Foster Care Training

This workshop will examine the role of culture in shaping not only an individual’s response to traumatic events but also what posttraumatic effects and healing protocols are legitimized by a particular culture, such as the United States. Treatment considerations for the culturally different will also be addressed. Topics covered will be:

• Differences between homogeneous and heterogeneous societies, in regard to the characterization and treatment of trauma.
• Differences between individualistic and collectivistic cultures
• Impact of religious values and spiritual beliefs on how individuals respond to traumatic events
• Medical anthropological contributions regarding cross culturally definitions of healing
• Cultural and social forms of trauma
• Impact of trauma on ethnocultural identity structures
• Relationships between trauma, DSM, PTSD, and culture
• Differences and similarities between universal, culture bound and individual trauma response patterns
• Treating the culturally different for a range of trauma related problems