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6712-1 Stigma, Bias, and Language
Faculty
Steven Samra, MPA

Steven Samra, MPA, Senior Associate, served for nine years as Deputy Director for SAMHSA's Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) and has served in leadership capacities for SAMHSA’s Housing and Homelessness Resource Network, Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, and Services in Supportive Housing Technical Assistance Center and has led numerous peer involvement initiatives. As a core Recovery team member for SAMHSA’s Opioid Response Network (ORN), Steven provides virtual and onsite training and technical assistance across a diverse cross-section of behavioral health and recovery supports and services.
Course Overview
This session explores the 5 types of stigma and why each is important to understand for service delivery and stigma reduction/deconstruction. Explores the impact of implicit bias on treatment access and retention, and focuses on both the provider/clinician/peer service provider, as well as the bias of the individuals being served.  Finishes with the importance of strengths-based, trauma informed, person-first language use to reduce stigma, bias, and nimbyism related to serving individuals with behavioral health conditions. 

 Learning Objectives:
  1. Identify and describe the five types of stigma
  2. Explain the Backbone of Stigma and why it matters
  3. Discuss the impact of implicit bias and why it matters
  4. Discuss the importance of person-first language to reduce stigma
  5. List at least two additional strategies for reducing stigma and bias
  6. Describe ways providers may retraumatize clients

Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Expires on Feb 19, 2027
Cost: FREE
Credit Offered:
1 Attendance Credit
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