Description

We all have unconscious or implicit biases. This course teaches professionals in service fields how to manage, recognize and understand its effect on perception, judgement, and actions that may result in inequitable decision-making, communication, or delivery of behavioral health care services. Participants will learn and practice making conscious efforts to reduce barriers and disparities in access to and the delivery of behavioral health services, by developing new approaches to understanding diversity in the patient population, avoiding patterns of preferential treatment and disregard of a patient based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.  

Learning Objectives

By the end of this presentation, participants will:

1. Define central terms related to implicit and explicit bias.  

2. Understand how to identify and disrupt biases.   

3. Discuss the impact of implicit and explicit bias on the behavioral health care system.  

4. Describe the difference between cultural humility and competency.  

5. Evaluate situations of racism and prejudice. 

6. Identify techniques to prevent discrimination. 

Presented by:

Bianca D. McCall, LMFT

Continuing Education Units:

2 CEUs

Certification Board Information

This training is approved for continuing education units by the boards listed here. Additional specifications can be found below.

NAADAC (The Association for Addiction Professionals)

This course has been approved by CASAT, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for the below # of CEUs. NAADAC Provider #98165. CASAT is responsible for all aspects of its programming.

CEUs: 2

Skills Groups

This course applies to the following Client Skill Groups as defined by NAADAC:

• Counseling Services

• Legal, Ethical, and Professional Development

NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors)

CASAT has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6492. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CASAT is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. (Continuing education hours and CEU's are synonymous for purposes of issuing CEU's from CASAT Learning)

Qualifies for NBCC Credit: No

NCB (Nevada Certification Board)

This course is NOT approved by the Nevada Certification Board

Presentation materials are not for reproduction or distribution without specific written authorization. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in our courses are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of CASAT.

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