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THE NEVADA PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION PRESENTS
Improving Cultural Responsiveness with Latinx Clients
Presented by Claudia Mejia, Psy.D.
1 Cultural Competency Homestudy CE Credit
 Approved for Nevada Psychologists, LCSWs and MFTs.
NPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
About the Workshop:
Demographic statistics indicate 56.5 million individuals residing in the U.S. identify as Hispanic/Latino (Pew Hispanic Center, 2017). Locally, Nevada shows similar trends in the ethnic makeup of the state; Latinos comprise nearly 20% of the population in Nevada and 30.3% in Clark County (Pew Hispanic Center, 2014). Underutilization of health services by Latina/os exists due to various systemic barriers, including perceived lack of cultural understanding during clinic interactions, increased difficulty establishing rapport with providers, and decreased reception of sufficient information (Ferguson & Candib, 2002). An increased understanding of Latinx cultural values can improve mental health providers’ cultural responsiveness, which may improve client interaction, satisfaction, and, ultimately, increase effective use of clinical services.
Participants will increase their knowledge surrounding specific cultural values shared by many in the Latinx community to assist with improved client interaction and care. Participants will obtain an increased understanding of Latinx cultural values, thereby aiming to improve upon their cultural competence, further develop successful communication, and become more effective in developing relationships with Latinx clients.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to:
1) Describe key Latinx cultural values and recognize the role of these values during client
2) Identify at least three barriers to mental health treatment from a decolonial perspective
3) Evaluate their own current clinical approach and relationship with recommended practices such as practice-based evidence and evidence-based practices
Audience:
This presentation is intended for psychologists, other licensed mental health providers, and graduate students of psychology.
About the Speaker:
 Claudia Mejia, Psy.D. (she/her/ella), is a bicultural-bilingual (Spanish-English) licensed psychologist in Nevada, and an independent contractor for non-profit community agencies. She provides direct clinical services to clients, develops behavioral health programming, provides mental health literacy workshops, and supervises graduate trainees and interns. She serves as the 2024-2025 Past President for the Nevada Psychological Association and is the Membership Co-Chair for Division 35 (the Society for the Psychology of Womxn) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Mejia centers her lived experience as a Latina psychologist navigating systemic barriers and her experience of over 10 years as a mental health provider to help elevate mental health and wellbeing. Dr. Mejia's CV
General Information:
Access to Webinar/Handout Materials:
This is a 1-hour pre-recorded presentation for homestudy CE credit. Electronic copy of handout materials will be sent out by email to attendee after registration is completed along with link(s) to view pre-recorded live, virtual webinar
Refunds & Grievance Policy:
Participants may direct questions or grievances to NPA at (888) 654-0050.
Approval and CE credit:
Nevada Psychological Association (NPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. NPA maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
If you want to receive homestudy CE credit for this pre-recorded presentation, you will need to complete and pass an online Post-Test Questions form. According to APA’s Standards and Criteria for Approval of Sponsors, attendee must score at least 80% accuracy to qualify for CE credit, ensuring that attendee did actually attend and complete the program. Partial credit will not be issued to those that do not score at least 80% on posttest. Attendees are allowed three attempts to complete and pass the online posttest to receive CE credit.
Completion of the evaluation form is appreciated, forms are tabulated and reported to our CE Committee for discussion, analysis of participants’ satisfaction with content, instructor performance, etc.
CE certificate will be issued via email within 24-48 hours of receipt of post test and evaluation form, provided a passing score is obtained.
References:
Adames, H. Y., & Chavez-Dueñas, N. Y. (2016). Cultural foundations and interventions in Latino/a mental health: History, theory and within group differences. Routledge.
National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. (2022, January). ¿Quiénes somos y de dónde venimos? A Historical Context to Inform Mental Health Services with Latinx Populations. Universidad Central Del Caribe, Bayamón, PR.
Rathod, S., Gega, L., Degnan, A., Pikard, J., Khan, T., Husain, N., Munshi, T., & Naeem, F. (2018). The current status of culturally adapted mental health interventions: a practice-focused review of meta-analyses. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 14, 165.
There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this program or its presenter.
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