The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing
and First 5 Alameda County present
Ghosts in the Frontera:
Integrating Trauma Healing and Migrant Justice During the Perinatal Period
(online event)
PRESENTER
Monica Alejandra Noriega, Psy.D.
UCSF, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child Trauma Recovery Program
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
10AM - 12PM (Pacific Time)
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DESCRIPTION
The trimesters of pregnancy, like the
stages of immigration trauma, are periods
of immense physical and psychological
disequilibrium. Even under the most ideal
conditions, it can be expected that
pregnancy will cause unresolved conflicts
from the past and anxieties for the future to
come to the surface. For pregnant people
with histories of immigration trauma, these
anxieties are exacerbated by xenophobic,
oppressive, and violent sociopolitical
conditions. In the United States, rates of
preterm labor, fetal mortality, and
immigration-related parent-child
separations are on the rise among Black
and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC).
Given these heightened risk factors and
alarming realities, there is an even greater
need for providers of perinatal, postnatal,
and early childhood services to understand the impact of immigration trauma on the
parent-child relationship in order to create
spaces for collective healing. This training
will invite participants to reflect on the
intersections of complex trauma during the
perinatal period and migrant justice
organizing.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Providers working with young children ages
0-5 and their families.
2.0 CEUs available for LMFTs, LCSWs,
LPCCs, LEPs, and RNs.
A link to the online training will be
provided to registered attendees closer
to the event date.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will be able to:
+Identify the core developmental fears
associated with the perinatal period and
first five years of life
+Identify at least 2 the parallels between
the intrapsychic experience of immigration
trauma and gestation
+Explore strategies for mitigating the
impact of complex trauma and immigration
trauma during the first 4 years of life
AGENDA
10:00am Welcome and Introductions
- Check in
- Core Concepts: Immigration Trauma and Perinatal Mental Health
- Overview of Normative Developmental Anxieties of Early Childhood and the Perinatal Period
- Ghosts in the Borderlands
- Case Example
- Strategies for Collective Healing
- Q&A
12:00pm Adjourn