El Futuro La Mesita Webinar: A Practical, Community Approach for Empowering Latinx Youth with ADHD and their Families

El Futuro La Mesita Webinar: A Practical, Community Approach for Empowering Latinx Youth with ADHD and their Families

Date
Friday, Aug 27, 2021
Time
6:00am 7:30am EDT
Cost
$
Location
Unknown
After you've registered here at Greensboro AHEC, you will receive an email from El Futuro with a link to complete a one-time Zoom registration to receive the login instructions for the webinar. You should expect the email from lamesita@elfuturo-nc.org the week of the webinar. If you have questions or need help the day of, please reach out to lamesita@elfuturo-nc.org. This webinar will take place on 8/27/21 from 10:00am-11:30am EST. ADHD is a prominent diagnosis occurring in approximately 5% of children and there is a long history of treatment dating back to the first use of stimulants in 1937. Guidelines suggest the use of parent training, behavioral classroom interventions, and stimulant medications, but community treatment outcomes are frequently quite poor and ADHD has become a leading cause of disability for youth. Unfortunately, for Latinx youth in particular, this is pronounced with low academic achievement, plummeting self-confidence, frustrated families, and many drop outs. In order to address these poor outcomes and develop a better treatment approach, El Futuro partnered with Latinx parents of children with ADHD to hear their experiences and learn from their wisdom. Together they sought advice from experts in ADHD management, executive function skills development, education, developmental psychology, and mentoring. Through a series of 5 week parent classes over a year, methodologies were developed to empower caregivers and identify key strategies for supporting Latinx youth with ADHD. This webinar will summarize those findings and equip clinicians, school staff, and others to employ better methodologies and achieve improved outcomes for Latinx youth and families. Find out more about El Futuro's network and stay connected at La Mesita Website This training is jointly provided by El Futuro, Inc. and Greensboro AHEC. New!! Sliding Scale Registration Fee!! In an effort to make sure El Futuro's webinars are accessible, and the information reaches a broad provider community, we are implementing a new sliding scale fee. $25 will cover the cost of your attendance at monthly webinars. Paying more than $25 ensures we can continue to offer a sliding scale for folks who could not otherwise afford to attend and would benefit from these learnings. Regardless, we appreciate your commitment to high quality culturally responsive mental health care! •$0 - La Mesita Participant (I will benefit from this training but am not in a position to pay) •$10 - La Mesita Continuing Education Patron (I will cover the cost of my Continuing Education) •$25 - La Mesita Supporter (I will cover the cost of my Continuing Education and some of La Mesita's team time) •$35 - La Mesita Equity Partner (I will cover the cost of Continuing Education for me and someone else in need of this training and support La Mesita) •$50 - La Mesita Equity Champion (I will cover the cost of everything for two people to attend this training) Participants are responsible for checking with their state licensing board or accrediting organization to determine if the event meets their continuing education requirements. This program has been approved for the following credits: *1.5 Contact Hours (or 0.15 CEUs): Contact Hours include CEs for Social Workers, mental health clinicians, nurses, other healthcare providers, and several other disciplines who utilize contact hours. CEUs are calculated by tenths. Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 Contact Hour of participation. *1.5 Contact Hours (category A) CE for NC Psychologists: The Greensboro AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. No partial credit will be given. *NBCC credit: this program is approved for 1.5 NBCC Hours
Image removed.Greensboro AHEC, ACEP #5470, and El Futuro, Inc., ACEP #6947, have been approved by NBCC as Approved Continuing Education Providers and are cosponsors of this program. This cosponsorship has been approved by NBCC. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Both ACEPs are responsible for all aspects of this program, including the awarding of NBCC credit. Disclosures: Greensboro AHEC adheres to standards regarding industry support of continuing education. The planning committee and faculty have disclosed that they have no conflicts of interest related to the content of this activity, nor did this continuing education activity receive any commercial support (educational grants). Why Latinx? 'Latinx' is a term that acknowledges the gender binary inherent in the Spanish language and attempts to be inclusive of the entirety of the gender spectrum. As a result of our targeted audience for our teaching and learning services, El Futuro has decided to use the term 'Latinx' in La Mesita programming. However, we continue to use the terms 'Latino/Latina' in our clinical work. We hold no expectation of other organizations or individuals to make similar linguistic decisions. La Mesita programming aims to improve the mental health of Latinx families across North Carolina. At El Futuro, 70% of our clients qualify as victims of crime according to the Governor’s Crime Commission definition. Because we expect other providers may see similar numbers in the Latinx community in all parts of the state, we seek to build capacity to serve victims of crime, as well as all Latinx families, through our diverse training offerings.