[NYAPRS Enews] Feb 17 3pm Free Webinar: Jamaican Culture for Rehab Services Providers

[Harvey Rosenthal]

An Introduction to Jamaican Culture for Rehabilitation Services Providers

Wednesday, February 17,  2010, 2:00 PM (Central)   3pm EST

Register (no cost): http://survey. <http://survey.sedl.org/efm/wsb.dll/s/1g78>  sedl.org/ efm/wsb.dll/ s/1g78

SEDL has received  pre-approval from the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification  (CRCC) for 1.5 Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Continuing Education Units  (CRC-CEUs) for participating in the webcast, or viewing the archive of the  webcast, through 12-31-10 .

Details will be  provided at the webcast.

 

About the  Webcast 

The presentation provides  an overview of Jamaica and its  sociocultural influences on disability. The information may be useful for  rehabilitation service providers in the United States who may serve Jamaican  immigrants and their families. Some of the topics are: history and reasons for  emigration to the United States, concept of disability, concept of independence,  culture rituals, typical patterns of interactions between consumers and  rehabilitation service providers, role of community and gender differences in  service provision, eating habits, recommendations, and ways in which service  providers can become more familiar with the culture. 

About the  Presenters 

Doreen M. Miller, RhD,  CRC ,  is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Rehabilitation Programs at  Southern University, Baton  Rouge , Louisiana where  she has worked since 1977. She was born in Jamaica and  lived in both urban and rural Jamaican communities. She received her  undergraduate and graduate education in the U.S. , and was awarded the RhD in rehabilitation  counseling from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale . Dr. Miller has received grants from  the Rehabilitation Services Administration for training programs in  rehabilitation services. 

Dr. Sheila  Campbell-Forrester is the Chief Medical  Officer for Jamaica 's Ministry of Health. She has  served as the Vice President of the International Association for Adolescent  Health and Jamaica Public Health Doctors Association; and technical advisor and  consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and USAID. She holds  a Medical Degree and Diploma in Public Health from the University of the West  Indies and was a Humphrey Fellow at Emory University . She is a member of the Medical  Association of Jamaica and the Society for Adolescent  Medicine. 

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Download  Materials 

Presentation  Materials 

*        PowerPoint <http://www.ncddr.org/webcasts/23/webcast23_021710.ppt>   presentation(PowerPoint  604kb)      

*        Accessible <http://www.ncddr.org/webcasts/23/webcast23_021710.doc>  text  descriptionof presentation (MS Word  84kb)      

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NOTE: If you are not able to  participate at this time, please visit this page to view the archive  files. 

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