This individual presentation on Trauma, Violence, Abuse and Ethnic Populations highlights trauma-focused mental health approaches that can be used with ethnic populations. The focus of the presentation is on current theoretical perspectives and evidence-based methods that provide a paradigm for culturally and ecologically appropriate interventions, attentive to the diverse needs of people affected by traumatic experiences. Grounded in empirically-supported trauma treatment techniques and adapted to the complexities of actual clinical practice, the presentation is a hands-on resource for clinicians. The focus is on specific multicultural approaches and trauma interventions that are most relevant for ethnic populations. will focus on innovative, evidence-based-practice that has significantly contributed to enhancing mental health service delivery for ethnic populations African Americans are a specific ethnic population that will be the focus of the presentation. As a group African Americans have been the target of racism in the United States for many years and issues of discrimination and prejudice have not decreased but, in fact, have persisted. An increase in racial profiling and police violence along with racist attacks on college campuses and Black churches are all indicators that racial issues remain unresolved. The cultural trauma of slavery, adverse childhood experiences, and specifically sexual abuse, adult experiences of violence including sexual, domestic, and intimate partner violence are discussed before addressing the issues of children who witness violence in their communities. Finally, therapeutic considerations of racism, gender differences, intersectionality, family, kinship and social networks, and spirituality and culturally specific interventions that have been developed for African Americans are reviewed. The presentation provides foundational skills and knowledge about how to conduct culturally informed trauma interventions with some ethnic populations. Despite the debilitating consequences of negative experiences, ethnic populations have developed cultural coping strategies that have allowed them to thrive and remain resilient as a group. This new literature on resilience looks beyond the deficit-based lens of adversity, often associated with at-risk populations. Learning Objectives Participants will be able to: 1. Evaluate the importance of using culturally and ecologically appropriate interventions with ethnic populations. 2. Apply evidence-based interventions discussed in the presentation to clinical settings. 3. Identify important elements in delivery of interventions with ethnic populations.