Celia Falicov, PhD
June 6, 2008
Course Syllabus and Schedule

8:30-9:00 am

• Registration and Continental Breakfast

• Understanding Transnational Bonds in a Globalized Context
• Overview of Three-Part Model for Working with Transnationals
• The Relational Level: The impact of migration on nuclear and extended family relationships; Separations and reunions and other migration relational stresses; Constructing a migration narrative; Selecting and implementing appropriate therapeutic interventions.

• Break

• Case Illustration: Consultation illustrating relational stresses of separation between mother and child.
• Panel Discussion

• Lunch (provided)
• Case consultations with Ackerman faculty

• The Community Level: Loss and recovery of social capital; Taking the ecological context into account in the presenting problem and interventions.
• Transnationals as absentee members of their original communities; Binational interventions; Use of community based programs.

• The Cultural-Sociopolitical: Incorporating cultural diversity and social justice as necessary clinical tools for the treatment of immigrants; Relevant concepts include collectivism/individualism, family organization, and gender socialization.

• The Immigrant's Paradox: Including advantages and pitfalls of cultural retention and long distance family and community connections in treatment decisions
• Integrative Case Illustrations: Learning to integrate all the parts of the model in treatment planning, goals, and implementation
• Questions and Answers

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