Session 4 of Serious Mental Illness in Focus: Specialized Topics for Practitioners, Jan. 30-April 24, 2025.
Registration details TBD
Speaker Kelly Johnson, LCSW, will describe a Trauma-Informed approach to crisis work and the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model on the Yurok Reservation. The CIT model partners law enforcement and behavioral health professionals to provide effective crisis intervention services. The Yurok Tribe is the largest tribe in California, and the reservation spans two rural counties in far northern California. We will discuss Trauma-Informed Responses in Indian Country, which can be applied to any marginalized community. This presentation will focus on the impacts of trauma including historical and intergenerational trauma.
Participants will:
Review a trauma informed approach utilized in crisis work.
Discuss the impacts of trauma, including intergeneraional trauma.
Evaluate how the crisis intervention team model is used on the Yurok Reservation and the ways this model is utilized with law enforcement and behavioral health services.