High-Achieving Asian American Adolescents and Suicide: The Need for Culturally Sensitive Suicide Intervention Approaches in Schools, A Case Study (1 credit hour)

Program Summary:  This course examines suicide risk and cultural variation among high-achieving Asian Americans.  The course explores cultural and family factors and offers examples of acculturation, acculturative stress, stereotype, obligatory stress, and cultural humility.  A case example of a high-achieving Asian American adolescent in a large high school is presented. Recommendations for clinical interventions are provided.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

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Course Reading: High-Achieving Asian American Adolescents and Suicide:  The Need for Culturally Sensitive Intervention Approaches in Schools, A Case Study

Authors:  Jessica Chock-Goldman

Publisher:  Advances in Social Work

Additional Reading:  Risk and Protective Factors: Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Populations

Publisher:  Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring high-achieving Asian American adolescents, cultural factors, and suicide risk.

Learning Objectives:  Identify risk factors for high-achieving Asian American adolescents and suicide.  Describe how cultural factors relate to suicide risk . Identify clinical recommendations for working with Asian American adolescents.

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Course Available Until: October 31, 2027.

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1: Ethnic minorities are __________ likely to express suicidal ideation than Whites, a concept called 'hidden ideations.'
 
 
2: Asian-American communities consist of approximately _________ ethnic groups, speaking over 100 languages.
 
 
 
 
3: Which of the following describes stress specifically related to the process of adapting to the beliefs, practices, and values of a dominant culture?
 
 
 
 
4: Parent-child conflict is more strongly associated with suicide-related outcomes among
 
 
5: In the case example, Ahmed's parents consistently told him that they moved to the United States
 
 
 
 
6: In the case example, when did Ahmed and his family follow up with post-crisis treatment?
 
 
 
 
7: Highly accomplished students who feel that they must prove achievements to their primary caretaker are feeling
 
 
 
 
8: Research has found that the most comprehensive way to address suicidality is to be culturally specific to the populations with which you are working.
 
 
9: Which of the following describes cultural variations in the expression of psychological symptoms?
 
 
 
 
10: Which of the following describes particular stressors that cultural minorities may experience due to social identity or position?
 
 
 
 

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Free State Social Work, LLC, provider #1235, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 9/6/2021 - 9/6/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 1 cultural competence continuing education credit.

Free State Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP NO. 6605. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Free State Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City. She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: October 31, 2027.
Filed under: Children, Cultural Competence, Suicide Prevention