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3rd Annual P.E.A.R.L./NYU Silver Opportunities and Challenges Conference

Overview

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Live Online Conference
December 2, 3, 9, and 10, 2020 (4-day conference)

December 2: 9:00am–3:00pm EST
(Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Karen Lawson)

December 3: 10:00am–3:00pm EST

December 9: 10:00am–5:00pm EST

December 10: 10:30am–5:00pm EST
(Closing remarks by Dr. Yuhwah Eva Lu)

Information on accessing Continuing Education hours for licensed social workers and licensed mental health counselors will be shared with registrants after the conference.

In partnership with the New York University Silver School of Social Work, the Pacific Education Advocacy Research & Learning Institute of New York, Inc. (P.E.A.R.L.), is excited to announce its 3rd annual Opportunities & Challenges conference. As a community of scholars, researchers, educators, and practitioners, we strive to reduce health and behavioral health disparities by increasing access to culturally relevant models of care. Social justice is therefore central to what we do and why we do it.

Our work has become more imperative with COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on communities of color. While health and structural inequities deepen, racism and xenophobia proliferated. The US, as a White supremacist state, is undeniable. We see state-sanctioned violence towards Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and a rise in anti-Asian hate that connects back to a history of xenophobia and exclusion.

However, we also see how these events galvanized people from all different backgrounds to work toward a more just world. Our conference seeks to do similar work by grappling with the idea of what it means to provide culturally relevant care in the time of COVID. What new needs and/or questions have emerged in the Asian/AAPI communities? How do we modify the way we provide care or reframe the research questions we ask? How do we integrate both cultural and structural modifications in the adaptation and implementation of evidence-based models?

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Learning Objectives

As a result of attending this conference, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify at least one (1) culturally congruent model of care for population-based health and mental health for Asians/AAPIs.
  2. Grasp how the issues of diversity and equity issues impact integrative care for Asians/ AAPIs.
  3. Define holistic and culturally humble practices with AA/AAPI women, children/families, health/mental health, and in end-of-life care.
  4. Design effective and evidenced-informed strategies in serving API/AA and beyond.
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Presenters

Karen Lawson headshotKaren L. Lawson, MD, ABIHM, NBC-HWC (Keynote)
Co-Director Integrative Health Coaching at Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota

Yuhwah Eva Lu headshotYuhwah (Eva) Lu, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor, NYU Silver School of Social Work, and Founding President, P.E.A.R.L. Institute

Linh An headshotLinh An, PhD
Co-Executive Director, Chinese American Family Alliance for Mental Health

Chhaya Chhoum headshotChhaya Chhoum
Executive Director and Cofounder, Mekong NYC

Robert Davies headshotRobert Davies, MD
Clinical Supervisor-Harbor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry

Kam Man Kwong headshotKam Man (Kenny) Kwong, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor and Director of Asian American Social Work Initiative, Touro College Graduate School of Social Work

Sahnah Lim headshotSahnah Lim, PhD, MPH, MIA
Assistant Professor at the Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Anne McEneaney headshotAnne M. Slocum McEneaney, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Director, Global Clinical Services at NYU Health Center

Gourab Nayan headshotGourab Nayan, MPH, CHES
Program and Care Coordinator, India Home, Inc.

Gil Ontai headshotGil Ontai, EdD, MArch
Owner and Director, Brain Family Treatment Consultants

Farzana Rahman headshotFarzana Rahman, LMHC
Solutions Based Casework Supervisor, Arab-American Family Support Center

Pamela Yew Schwartz headshotPamela Yew Schwartz, PhD, MEd, MA
Bereavement Counselor, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (Hospice & Palliative Care)

Sandy Stokes headshotSandy Chen Stokes, RN, PHN, MSN
Founder and Board Member, Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACC)

Fen-Ju Tai headshotFen-Ju Tai, LCSW-R
Assistant Director of Social Work, Gracie Square Hospital

Joyce Wong headshotJoyce Wong, LCSW
Montefiore Medical Center-Bronx, New York Department of Psychiatry

Joseph Yang headshotJoseph Changqing Yang, PhD, L.ac
Vice Director, Mental Health Committee of the World Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine

And more...

