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Native American Post Doctoral Fellow Opportunity click here for more info
The Indian Country Child Trauma Center (ICCTC) was established to develop trauma-related treatment protocols, outreach materials, and service delivery guidelines specifically designed for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and their families. The Indian Country Child Trauma Center is part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative. It is housed at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. A current program includes Project Making Medicine (PMM).
Project Making Medicine Training
Training in the Treatment of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse
Training in the clinical treatment of child physical and sexual abuse is based on the cultural adaptation of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy titled Honoring Children, Mending the Circle. Training participants will receive three days of intensive training on Honoring Children, Mending the Circle, a corresponding training manual that includes treatment protocols and cultural worksheets, a training/resource CD, and six months of weekly phone consultation. Instruction will include didactic and experiential activities that are based on Indigenous teachings and practices.
Regional Training Locations and Dates in Indian Country:
Phoenix, AZ - February 17-19, 2009
Radisson Ft. McDowell Resort and Casino
Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging.
Portland, OR - March 10-12, 2009
Monarch Hotel and Convention Center
Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging.
Minneapolis, MN - April 14-16, 2009
Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
(952) 445-9000 or 1-800-252-9000
Attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging.
Click here for training application and
eligibility requirements.
Eligibility is limited to employees of Indian Health Service, tribal youth program, an urban Indian center, a tribal/IHS Youth Residential Treatment Center, and/or a reservation based, tribal endorsed Native organization serving American Indian/Alaska Native children who are victims of child physical or sexual abuse. (Other training options available).
Alaska training announcement and application
Limited scholarships will be available for each training.
Targeting the following professionals working in Indian Country: tribal and IHS licensed mental health providers, child focused licensed psychologists, social workers, family counselors, residential youth treatment providers, adolescent focused substance abuse counselors and others working with American Indian/Alaska Native children and their families who are victims of child physical and sexual abuse. Training is limited to those providers working in Indian Country (training is not available to private practitioners).
Faculty:
Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD,
Barbara L. Bonner, PhD,
Susan Schmidt, PhD For more information email Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD or Janie Braden or call (405) 271-8858.
Sponsored by the Indian Health Service and the Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Bureau and the Indian Country Child Trauma Center
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Indian Country Child
Trauma Center (ICCTC) has adapted four (4) trauma-related treatment
protocols, outreach materials, and service delivery guidelines specifically
adapted and designed for AI/AN children and their families. The treatment protocols, outreach
materials and service delivery guidelines developed by ICCTC incorporates
both common and tribal-specific Native cultural perspectives and traditions;
focuses on principles of current evidence-based models; and will accommodate
the substantial individual-to-individual variability in cultural identity
among AI/AN people. For a fee, ICCTC provides training in the different models developed. Click this link for details of training for a fee .
The four models include:
Honoring Children, Mending the Circle - cultural adaptation
of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Honoring
Children, Mending the Circle is the clinical application of the
healing process in a traditional framework that supports the belief
of American Indians and Native Alaskan culture of spiritual renewal
leading to healing and recovery. Training involves a four-day intensive
session, follow-up weekly case consultation, web-based training
and resources.
Honoring Children, Respectful Ways - cultural adaptation
of Treatment for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems.
This model was developed for American Indian/Alaska Native children
with sexual behavior problems and is designed to honor children
and promote their self-respect as well as respect for others, for
their elders, and for all living things.
Honoring
Children, Making Relatives - cultural adaption of Parent Child Interaction
Therapy. ICCTC has incorporated American Indian/Native
Alaskan teachings, practices, rituals, traditions, and cultural
orientation into PCIT while maintaining the guiding principles and
theory of this specialized treatment in Honoring Children, Making
Relatives.
Honoring
Children, Honoring the Future - revision of the American Indian
Life Skills Development Curriculum. The American Indian
Life Skills Development Curriculum (AILSDC) developed by LaFromboise
(1995) used risk and protective factors specific to AI/AN youth
to inform the development of prevention strategies, provided details
of how culture-specific factors are related to an increased risk
of suicidal behavior, and contained material for work with students
at risk for suicidal behaviors as well as students in general. Revisions
from high school to middle school age students have been made.
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