30.2 Honoring Children: Mending the Circle for American Indian and Alaskan Native Children With Traumatic Stress Reactions to COVID-19–Related Deaths

Abstract

American Indian and Alaska Natives, who make up less than 0.01% of the American population, are bearing the burden of historical injustices that have contributed to inequities in health care and negative treatment outcomes for COVID-19. This presentation describes the cultural enhancement of trauma-focused CBT (TF-CBT) modified for American Indian and Alaska Native children, Honoring Children, Mending the Circle.