Description: Cultural Competence is a lifelong process requiring personal awareness, education, sharing of power and intentional actions to address disparities in behavioral health care and improve provider knowledge, attitudes, and skills set and consequently provide tailored and equitable care for traditionally underserved populations. This interactive training invites learners to reflect on their cultural identities, history, and experiences, and consider how these and other factors can diminish or increase organizational and practitioner cultural responsiveness in behavioral health care for racial, ethnic, and other marginalized communities.
This 18 hour interactive event will be facilitated in three zoom sessions on April 26th, 28th, and 30th, from 9:00am to 1:30pm, and includes training assignments. Participants must attend all sessions in their entirety to receive a certificate of completion. Partial credit will not be given, and seating is limited.
Requirements: You must use the Zoom platform from your electronic device (laptop or desktop) and are required to be live on camera to participate in this event. (For stable internet connection, it is highly recommended that you connect your device directly to your router with an ethernet cable).
Accreditation: This training meets the requirements for 18 renewal hours (CASAC, CPP, CPS) and 18 initial hours (CPP, CPS) through New York State’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS).
Criteria for participation and certificate of completion:
Dates: April 26, 28, and 30 (plus six additional hours)
Hours: 9am -1:30pm (with a break)
Trainers: Diana Padilla (NeC-ATTC) and Susan Snyder (OASAS)
Cost: Free
All participants are required to turn on their video cameras and to actively participate in order to receive credit.
We will email the assignments and Zoom link to the first training day by Monday, April 19th.
