Training Details:

The final portion of the training series begins with a look at disability theory, and participants are invited to explore how it connects to their own experience and how it may apply to the clients we serve in our professions. We explore the ways disability and mental health are inextricably linked, despite the mental health and medical systems insistence on separating them; the carceral nature of our mental health system, the connection to the criminal justice system, and the violence disproportionately perpetuated against disabled individuals; and how our clients may be affected by these factors, how it impacts how their interactions with us as professionals, and how we begin to bridge the gap between disability and mental health care.

Learning Objectives:

1. Broadly understand and describe Crip Theory and the Theory of Complex Embodiment, what role it plays in participants’ lives, and how it is relevant to working in the mental health field
2. Describe the relationship between mental health and disability and identify barriers to care that disabled folks face
3. Identify ways to support coworkers and bridge accessibility gaps in the workplace
4. Name specific action steps to incorporate the access needs of consumers into clinical practice

*Journey Mental Health Center has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6760. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credits are clearly identified. Journey Mental Health Center is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.  
                                                                                                                          

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