With a growing need to improve mental health treatment strategies for Native communities, the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University is proud to present a virtual discussion that explores this very important issue.

Decolonized Strategies for Addressing Child Maltreatment:

American Indian and Alaska Native Perspectives

A virtual event featuring Julii M. Green, PhD and Royleen J. Ross, PhD

Join Julii M. Green, PhD and Royleen J. Ross, PhD as they discuss:

• How Western psychology has perpetuated colonization and oppression, and ways to integrate decolonized treatment strategies moving forward.
• The systemic challenges within American Indian and Alaska Native populations that can lead to child maltreatment.
• Helping American Indian and Alaska Native women who experience adversely high rates of abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual exploitation and violence, sex trafficking, missing persons, and murder.

Don’t miss this important CSPP lecture series event to learn how clinicians can become culturally-informed and implement trauma-informed treatments to address the needs of Native populations.

About the speakers:

Julii M. Green, PhD, is an Eastern Band Cherokee and African American clinician, and an Associate Professor in the Clinical PsyD department at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) at Alliant International University in San Diego.

Royleen J. Ross, PhD, is a former FBI Special Agent and New Mexico State Police Sergeant who works on projects related to the intersectionality between mental health and law enforcement

in Indian Country. She currently serves on the American Psychological Association (APA) Health Equity Committee.