Topic

Acculturative Parenting Processes among Immigrant-Background Families in the United States

Presenter Bio

Albert Lo, PhD (he/him) is a child psychologist at Cambridge Health Alliance and a Clinician Scientist at the Health Equity Research Lab. He has research and clinical interests in the mental health and developmental needs of youth and families from marginalized backgrounds. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the socio-cultural roots of parent socialization in immigrant-background families.

• Understand how parenting within immigrant-background families is multi-dimensional.