Braiding Western Treatment Modalities and Indigenous Approaches for SUDs: Sweetgrass Method

Free NAADAC Webinar

A Recorded Webinar

Recorded on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 

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Description

Limited studies examine how traditional American Indian/Alaskan Native and Western healing practices are being combined in treatment for Indigenous clients. This webinar will discuss braiding Western treatment modalities and Indigenous approaches for substance use disorders for American Indian/Alaskan Native clients by introducing a culturally responsive method called the ‘Sweetgrass Method.’ This webinar will also examine some observed responses to historical and intergenerational trauma, which include signs of overall poor physical health, depression, and substance use disorder.

Presenter

M. Standing Eagle Baez, PhD, LSP, LCDC, CCBT, has worked in this field since 2000 and has provided individual and group treatment for non-Native and Native communities. For the past 20 years, he has worked with psychologists, mental health professionals, and SUD counselors to better address treatment approaches with Indigenous populations. His topics of expertise include Native American addiction approaches, culturally responsive addiction methods for Native Americans/Alaska Natives, suicide and substance use disorders among Native American youth, historical trauma, and intergenerational trauma.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe how historical/intergenerational trauma impacts American Indian/Alaskan Natives today.
• Participants will be able to summarize the positive correlation between adverse childhood experiences among American Indian/ Alaskan Native and substance disorders.
• Participants will be able to utilize culturally sensitive therapies and culturally responsive methods in developing treatment/healing plans for clients.

Content Level

Intermediate.

• Intermediate level courses provide information that builds on knowledge practitioners with some experience already have. These courses focus on skill-building or adding knowledge, possibly following a brief overview of basic information, and involve using information in concrete situations and understanding the underlying structure of the material.

Interactivity

Polls and Q&A.

Price

Education is FREE to all professionals.

Earn 1 Continuing Education Hour (CE)

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This course meets the qualifications for one (1.0) hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Who Should Attend

Addiction professionals, employee assistance professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, professional counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals that are interested in learning about addiction-related matters. 

Accessibility

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