WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2024
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. PT
Session 1 of 4 in the "Rooting Young Adult Mental Health Services in Culturally Sustaining Values & Practices" Series (view series main page for full details)
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, trauma-informed counseling incorporates three key elements:
1. Realizes trauma’s prevalence
2. Recognizes how a traumatic event impacts a person involved with the system, organization, or program
3. Responds by putting knowledge into practice
Healing-centered care allows us to dig deeper. Join YYA co-leads Oriana Ides as she lays the groundwork and explores how healing-centered care may be integrated to the practices of YYA-serving organizations.
All community-based organizations, institutions, and mental health professionals, including peer support specialists, therapists, psychologists, counselors, and others who support the mental health and wellness of transition-aged youth.
Oriana Ides, MA, APCC, PPS (she/hers)
Oriana Ides is a School Mental Health Training Specialist at CARS (the Center for Applied Research Solutions) and approaches healing the wounds of trauma and oppression as core elements of social justice. She has worked with young people across the life course from elementary school to college, and has served as teacher-leader, school counselor, classroom educator and program director. She is committed to generating equity within school structures and policies by focusing on evidence-based mental health techniques and institutional design.