Healing through Parenting: Integrating Science, Culture, and Social Justice in a Parent-Based Intervention for Latinx Populations

Description:

Mental health services for low-income Latinx immigrant populations must be informed according to cultural values, careful consideration of contextual challenges, and social justice principles. In this presentation, Dr. Parra-Cardona will present a 15-year applied program of parenting prevention services research focused on the implementation of a culturally adapted parenting intervention with Latinx immigrant families that have experienced a variety of contextual challenges. The model integrates a culturally adapted parenting program (i.e., GenerationPMTO), augmented by brief strategic interventions to address racial discrimination, biculturalism, and cumulative trauma. The presenter will reflect about the need to inform family therapy practice for underserved immigrant populations by striving to achieve a balance among adherence to rigorous theoretical and scientific standards, as well as cultural relevance and social justice principles.