This webinar focuses on the plight of children and parents from Central America who have sought asylum in the U.S. Drawing on his research, clinical work, and the available literature, Zayas identifies the forces that drive families to make precarious journeys to safety and the effects of immigration detention. He then points to the numerous stressors and traumas suffered by children, operating from the perspectives of human attachment and mental health. Zayas poses critical questions for providers of all types who assess, treat, and organize services for these families.
Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the event or training.
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Luis H. Zayas, PhD, is a professor and the Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School of The University of Texas at Austin. Zayas is both a social worker and developmental psychologist. His clinical work and research have focused on disadvantaged families, particularly Hispanic and other ethnic/racial minorities, and immigrant and refugee children and parents. His research has been published in leading scientific journals. Zayas has lectured nationally and internationally and is a frequent commentator in Spanish- and English-language media including radio, television, and print publications on topics of mental health, immigration, and youth suicide.
He is the author of Latinas Attempting Suicide: When Cultures, Families, and Daughters Collide (Oxford, 2011), a book that explores and analyzes the documented, decades-long data on Hispanic girls attempting suicide. Drawing on cultural psychology, adolescent development, and family functioning, Zayas provides rich details on why some Latinas attempt suicide and others do not despite many similarities. Zayas is also the author of Forgotten Citizens: Deportation, Children, and the Making of American Exiles and Orphans (Oxford, 2015) on the mental health of U.S. citizen-children whose parents are deported to Mexico. Forgotten Citizens was a finalist for the 2016 Hamilton Book Award and the 2016 Book Award Honorable Mention from the Society for Social Work and Research.
His forthcoming book on refugee children and mothers from Central America who are held in U.S. detention centers and separated, titled Through Iceboxes and Kennels: How Immigration Detention Harms Children and Families, is due out in early 2023.
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The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.
