The National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center presents the National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Training of Trainers (T.o.T.). This T.o.T., School-Based Mental Health Services for

Hispanic and Latino Children and Youth curriculum, aim to create awareness, help to reduce disparities in the provision of mental health services and improving mental health intervention outcomes for Hispanic and Latino populations in the region.

The trainers’ goal is to increase the awareness and enhance the abilities of providers in their use of cultural elements by promoting cultural formulations when treating Hispanics and Latinos with Mental Health Disorders. 

The specific objectives of the training are to:

1. Demonstrate the consideration and incorporation of cultural values when treating Hispanics and Latinos children and youth with mental health disorders.

2. Distinguish cultural elements that serve to increase the quality and effectiveness of mental health interventions for Hispanic and Latino children and youth through school-based programs.

3. Identify the harms of labeling culture related reactions as pathological. 

4. Promising or Evidence Based Practices that can be used in the school-based mental health system and that have proven effective with Hispanic and Latino children and youth populations.

5. Demonstrate an awareness of strategies to effectively engage Hispanic and Latino clients/patients.