Last week, the Mid-America MHTTC sponsored the Decolonizing Training and Supervision Conference. 

Built off the interest & efforts of the earlier series, Decolonizing Training and Supervision: Implementing a Culturally Responsive Model of Training, this two-day intensive training attracted more than 10 attendees. 

The conference was delivered by Dr. Anitra Warrior and Dr. Patricia Cerda-Lizarraga with Morningstar Counseling. Dr. Warrior, Dr. Cerda-Lizarraga, and Dr. Belinda Hinojos developed the content. To learn more about the conference, visit this page or read the objectives below. 

GLOBAL OBJECTIVES:

• Describe the role of colonization and historical trauma in behavioral health training. 
• Define what it means to decolonize supervision and training. 
• Identify ways to apply the supervision models in a culturally adapted manner and how this can impact health outcomes. 
• Examine the power differentials that exist between supervisors and supervisees to identify practices that protect providers/trainees. 
• Create your own collaborative supervision contracts highlighting cultural integration. 
• Identify the roles and responsibilities as individuals and the healthcare team when supporting a trainee's experience over the year to adapt your clinic aesthetic, policies and procedures, language, and staff representation.