The U.S. Surgeon General’s report brought national attention to the significant disparities in mental health care for underserved ethnic and racial groups. When families and children fail to engage in care, the most effective mental health treatment becomes unattainable. Lack of engagement leaves underserved ethnic families and children to suffer the burden of mental illness. Eliminating disparities in mental health treatment for ethnic minorities’ families and children requires a better understanding of the barriers to treatment engagement, comprehensive review of mental health systems of care and strategies to improve access, participation, and attendance. This workshop will provide a thorough knowledge of the family, community and cultural factors to treatment engagement; discuss practice elements associated with effective engagement outcomes and provide professionals with practical strategies aimed at targeting engagement early and throughout the treatment process.
Training Format/Duration: Classroom/Full-Day
Target Populations:
- Educators
- Paraprofessionals
- Support and other school staff
- Psychologists
- Social workers
- Counselors
- Adult disability professionals
- Aging services professionals
- Disability agency partners
- Medical staff
- Nursing
Learning Objectives – At the end of this workshop, participants will have a better understanding of:
- Identify individual, family, community and cultural factors to treatment engagement
- Identify barriers to treatment access, participation and compliance
- Utilize practical strategies for targeting engagement early and throughout treatment process
- Engagement practice elements associated with effective engagement outcomes
- Engagement as a dynamic process that occurs over the course of treatment