Make Your Program Work: The Value of Cultural Adaptations for Latino-serving Substance Use Treatment Organizations 1:00PM ET

Service providers may be concerned that Latino clients with substance misuse and Substance Use Disorders (SUD) are not accessing treatment, or about whether existing SUD EBPPs are culturally informed or effective for the Latino populations they serve. This webinar will address whether cultural adaptations of EBPPs have the potential to address both service underutilization and treatment acceptability and effectiveness. As such, the audience will identify how to achieve better outcomes through the cultural adaptation and implementation of EBPPs for SUD in behavioral health care settings.

Learning objectives

• Identifying whether cultural adaptions to existing evidence-based programs and practices (EBPPs) may be beneficial in treating substance use disorders (SUD) for the Latino population
• Describing an array of cultural adaptation models, frameworks and methods
• Highlighting the benefits and challenges of undertaking cultural adaptations
• Providing recommendations and resources to culturally adapt and implement an existing EBPP.

SPEAKER

Daniel A. Santisteban, PhD

Cofounder and Director of Research at Training and Implementation Associates and Professor Emeritus at the University of Miami. A researcher in the area of culturally informed adolescent and family therapy since the 1990s, he is the primary developer of Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA). Dr. Santisteban's current work focuses on creating and testing an evidence-based platform for training, coaching, and implementation that uses clinical simulations. Dr. Santisteban has authored over 50 articles and chapters and has received career research awards from the American Family Therapy Association, the National Hispanic Science Network, and Division 45 of the American Psychological Association.