Shifting from Trauma Informed Care to an African Centered Healing Approach
Keynote Speaker: Dr.Aminifu R.Harvey
Conference Overview: This workshop will address a gap in the way behavioral health care practitioners provide treatment to African Americans who have experienced trauma.The goal of this training is to educate behavioral health care practitioners about the limitations of traditional trauma-informed care as a therapeutic approach and why a healing-centered approach is more efficacious.
Contact Information: Dr.Gwendolyn Scott-Jones at 302.857.6664 or gscottjones [at] desu.edu
Conference Sponsors: Delaware State University’s Department of Psychology and Department of Social Work, Delaware State University’s College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, TOVA Healthcare,Delaware Health and Social Services-Division of Public Health,Delaware Center for Health Promotion,and First State Community Action.
*Registration/Continental Breakfast will begin at 8 a.m.
*No cost for conference attendance