Providing Trauma-Informed Care for Asylum-Seeking Families

Description

Community health workers and organizational staff can make a substantial difference and positively impact the lives of unaccompanied immigrant children (UIC) and asylum-seeking families. To tend to their particular needs in an effective and ethical way, services must be provided through a trauma-informed perspective, one that takes into consideration their unique experiences: from pre-migration to their day-to-day lives in the US.

With case examples throughout the presentation, this recorded online webinar will help viewers understand the different stages of the migration experience of UIC and asylum-seeking family units, as well as their specific needs (including legal, medical, mental health, and concrete). The webinar provides a framework to understand and work with trauma in general, and will specifically focus on how intersectoral partnerships specifically designed to work with this population can provide trauma-informed services. An in-depth look at mental health services will be provided.

By the end of the course, participants will:

• Increase their awareness of the experiences and needs of unaccompanied immigrant children (UICs) and asylum-seeking families.
• Learn to identify UICs and asylum-seeking families, and be able to name a minimum of five psychosocial stressors, challenges, and needs, including legal, medical, mental health, and concrete.
• Deepen their knowledge about providing trauma-informed mental health services in general, and practice at least two strategies/interventions tailored to UICs and asylum-seeking families.