Rooted in Relationship: Culturally Sustaining, Dyadic Caregiver–Child Approaches to Intervention for Hawai‘i’s Families

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This symposium highlights the power and influence of caregiver–child relationship in mental health care. Presenters overview strengths of evidence-based relationship frameworks, emphasizing cultural humility, coregulation, and resilience. Grounded in work with Native Hawaiian and historically minoritized communities, this session offers practical tools for intervention across diverse settings.

As a result of this presentation, participants will be able to…

• Describe the foundational principles of dyadic mental health interventions such as Child-Parent Psychotherapy [CPP], Parent-Child Care [PC-CARE] that honor caregiver and child.
• Explain how dyadic mental health interventions enhance long-term outcomes by strengthening the caregiver–child relationship as the foundation for attunement, sustainable emotional regulation, attachment security, developmental growth, and relational healing. 
• Identify culturally sustaining strategies for implementing caregiver–child relational models across diverse systems of care, recognizing their effectiveness in promoting engagement, resilience, and healing within historically minoritized populations particularly within Native Hawaiian and other local cultural frameworks.