Cruz & Associates Presents
Understanding & Exploring the Trauma of Undocumented Immigrants
May 4: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
May 5: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Presenter: Veronica E. Cruz, LCSW-C
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this 2-Day training, participants will be able to:
- Summarize and appraise the various trauma narratives undocumented individuals experience.
- Understanding the role of trauma responses, effects on the brain and coping mechanisms.
- Analyze the concept of complex grief and anticipatory loss by deconstructing various case examples.
- Examine SAMHSA’s four R’s of Trauma informed Care (TIC): Realization, Recognize, Responds and Resist Re-traumatization.
HANDOUTS
Speaker Presentation & Resources
Documents will be available until midnight on 05/15
| Handout Name | Handout (PDF) |
| Coping Skills | |
| Culturagram | |
| Tips for Caring for Yourself | |
| When Children Are Afraid of a Parents Deportation |
Meet the Presenter
Veronica E. Cruz, LCSW-C
CEO
Cruz and Associates, LLC
Ms. Cruz is a bilingual (Spanish/English) clinical and forensic social worker who has worked with children, adolescents and families for over twenty-years. Ms. Cruz was employed for ten years, as a forensic social worker at the Office of the Public Defender in Montgomery County. She specializes in presenting ethics and trauma workshops and attributes her sixteen years of hospital work in combination with her extensive forensic experience, in helping her to see a situation and address it from various perspectives. She has extensive experience in inpatient psych and partial hospitalization psych programs. Ms. Cruz specializes in criminal defense mitigation, dual diagnosis, crisis intervention, addiction, trauma and working with diverse ethnic groups.