Event Date: May 23, 2025
Time: 9 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Online
Event Speaker: Darius Campinha-Bacote, PsyD, HSP
Darius Campinha-Bacote, PsyD, HSP – is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center, where he is a functional family therapist and program supervisor for the Functional Family Therapy program. In this role, he works with youth and their families who come from underprivileged backgrounds. Dr. Darius Campinha-Bacote received his BA in Psychology, double minoring in Social Work and Women’s Studies from the University of Dayton, and both his master’s and doctorate from Wright State University School of Professional Psychology (SOPP). He is credentialed as a Health Service Psychologist (HSP), as well as a certified trauma therapist in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Dr. Darius Campinha-Bacote has served as the Cultural and Linguistic Competency Coordinator for a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant in which he partnered with youth and adults to coordinate culturally competent policies designed to ensure culturally specific interventions for transitional-aged youth from diverse ethnic and cultural background.
Course Description:
Recent literature has exposed the significant negative impact that housing insecurity has on both the mental health of individuals, as well as disadvantages related to educational advancement (Roberts, Bhat, & Fenelon; 2025). With this increased exposure, comes a desire to identify the “why” behind who this is occurring to. African Americans are consistently disproportionately represented in literature related to experiencing homelessness (Otiniano Verissimo et al., 2021; Fusaro et al., 2018), and this training aims to deconstruct why this is occurring. Through discussions related to allostatic load, in combination with live “deep dive” discussions, the presenter will posit ways that we can begin to intervene with African American adolescents through the avenues of mental health, and the educational system.