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IDENTIFYING BARRIERS WITH NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES WHO HAVE ABUSIVE HISTORIES

PRECONFERENCE D

Dolores Subia BigFoot, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
CHO-3B3406
PO Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190

IDENTIFYING BARRIERS WITH NATIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES WHO HAVE ABUSIVE HISTORIES

Cultural misinterpretations have the potential to create barriers to effective working relationships among high-risk Native American parents and service providers. Understanding the unique community and individual characteristics of Native Americans will give service providers key insights how different factors impact Native American parenting.

This seminar will develop a framework for understanding the particular communities and individual issues with which Native American parents contend. Within this framework, cultural, economic, social, political, legal, and historical aspects will be presented, allowing participants to explore their impact on current delivery systems. Rural/reservation and urban demographics will be compared to heighten awareness of where limitations have been created when trying to serve families who may fall within different jurisdictions. Since the majority of Native families lives off reservations or trust lands, it is important for service providers to understand that prior laws have created many limitations and service impediments. It is also important to understand what families may be confronted with when there are different jurisdictions involved.

Updated on February 24, 2010