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Conference Schedule

9:15–10:15am

Keynote: Integrative Health and Healing—the past, the present and the possibilities
Karen L. Lawson, MD, ABIHM, NBC-HWC
Co-Director Integrative Health Coaching at Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota

1:30-3:00pm

Panel: Healthy Aging & Palliative Care

  • Kam Man Kenny Kwong, PhD, MSW
    Associate Professor, Touro College Graduate School of Social Work

  • Gourab Das Nayan, MPH, CHES
    Program and Care Coordinator, India Home Inc

  • Sandy Chen Stokes, RN, PHN, MSN
    Founder and Board Member, Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC)

  • Pamela Yew Schwartz, PhD
    Bereavement Counselor, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (Hospice and Palliative Care)

10:00-11:30am

Panel: Using an Intersectional Framework in our Work with Underserved Populations

  • Sahnah Lim
    Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Center for the Study of Asian American Health

  • Farzana Rahman, LMHC
    Solution Based Casework Supervisor,Arab-American Family Support Center

  • Serena M. Chang, MD
    Director of Psychiatry at Callen-Lorde, Assistant Clinical Professor at NYU School of Medicine

  • Susan Chung

  • Manqing He
    Mental Health Counselor - Human Trafficking Intervention Program, Garden of Hope, Inc.

1:30-3:00pm

Workshop: Integrative Health-Mindfulness from a Buddhist Context

  • Rapsang Thanguay

10:00-11:30am

Young Adult Panel

  • Linh An, PhD
    Co-Executive Director, Chinese-American Family Alliance for Mental Health

  • William Tsai, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology

  • Marcia M. Liu, PhD
    Mental Health Coordinator and Faculty Educator.Hunter College AANAPISI Project: City University of New York

  • Jennifer Wu
    Senior Director, +Collected, CAFAMH, New York, NY

  • Sonia B. Sisodia
    Executive Director, South Asian Youth Action (SAYA) Queens, NY

1:00-2:30pm

Workshop: Global Counseling and Supervision

  • Anne M. Slocum McEneaney PhD, ABPP
    Assistant Director, Global Clinical Services at NYU Student Health Center

  • Neda Hajizadeh

  • Maisie Chou Chaffin

3:30-5:00pm

Workshop: Advancing Family-Centered Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care with Asian American Populations

  • Kam Man Kenny Kwong, PhD, MSW
    Associate Professor, Touro College Graduate School of Social Work

10:30am-12:00pm

Mental Health Panel 

  • Fong Liu, MD
    Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College NYPH

  • Nadine A. Chang, PhD
    Clinical Psychologist, Gracie Square Hospital, New York, NY

  • Joyce Wong, LCSW
    Montefiore Medical Center- Bronx, New York Department of Psychiatry

  • Chhaya Chhoum
    Co-founder, Mekong NYC

  • Robert Davies, MD
    Clinical Supervisor - Harbor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry

  • Joseph Changqing Yang, MD, PhD
    Vice Director, Mental Health Committee of the World Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Gil Ontai, EdD, MArch, AIA, APA
    BFT Consultants, Brain-Friendly Communication Strategies

12:15-1:45pm

Workshop: The Moon & Mars: Psychotherapy of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

  • Robert Davies, MD
    Clinical Supervisor - Harbor, UCLA Department of Psychiatry

  • Joseph Changqing Yang, MD, PhD
    Vice Director, Mental Health Committee of the World Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine

3:00-4:30pm

Workshop: Psychiatric Treatment of Chinese International Students in the US

  • Fen-Ju Tai, LCSW-R
    Assistant Director of Social Work, Gracie Square Hospital

  • Fong Liu, MD
    Psychiatrist, New York Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health Center

  • Nadine A. Chang, PhD
    Clinical Psychologist, Gracie Square Hospital, New York, NY

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Free Registration Information

Register for each day you wish to attend at no charge:

  • Day 1 - December 2
    Approved for 2.5 CE hours
  • Day 2 - December 3
    Approved for 3 CE hours
  • Day 3 - December 9
    Approved for 4.5 CE hours
  • Day 4 - December 10
    Approved for 5.5 CE hours
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NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
1 Washington Square North, G08
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497

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