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    TP3 - Utilizing Telehealth: A Brief Treatment Model and the Wellness Approach for Alaska Native People

    Tuesday, May 6, 2025
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    Location: Hall BCD

    Unrestricted Education Sponsor 
    Attendees will:
    • learn the importance and power of integrating Alaska Native traditions, wisdom, and values into behavioral health services,
    • develop a deeper understanding of how historical trauma (loss of traditional religion, language, and roles) has impacted the health and wellness of Alaska Native peoples:
    mental health
    substance abuse
    community violence
    • Explore and help problem-solve some of the challenges of integrating Alaska Native traditions, wisdom, and values into behavioral health services.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Participants will be able to describe how the Wellness Approach incorporates traditional health practices and cultural values, so they use these principles to improve or develop treatment plans that integrate traditional healing practices.
    • Participants will be able to list three key Alaska Native cultural factors that can influence behavioral health services that they can use as a starting point to improve or develop culturally responsive into their own clinical work.
    • Participants will be able to identify common barriers to accessing behavioral health care in rural and remote areas so they can use this information to improve or develop culturally sensitive tele-behavioral health services for people in rural and remote communities.
    • Participants will be able to identify three evidence-based treatment models that effectively integrate cultural traditions, beliefs, and wisdom while maintaining the efficiency and efficacy of a brief treatment approach.
    • Participants will be able to identify three environmental factors unique to Alaska that impact behavioral health wellness and service delivery, fostering their ability to develop and implement more effective and culturally appropriate service strategies that are relevant to their local contexts.