Social Work Education
About The Course
Course Title: Mental Healthcare for Latinos
Learning Method: Record asynchronous distance (non-interactive). This course includes a recorded video and access to the presented resources.
Amount of CE Credit Offered: 1 credit (general)
Fees: This course can be purchased individually for $25 or as part of an annual unlimited continuing education subscription available for $99/year.
Posttest: Following the course, the participant will take a 10 question posttest. A score of 70% correct is required to pass and obtain a certificate. If you do not pass the posttest, it can be re-taken after fully reviewing the materials again.
Certificate of Completion: In order to receive a certificate of completion, you must indicate that you’ve watched the entire video portion of the course, earn a passing grade on the test, and complete the requested course evaluation.
Description of the Course:
Why is understanding this topic important?
1. Increasing Cultural Humility:
Understanding mental healthcare needs specific to the Latino community is crucial for social workers because of the growing diversity within the populations they serve. Culturally competent care ensures that social workers can effectively address the unique cultural, linguistic, and systemic factors that influence mental health among Latino clients.
2. Addressing Health Disparities:
Latinos often face significant disparities in accessing mental health services due to a variety of factors, including language barriers, lack of insurance, cultural stigma, and limited availability of culturally sensitive services. Training in this area enables social workers to better advocate for and provide the necessary support to reduce these disparities, ensuring a more equitable healthcare system.
3. Enhancing Advocacy Skills:
Learning about the specific challenges faced by the Latino community in accessing mental health services equips social workers with the knowledge needed to advocate for appropriate policy changes.
Learning Objectives:
Identify and Understand Barriers to Access: Students will be able to identify the specific cultural, linguistic, and systemic barriers that impact access to mental health services for the Latino community. They will learn to recognize how these barriers manifest in practical settings and understand their implications for service provision.
Develop Culturally Competent Intervention Strategies: Students will learn to develop and apply culturally competent intervention strategies that are tailored to the needs of Latino clients. This objective will focus on enhancing students’ skills in creating effective communication pathways, leveraging community resources, and utilizing culturally relevant therapeutic approaches.
Engage in Advocacy and Policy Formation: Students will be equipped to actively engage in advocacy efforts aimed at improving mental health services for Latinos. This will involve understanding the policy landscape, identifying key areas for change, and learning methods to influence policy through professional and community-based advocacy.
Target Audience:
Masters and Clinical level licensees pursuing continuing education.
Content Level:
Both beginning and intermediate-level content are included in this course.
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