide clinicians with specific skills to assess and address the relational ruptures, attachment disruptions, and trauma responses that often accompany deportation-related family separation. Participants will learn how to integrate trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive, and systemic approaches in their work. Practical interventions, case examples, and strategies for navigating clinical and community-based challenges will be included.
This introductory workshop will prepare clinicians with the knowledge and tools to support undocumented clients and families impacted by the threat of deportation. Recent research highlights the urgent need for such clinical awareness. Personally knowing a detained or deported person, particularly when the individual is a family member, is strongly associated with poorer mental health among U.S. citizens (Pinedo & Valdez, 2020). This webinar will provide clinicians with specific skills to assess and address the relational ruptures, attachment disruptions, and trauma responses that often accompany deportation-related family separation. Participants will learn how to integrate trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive, and systemic approaches in their work. Practical interventions, case examples, and strategies for navigating clinical and community-based challenges will be included.
Educational Goals
Participants will be able to recognize and address the complex relational and psychological impact of deportation and deportation threat on the mental health of the undocumented community through culturally grounded and trauma-informed clinical work.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
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Describe the impact of deportation and deportation related threat on the mental health of undocumented individuals and families.
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Apply at least two strategies to conduct a culturally grounded and sensitive assessment to better understand the needs of undocumented individuals and families.
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Apply at least two culturally sensitive and trauma informed approaches/interventions to clients affected by deportation and deportation related threat.
About the Instructor
Dr. Sandra Espinoza, PsyD, LMFT (she/her) is an Associate Professor and Branch Director of the Couple and Family Therapy program at Alliant International University in Los Angeles. A bilingual Mexican-American therapist and AAMFT Approved Supervisor, Dr. Espinoza integrates cultural humility, social justice, anti-oppressive, anti-carceral approaches, and advocacy in her scholarship, teaching, and practice. She has presented on the issue of immigration and deportation at the local and national level. She has been in clinical practice for over 14 years and maintains a private practice supporting mostly interracial couples and Latinx clients.
CEs
This course meets the qualifications for 2 hrs of continuing education (CE) credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT (Provider #57173) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT (Provider #57173) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Redwood Empire Chapter CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.
Purchase Terms
Refund policy: Because you are given instant access to this on-demand training, the purchase is final and refunds are not allowed.
RECAMFT members may participate in this on-demand program for free as part of their membership benefits. Log onto your recamft.org account using the button below to retrieve the code for use on the online checkout screen. We're sorry but we cannot provide refunds to previous purchases. Free programs are available only while your RECAMFT membership is active.
RECAMFT members may participate in this on-demand program for free as part of their membership benefits. Log onto your recamft.org account using the button below to retrieve the code for use on the online checkout screen. We're sorry but we cannot provide refunds to previous purchases. Free programs are available only while your RECAMFT membership is active.