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The Honoring Children Series
Evidence
Based Interventions for Culturally Appropriate Treatment
for American Indian/Alaska Native Children
The Indian Country
Child Trauma Center offers a training program to provide specialized training
to mental health and behavioral health professionals working in Indian
Country. The training in the Honoring Children Series are specific to
Native populations and the unique characteristics of tribal people.
Honoring Children, Making Relatives - Cultural adaptation of Parent
Child Interaction Therapy.
Honoring Children, Making Relatives incorporates American Indian and Alaskan
Native philosophies into the basic concepts of Parent-Child Interaction
Therapy. Included in the curriculum are the issues of implementation and
dissemination of evidence-based interventions in rural and/or isolated
tribal communities with limited licensed professionals. Procedures are
in place for assisting, measuring and monitoring the skills acquisition
and treatment fidelity for rural/isolated or reservation based therapist-trainees.
Online video consultation is used in the live remote real time coaching
sessions to overcome the issue of distance and time constraints. This
treatment is appropriate for children between the ages of 3 to 7 years
of age.
Honoring Children, Mending the Circle - Cultural adaptation of
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
This model combines trauma-sensitive interventions with elements of cognitive
behavioral therapy into a treatment designed to address the unique needs
of children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other problems related
to traumatic life experiences. It is appropriate for most types of trauma
and for children up to the age of 18.
Honoring Children, Respectful Ways - Cultural adaptation of Treatment
for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems
This therapy is appropriate for children between the ages of 3-12 years
of age who have experienced traumas of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and
violence in the family. Inappropriate sexual behaviors of AI/AN children
and youth can have wide ranging impact on not only the children but also
can significantly affect the family, the extended family, and the community,
and can result in serious negative social consequences.
Honoring Children, Honoring the Future - American Indian
LIfe Skills Development Curriculum, a suicide prevention curriculum for
middle and high school students. It was the only evidence-based suicide
prevention program in Indian Country that has been recognized by the Department
of Health and Human Services in 2005 as a SAMHSA program of excellence.
ICCTC has assisted the author to modify the curriculum for middle schools
students and Boys and Girls Clubs in Indian Country.
Requirements
for
Clinical Team Training in
The Honoring Children Series
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is required that the training team consist of a minimum of three
individuals with at least one person having 3 years experience in
working with children;
one must be licensed and a service provider; one must be an administrator
(attendance can be less than the full week); and one can be at the
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to application, participants must complete the 10 hour training
for the online
Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy developed
by Dr. Ben Suanders at the Medical University of South Carolina.
All new participants
must register to log on to the exercise modules. This can be stopped
and started as many times as necessary to complete the training.
This will provide the applicant with a good understanding of trauma
focused cognitive behavior therapy prior to training.
Each
team application should include the following:
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Letters of intent
from each team with a statement of commitment and the kinds
of cases that have not been treated due to lack of training
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A letter of commitment
from the program administrator specifically stating the team
application is supported and that all the applicants as a team
are permitted to participate in the training for the duration
of training;

A letter of support
from the tribal or IHS governing entity stating the team application
is supported and are all permitted to participate in the training
for the duration of the training, that the agency supports the
requirements as outlined above, and will allow time and expenses
for the implementation of the treatment at their service area;

A written commitment
that the agency will sign a Memorandum of
Agreement with
the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the agency;

A sample plan for
implementation
(draft);
A copy of licensure for all licensed professionals applying;
A current vitae for each team members;
A contact
information sheet and needs
assessment;

A signed Memorandum
of Agreement by the agency and/or employer attesting to, “the
ICCTC will be reimbursed by the agency for individually training
expenses if the trainee/employee is unable to establish the
implementation plan due to termination, change in positions,
or other circumstances, within a six month period.”

A signed statement by the agency attesting to “if the
agency is unable to implement the training plan within 3 months
of the training, the agency understands the site will be dropped
from participating and training funds will be reimbursed to
ICCTC on a negotiated rate.”
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For additional information, please contact Janie Braden at (405)
271-8858 or email janie-braden@ouhsc.edu. |
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