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Cultural Responsiveness: An Introduction for Peer Professionals | April 4, 2024

Date of Presentation: April 4, 2024

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Substance Use Disorder  

Keywords: #addiction  #cultural responsiveness  #Peer  #substance  #SUD  

In this presentation, Debra BuffaloBoy (Standing Rock Lakota Nation), CACD II, PWS, PSS, CRM, provides an overview of historical perspectives of culture responsiveness, explores boundaries of cultural responsiveness, addresses ways to embody cultural responsiveness in our work, and steps to develop a clearer vision of the benefits of cultural responsiveness in practice.

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Presented by:

Debra BuffaloBoy, CADCII, PWS, PSS, CRM

Debra is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Lakota Nation where she was born and raised. She is a woman in long term recovery and has worked in the addiction recovery field for over 40 years as a counselor, peer mentor, clinical supervisor, trainer, educator, and advocate for Indigenous, incarcerated, youth and women throughout Oregon. Currently, Debra is the Administrator and Owner of Multicultural Consultants, Mental Health & Addiction Certification Board of Oregon Executive Board Vice President, Ethics Committee Member and Coordinator for MetroPlus Association of Addiction Peer Professionals, NPAIHB Expert Faculty for Peer ECHO, and Spiritual Advisor & Board Member for Painted Horse Recovery Center.

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Date added: April 4, 2024