25.8.20
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Social Work and Legal Advocacy: A collaborative response to trauma in recently arrived immigrant communities

This workshop is designed to give social workers an understanding of recently arrived immigrant communities, including asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors, their legal needs, and how trauma manifests and influences their medical and mental health needs. The presenters are a licensed clinical social worker and an immigration lawyer who collaborate through an innovative medical-legal partnership to provide co-located mental health, pediatric care, and immigration legal advocacy for recently arrived immigrant children and families in the South Bronx. The workshop will explore interdisciplinary assessment methods to identify psychosocial needs of and effective mental health interventions for this population.

Skills / Knowledge

  • immigration
  • mental health
  • trauma
  • legal needs