Speaker(s):
Presentation: The session will bridge the worlds of trauma informed care and cultural competency. We’ll explore the cultural competency toolkit and the five principles of trauma informed care. The goal is to collapse some of the work duplication of the state’s cultural competency committee and the state’s trauma informed care committee to streamline service initiatives that make the experience better for the staff and persons served.
Objectives:
- Discuss the cultural competency plans of the Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare
- Review the cultural competency toolkit developed for Missouri’s behavioral health organizations
- Discuss with participants how to utilize the cultural competency toolkit to help their agency