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NW Elders ECHO | April 9, 2024

Date of Presentation: April 9, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  Community  

Program: Elders, Knowledge Holders and Culture Keepers  

Keywords: #AI/AN  #aian  #elders  #indigenous knowledge  #indigenous ways  #plants  #resilience  #traditional indigenous knowledge  #traditions  

The Northwest Elders and Knowledge Keepers ECHO session took place on April 9th, 2024. In this presentation, Jeff King, PhD, LCP discusses Native and Western Worldview Contrasts: A Must-Know in Behavioral Health.

The faculty panel and staff members for this session of the Northwest Elders, Knowledge Holders, and Culture Keepers ECHO includes:

  • Jesse Beers – Cultural Stewardship Manager for CTCLUSI
  • Katie Hunsberger – Behavioral Health Aide Program Manager for NPAIHB
  • Dolores Jimerson – Behavioral Health Education Director for NPAIHB
  • Maleah Nore – NW Elders ECHO Faculty
  • Jessica Rienstra – ECHO Case Manager for NPAIHB
  • Marilyn Scott – Tribal Chair at Upper Skagit Tribe
  • David Stephens – ECHO Clinic Director for NPAIHB
  • Birdie Wermy – Behavioral Health Program Manager for NPAIHB
  • Alison Whitemore – LCSW & RPT (Round Valley Indian Tribes)

Recording:

Presented by:

Jeff King, PhD, LCP

Dr. Jeff King is a professor at Western Washington University’s Department of Psychology, where he is also director for the Center for Cross-Cultural Research. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and has provided clinical services to primarily American Indian populations for the past 25 years. He was director of Native American Counseling in Denver, Colorado for 13 years. During this time, he also taught graduate classes in cross-cultural issues in psychology for several universities in Denver. Before coming to Western Washington University, Dr. King worked for two years among the Taos and Picuris Pueblo through Indian Health Service. He is currently the president of the First Nations Behavioral Health Association, a non-profit organization that provides advocacy at the national level for cultural competence, the reduction in disparity in mental health care for Native Americans and other ethnic minority populations, and identifying best practices among American Indian and Pacific Islander Indigenous populations. Dr. King is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.

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Date added: April 9, 2024