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Indigenous Development Specialists (I.D.S.) by Dr Joseph Stone & Associates

Joseph B. Stone, PhD, Amskaapii-Pikuni & Lakota Clinical Psychologist & Addiction Specialist

 

This workshop is one of the The No Sundown for our Children training series.  This training reinforces an Indigenous framework for community revitalisation.  Portions of westernised science are presented and examined.  First People select what of westernised science they want to incorporate.  The focus is on ameliorating colonisation and historical trauma’s byproducts: addictive behaviour, interpersonal violence, and suicide.

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Day One

1. Registration, Meet and Greet, Networking

2. Greeting to Country, Introductions

3. Introduction to Colonisation and Historical Trauma for Aotearoa / U.S. / Canada First Nations & Indigenous Community Revitalisation and Strengths

4. Group Exercise – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Colonisation timeline and Community Strengths and Revitalisation. 

5. Methamphetamine Addiction

6. Methamphetamine In Utero

7. First Nations Trauma Focused Care

8. Break and Networking

9. Traditional Talking Circle – Yarning

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Day Two

1.  Registration, Meet and Greet, Networking

2. Greeting to Country, Questions / Comments

3. Methamphetamine Effects – Children & Families

4. ABC Child Observation Skills and Child Interventions

5. Interventions for Caregivers of Methamphetamine Effected Children

6. Overview of Childhood Maltreatment, Trauma, and Case Study

7. Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Communities

8. Break and Networking

9. Traditional Talking Circle – Yarning – What Will You Take Home and Use from this Training.

10. Evaluations, Closing