Therapeutic Considerations and Conceptualization to Clients’ Social Determinants of Health (February 12, 2025)

Session Information

This session will explore the development of disparities in the US and their impacts on racialized and marginalized communities. Utilizing a social justice framework, the participants will learn about building health equity and community engagement. Participants will also learn about approaches and strategies grounded in cultural humility, the Enhanced National CLAS Standards, Cultural Self-Assessments and other tools designed to improve services and eliminate health disparities.

Target Audience

This activity is appropriate for the following audiences:

Social workers
Behavioral health providers

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to do the following:

Define health disparities and health equity
Understand and describe the concepts of cultural humility and cultural intelligence
Describe at least 4 techniques and strategies designed to improve clinical outcomes for clients

Activity summary

Available credit:

2.00 ACE/ASWB
Through Joint Accreditation Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) credit to social workers at its activities.
2.00 APA
Through Joint Accreditation, Moses/Weitzman Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute is able to provide American Psychological Association (APA) credit to psychologists at its activities.
2.00 Participation Hour(s)
You are able to download an unaccredited Participation Certificate for your records if you are not able to use any of the credit types provided for this activity or if this activity does not offer accredited CME/CE credits.

Activity opens:

04/16/2025

Activity expires:

04/16/2025

Weitzman Institute Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of the Weitzman Institute to ensure that Continuing Education (CE) activities are independent and free of commercial bias. To ensure educational content is objective, balanced, and guarantee content presented is in the best interest of its learners' and the public, the Weitzman Institute requires that everyone in a position to control educational content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Examples can be found at accme.org.

Faculty participating in a Weitzman Institute-sponsored activity must disclose to the planning committee and audience all financial or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies.

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