Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes

•Recognize and address homelessness as a special dynamic that affects your clients. •Help prevent potential crises that result from becoming homeless. •Provide preventive services for individuals and families who are homeless, •Be more aware of the effects of psychological trauma and co-occurring disorders (CODs) among people who are homeless. •Provide integrated, more effective services to people who are homeless. •Understand and know how to utilize resources for homelessness in your community. •Influence the understanding of others in your community regarding the interrelationship of homelessness, substance abuse, and mental illness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Define Autoimmune Issues Examine the relationship between autoimmune issues and depression Explore the relationship between inflammation and autoimmune disorders and mood disorders Identify interventions needed by people with autoimmune and mood disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

- Define the socio-ecological model - Apply the socioecological model to addiction - Explore different variables in the socio-ecological model - Discuss how this framework can be used in prevention and treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders Prevention - Prevention can take the form of: - Preventing the problem - Preventing worsening of the problem - Preventing associated fall out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

• Review current information about the prevention, transmission and treatment of HIV, Hepatitis and Blood Borne Pathogens • Review current information about hepatitis transmission, symptoms and treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary ~ There are many similarities between Pain, mood and addictive disorders ~ Integrated, concurrent, biopsychosocial treatment is vital ~ Mood impacts pain which impacts life satisfaction ~ Recovery supports realistic beliefs and identifies controllable factors Eenhanced outcomes ~ Patients with current addictions or mental health issues need concurrent treatment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary - Counseling should focus on where the person is (testing/treatment) and their level of readiness for change. - Counseling goals should be to - Reduce risk of infection/complications or infecting others - Improve health literacy regarding hepatitis - Encourage social support - Assist the person in connecting with needed biopsychosocial resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary - Explored the culture, values and traditions of African Americans to include communalism and the importance of spirituality for many clients - Identify issues and barriers which need to be considered to provide culturally responsive treatment including ineffective assessment tools, lack of insurance or transportation and lack of awareness of the types and benefits of counseling services - Learn about how to provide culturally responsive group psychoeducation including how to teach to the collective culture in a multicultural group and how to be an effective group facilitator. - Learned about a variety of evidence based practices demonstrated to be effective with African Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary/Advice to Counselors - Provide bilingual services. - Use family therapy as a primary method of treatment. - Assess cultural identity and acculturation level for each family member. - Determine the family's level of belief in traditional and complementary healing practices; integrate these as appropriate. - Discuss the family's beliefs, history, and experiences with standard American behavioral health services. - Explore migration and immigration experiences, if appropriate. - Provide additional respect to the father or father figure in the family. Summary/Advice to Counselors - Interview family members or groups of family members (e.g., children) separately to allow them to voice concerns. - Generate solutions with the family. Do not force changes in family relationships. - Provide specific, concrete suggestions for change that can be quickly implemented. - Focus on engaging the family in the first session using warmth and personalismo - Group leaders should allow members to learn from each other and resist functioning as a content expert or a representative of the rules of the system. Otherwise, members could see group therapy as oppressive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summary - Academic success - Impacts student’s self-esteem by providing frequent small successes - Empowers them and reduces depression and hopelessness and helplessness by teaching them how to solve problems and opens up a world of possibilities - Reduces anxiety by helping them develop an “I can” mantra and learn how to embrace failure as a learning opportunity - Each child has their own unique learning needs based on their learning style and temperament. - Once children know how they learn best they can be empowered to modify lessons and study habits to accommodate their unique needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Objectives - Explore the impact of homeschooling on the family - Identify issues that may come up during homeschooling - Explore creative ways to help families effectively homeschool Impact of Homeschooling - Physical - It is easy for the child’s schedule to get out of synch when they don’t have to get up to meet a bus - Maintain a schedule - There is a risk of greater weight gain related physical problems due to a lack of enforced PE and 24/7 availability of food - Mindful eating, cooking, fun activities, nutrition literacy - Some children may rely on free and reduced breakfast and lunch and will no longer be able to access that. - Work with food pantries and volunteers to disperse care packages - Increased risk for unnoticed child abuse or neglect when children are home all day - Conversely, children could get more sleep, be exposed to fewer germs, encouraged to be active in meaningful ways, learn how to eat mindfully as well as develop culinary skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices