Date and Time: June 3; 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
**Please note this session is hosted by NASW-MA. Any questions regarding the session should be directed to CMedinaAdames.naswma@socialworkers.org.
This training will introduce audience members to the basic principles of Trauma Informed Care (TIC), and how application of this approach can enhance collaboration between providers and individuals who use substances and struggle with mental health disorders. Audience members will also learn how TIC and harm reduction intersect, the role of stigma, and best practices for trauma-informed conflict management and de-escalation.
This session is accredited for 1.5 CEUs for Social Work.
Participants will:
Presented by:
Tanagra M. Melgarejo, MSW was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is the proud daughter of Mexican and Cuban immigrants. She has over 20 years of experience in the fields of organizational and program development, evaluation, technical assistance, community organizing, and direct service with underserved/over-surveilled/stigmatized folks, particularly within Latinx communities. She currently works as the National Learning and Engagement Strategist for the National Harm Reduction Coalition. Her commitment and passion for harm reduction started out in Holyoke, Massachusetts in the 1990’s while she worked as Popular Education Director for a local HIV prevention program. Before moving to Oakland, she was working in Puerto Rico with women who are survivors of gender based violence, focusing her work and activism around economic/human rights of women. She holds an MSW from the University of Puerto Rico and was a lecturer for social work students at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus and the University of Turabo. Finally, Tanagra identifies as an intersectional feminist who believes in decolonization as the way towards liberation.
Joe Pereira, LICSW, CAS is a licensed clinical social worker and addictions specialist who has been practicing for over 30 years. Joe was a co-founder of Outlook Associates of New England, a practice started to assist persons with anger control problems. He is currently in private practice in Arlington, MA offering individual and group therapy as well as training and consultation with a focus on anger management to adults and adolescents. Joe has given numerous trainings locally as well as nationally and internationally on the treatment of anger management problems as well as workplace conflict, chemical addictions and stress management. He was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal on the topic of working with people with anger control issues and has made an appearance on the Boston local news show “Chronicle” discussing”the topic of road rage. He also was involved with the Massachusetts Medical Society on developing a program for disruptive physicians. Joe has been a lecturer at the Boston University Graduate School of Social Work since 2013.
Cost: Free
