Webinar: The Importance of Inclusivity: Supporting Individuals in Behavioral Health
- Date: TBD
- Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
(see when that is in your time zone)- Presenter: Kristina Padilla
- CE: eligible for 1 CE
- Price: free to attend live: registration required
- Registration: Register for the Webinar
While medications and evidence-based treatments are essential components of behavioral health care, they are most effective when individuals also experience meaningful relationships, cultural affirmation, and supportive communities.
In this webinar, we will explore why inclusivity is essential, especially when working with individuals receiving mental health and substance use treatment.
Participants will discover practical, evidence-informed strategies to foster belonging within behavioral health settings and create recovery environments where every individual feels seen, valued, and connected.
The session will also highlight the importance of cultural humility, respect for lived experience, trauma-informed care, and person-centered support for diverse communities.
Continuing Education Information
This webinar does NOT provide CEs. For more general information about CEs, go here.
However, it is eligible towards the requirements for renewing the C-ATM/CAMS.
In order to complete the C-ATM requirements, you must already have the C-ATM and complete the online exam. (Login access to NBHAP is free regardless of membership. Contact us if you don’t have a login.)
Sponsor
NATSAP (National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs) is one of BHAP’s Associate Members and partners.
They aim to advance therapeutic care and ensure the highest standards for youth in need of emotional, behavioral, and mental health support.
NBHAP has a reciprocal membership benefit with them: NATSAP members are eligible for free NBHAP membership, and NBHAP members are eligible for free NATSAP membership.
Presenter
Kristina Padilla
Kristina Padilla (they/them) is the Vice President of Education and Strategic Development for both NBHAP and CCAPP.
They are a world-renowned as a national speaker and educator, advocating the principle of “living out loud” and conducting LGBTQIA+ educational talks and training sessions globally.
Mx. Padilla sat on SAMHSA’s Technical Expert Panel on Peer Support certification and helped them develop National Model Standards for Peer Support Certification. They also facilitated the first SAMHSA LGBTQ+ Office of Recovery meeting.
They are the author of Kristina with a K: A Rainbow Person’s Journey from Addiction to Recovery, an explosive expose into the lives of LGBTQ+ people experiencing addiction.
You can hear them on the very first episode of our podcast, Destination Change.
A national membership association that provides education and advocacy for those in the behavioral health and addiction treatment industries.
We are the leading and unifying voice of addiction-focused treatment programs.
