The Urgency of Now: Addressing JEDI and Root Work with Marginalized Populations

As practitioners amid a pandemic and social unrest, this is uncharted territory for many of us. With a dynamic shift focused on JEDI (Justice, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion), race-related stress, mental health, substance use, and prevention, practitioners must shift their Eurocentric methods along the paradigm of prevention to recovery as related to marginalized populations (i.e., Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, LGBTQ). Though wellness involves actively supporting the whole-person, strategies for collaboration with campus and community partners whose work intersects will be imperativ...Read moree to meet current and future challenges. Less...

Learning Objectives

Discuss health disparities and health equity among marginalized populations and the context in which they exist.
Describe the role of addressing health disparities in marginalized populations and the intersections within well-being and behavioral health (i.e., mental health & substance use).
List at least 3 ways to address health disparities and promote health equity through advocacy and cultures of care.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for mental health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, MFT's and Addiction Professionals.

Learning Levels

All Levels

Friday, February 25, 2022

Live Interactive Webinar

11:00 AM EST - 02:15 PM EST

EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Sherrá Watkins, Ph.D.

CEO, Sister W.E.L.L.S

Dr. Sherrá Watkins (she/her/hers) is the Director of Wellness Counseling and Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. A leader in the mental health and substance use field, her passion is to transform systems that perpetuate decreased access and utilization of counseling services to BIPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color). Watkins’ research focuses on decreasing the stigma of mental health and substance use disorders, chronic pain and chronic diseases among African Americans, and the intersection of racism and racial bias within chronic pain and substance use treatment. She serves on the NAADAC Critical Issues in the Black Community Committee and as the Co-Chair for the Social Justice Task Force within AUC.

Shawnté Elbert, EdD

Associate Vice President for Health and Well-being, Ohio State University

Dr. Shawnté Elbert is the Associate VP OF Health & Well-being at The Ohio State University. She is an accomplished leader and student affairs administrator with a depth and breadth of experience in college student health and wellness, including harm reduction, prevention and risk management. Dr. Elbert has a strong background in policy review and development, health and wellness compliance and public health theory and practice. A strong advocate for historically marginalized and minoritized students, Dr. Elbert has vast expertise in the areas of public health administration and education, wellness, peer education and leadership development. She serves on the Board of Directors for American College Health Association and as an Aspire Mentor. In NASPA she is the co-chair for the Wellness and Health Promotion Knowledge Community, Peer Education Advisory Board and the Fraternity & Sorority Life Health, Safety, and Well-being Working Group.

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association

CE Learning Systems, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Association of Social Work Boards

CE Learning Systems, (Provider #1020), is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CE Learning Systems LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ASWB provider approval period: 02/23/2022 – 02/23/2025. Social workers completing this course will receive 3 continuing education credits.

National Board for Certified Counselors

CE Learning Systems and CE Learning Systems are cosponsors of this program. The cosponsorship has been approved by NBCC. CE Learning Systems is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5951. The ACEP solely is responsible for this program, including the awarding of NBCC credit.

Make An Impact is a service division of CE Learning Systems.

NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals

This course has been approved by CE Learning Systems, LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #192243, CE Learning Systems, LLC is responsible for all aspects of their programming.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work

CE Learning Systems SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0060.

New York Education Department Board of Creative Arts Therapy

CE Learning Systems (d/b/a CE-credit.com), is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists. #CAT-0008

New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors

CE Learning Systems, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts

CE Learning Systems, LLC dba CE-credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0031.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology

CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0016.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy

CE Learning Systems dba CE-Credit.com & AddictionCounselorCE.com is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0045.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) to earn CE's.

A continuing education certificate for the event will be obtained using the website, CE-Go. Before the event, you will receive an email containing a link to CE-Go. (This link will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event).

Upon accessing the CE-Go website, you will be able to:

Complete evaluation forms for the event
Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go process, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com

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Important Information:

1. This webinar will be hosted via Zoom, and you may be prompted to download or upgrade your Zoom app if using a mobile device. A strong WiFi connection will be required for best quality.

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3. The webinar will be recorded and available for review by attendees for 30 days. Please respect that no copying, recording, or distribution of live session content is allowed. CE's are provided for the "live" sessions only. CE's will not be available for the recordings.

Disclosure

Presenter Disclosure: Financial disclosures: The presenter(s) receive an honorarium for presenting this webinar. There are no nonfinancial relationships in the products or services described, reviewed, evaluated or compared in this presentation.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for any products to disclose.