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Transcultural Mental Health Care for Older People: Practical Steps for Better Engagement and Wellbeing
This masterclass aims to provide participants with hands-on skills and strategies to improve communication, accessibility, and cultural responsiveness when supporting older people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, ultimately promoting their mental health and wellbeing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Identify key challenged faced by older CALD people
- Describe how transcultural mental health care can support good mental health and wellbeing
- ​​​Utilise culturally focused tools to enhance communication in assessment and intervention process
- Apply skills and strategies that are culturally responsive and best support older CALD people

FACILITATOR
Emalynne So is a Mental Health Consultant at the NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre (TMHC), focused on clinical capacity building of mental health services with new and emerging populations. She provides consultation and tratning to mental health professionals to increase understanding of the specific needs and requirements of people from CALD communities, with a focus on refugee and migrant experiences across the life span. As a clinical psychologist, she has worked with individuals with migrant and refugee experiences, working across the fields of chronic pain, medical rehabilitation and psychological medicine in public and private settings. The TMHC is a NSW Health state-wide service and works with people from CALD communities, health professionals and partner organisations across NSW to support good mental health. Our services complement public Mental Health Services (hospital and community) and enhance pathways to care for CALD communities

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Please be aware tickets are non-refundable