National Psychology Training Consortium

Course Description and Target Audience

The presentation will review the historical, cultural, and social contexts that may be relevant when working with individuals of Filipino and/or Vietnamese descent. Participants will learn information that may enhance their cultural competence in working with this population.

The information being presented will include both anecdotal experience and peer-reviewed research in the areas of culturally competent/sensitive evaluation and intervention with individuals with Filipino and Vietnamese descent. Limitations may include the relative paucity of research with these specific populations, which represents the broader purpose of this presentation, which is to raise the awareness to the relative lack of representation and support for these populations within the context of research and academia as well as health care, in general.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will demonstrate an understanding of cultural history that affects the mental health of the Asian community, particularly people of Vietnamese and Filipino descent. Participants will be able to draw on this historical knowledge when working with members of the Asian community.
• Participants will be able to identify values, beliefs and world views that someone from the Asian community might have when seeking psychological services. Participants will exhibit an enhanced awareness of how these may differ from their own.
• Participants will be able to identify an enhanced awareness of their own world views, values and beliefs. Participants will demonstrate how those factors might impact their work with people who identify as Asian.
• Participants will analyze barriers that Asians face when dealing with mental health and how these might impact psychological intervention.
• Participants will identify effective and culturally sensitive interventions to provide effective treatment to the Asian community.

Presenter Information

Dr. Joe Serrano is a clinician with over 17 years of varied clinical experiences in community mental health counseling centers, private practices, and inpatient facilities across the Midwest. He is formally trained in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, but also incorporates Solution-Focused Therapy, Narrative therapy, and Geek-informed interventions into his clinical work. Dr Serrano is also a co-founder of Psychocomicology- a group of mental health clinicians who study, utilize, and present on the interconnection of psychology and comic books.

Dr. Vo is a licensed psychologist who completed over two years of fellowship for specialization in clinical neuropsychology. She is the founder of Diverse Assessment Services. Her areas of interest, include: cross-cultural neuropsychological evaluations, effort in assessment, ADHD, movement disorders, sleep apnea, and the effects of nutrition on cognitive functioning.

Video Homestudy Format

CE’s for this homestudy training will be earned through completing the following tasks:

• Watch the presentation video and review all provided documents in their entirety.
• Pass the post-test questionnaire with at least 80% correct.

A program evaluation form will be provided to all who registered following the training. Please be sure to complete this form since your feedback helps direct future CE programming from our organization.

Registration Cost

This cost includes video links, materials, and tests required to obtain CE’s. Your CE certificate will be made available to you upon successful completion of the training (80% or higher on exam).

National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPTC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.