Leanza, Y, Miklavcic, A, Boivin, A. & Rosenberg, E. (2014). “Working with Interpreters.”  

In L. Kirmayer, C. Rousseau, J. Guzder (eds.), Cultural Consultation: Encountering the Other in Mental Health Care (pp.89-114). Springer.

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Do’s and Don’ts: Some Guidelines for Clinicians Working with Interpreters in Mental Health Settings

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From Do’s and Don’ts:

See Table 5.2    Guidelines for working with interpreters in clinical settings 

Prior to the interview

 •  Contact the interpreter before the consultation. Provide some general information regarding the patient and ask if he/she would be comfortable interpreting for the patient

•  If the interpreter is not a trained or professional interpreter, determine his relation to the patient and remind him of the basic rules of interpreting 

•  Remind the interpreter that everything that is said in the consultation room must be kept confidential 

•  Ask the interpreter to translate everything that is said and to tell you when accurate translation is not possible 

•  Ask the interpreter to describe her impressions of the patient’s feelings and emotions, making clear that you recognize the difficulty of this task 

•  Ask the interpreter to tell you when he/she is unsure of the meaning of the patient’s verbal and/or nonverbal communication  •  Arrange the interview setting so that patient and practitioner can see the interpreter and each other; placing three chairs in triangle is usually the best way to achieve this 

During the interview 

•  Present yourself and the interpreter 

•  Ask the patient if he agrees to being interpreted by this interpreter 

•  Inform the patient that the interpreter will translate everything you and the patient say 

•  Inform the patient that the interpreter will respect confidentiality  •  Look mainly at the patient and use first-person singular speech 

•  Use simple and short sentences 

•  Be aware of how your communicative style may be direct or indirect (e.g., the way you frame questions, you make comments, and the ways you interpret what the patient says) 

•  Summarize your understanding frequently, asking the patient to confirm or to correct you 

•  If the patient and interpreter have engaged in several exchanges without translation, interrupt them and ask the interpreter to translate 

After the interview 

•  Ask the interpreter if she has something to add about the patient or the consultation process 

•  Check the interpreter’s personal feelings about the content of the interview and offer sources of support for any distress uncovered 

•  Record the name of the interpreter and contact information in the patient’s file for future reference

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The 23rd free webinar of the Refugee Mental Health Resource Network (RMHRN) will take place on

Friday, April 1, 2022 from 12 Noon to 1:00 pm Eastern.

Ukrainian Immigrant Psychologist Witnessing the War and the Refugee Crisis: 

Mental Health and Culturally Sensitive Intervention

Recent Russian aggression against Ukraine resulted not only in horrific violence against Ukrainians and their land, but also in unprecedented relocation of more than 3 million Ukrainian refugees (mostly children, women, and elderly) across the borders and more than 2 million internally displaced within a span of twenty days. The presentation will focus on direct witnessing by Dr. Oksana Yakushko, an American Ukrainian psychologist, of her family’s and her Ukrainian communities’ experience of the impact of war, including both international and internal refugee experiences. The presentation will highlight numerous traumatic influences and varied ways that individuals may respond to a sudden and terrorizing war. Implications for clinical practice, research, and advocacy for engagement with refugees will be addressed. Q and A will follow the presentation. 

Oksana Yakushko, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and professor of clinical psychology in Santa Barbara, CA. Her initial scholarship was focused on immigration and xenophobia, including refugee experiences and human trafficking. Along with colleagues in Europe, she developed a scale of xenophobia, which has been used in numerous empirical investigations of attitudes toward immigrants. Her current work continues to focus on issues related to migration as well as historic impact of Western “sciences” propped up by prejudice, such as social Darwinism and eugenics. Dr. Yakushko is a Ukrainian immigrant with immediate and extended family and friends who reside in Ukraine. Elizabeth Carll, PhD, Chair RMHRN, will serve as the moderator.

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The Zoom link and flyer will be sent to registrants

The Refugee Mental Health Resource Network (RMHRN), an APA Interdivisional Project and has been funded in part by APA CODAPAR grants. Cosponsoring/collaborating Divisions & SPAs include: Div. 56, 52, 38, 35, 7, 55, 34, 39, 42, 46, NYSPA, GPA, WSPA, DCPA

Elizabeth Carll, PhD

Founder & Chair, Refugee Mental Health Resource Network,

An APA Interdivisional Project

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One Scar, Too Many: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Undocumented Immigrants in the Face of Trauma
LIVE-WEBINAR
Presented by Luz Maria Garcini, PhD, MPH 

Friday, June 5, 2020
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM 
4.0 CE Credits 

Presentation Schedule:
• 9:30AM-10:00AM Zoom Attendance and Program Overview/CE Requirements 
• 10:00AM – 12:00PM Trauma and distress among undocumented immigrants: Background and significance; Trauma assessment: Cultural and contextual considerations; Trauma treatment: Ethical reflections and clinical skills; Provider self-care: Taking care of yourself so that you can help others.
• 12:00PM – 1:00PM Lunch Break – on your own
• 1:00PM – 2:00PM Re-visit case study; Individual work; Making relevant connections from AM presentation 
• 2:00PM – 3:00PM Small and large group discussions – ZOOM BREAKOUT GROUPS 
• 3:00PM – 3:30PM Q&As; Conclusion  

Program Fee: 

• Licensed Professionals seeking CE credits*: $40.00
• Post-Doctoral, ECPs, and professionals not seeking CE credits: $20.00
• Students: $10.00 

* Non psychologists seeking to use these credits for another profession would need to check with their licensing board to determine if the credits will apply to them.

The New Jersey Chapter Association of Black Psychologists (NJABPsi), the Latino Mental Health Association of New Jersey (LMHANJ), and the New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA) present a 4.0 CE workshop on addressing the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants, with a particular focus on the needs of Latinx immigrants.

As the Inter-Mental Health and Psychological Associations Coalition (IMPAC), NJABPsi, LMHANJ, NJPA join together as equal partners to contribute their unique educational acumen, expertise, experience, and perspectives to obtain synergy as a resource to promote equality in mental health care and to zealously advocate for the mental health needs for the diverse population of the state of New Jersey. This will be accomplished by our respective organizations working together to develop initiatives to educate the public, as well as healthcare providers through training, professional presentations and mobilizing resources as needed to provide counseling and psychological services under emergent circumstances. This is the second of many multicultural events, with the hope that our organizational collaboration will grow to include additional diverse organizations in the future.

Presenter: Luz Maria Garcini, PhD, MPH
Dr. Garcini is an assistant professor at the Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, and a Faculty Scholar at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Dr. Garcini’s research focuses on identifying, understanding, and addressing the health needs of at-risk Latinx immigrants. Her line of research known as Projecto Voces (Project Voices) is a combination of community efforts and research studies which for the past 8 years have generated scientific evidence to document and address the complex health needs of undocumented Latinx families and deportees.

Program Objectives:

1. Describe contextual stressors and trauma commonly faced by undocumented immigrants.
2. Explain the challenges involved in the assessment and diagnosis of trauma-related disorders among undocumented immigrants.
3. Identify protective factors that facilitate coping with trauma among undocumented immigrants
4. Demonstrate effective use of culturally-competent strategies to help undocumented immigrants develop safety plans.
5. Discuss ethical considerations important to address when working with undocumented immigrants.
6. Identify culturally competent skills that are important to use when working with undocumented immigrants.
7. Identify helpful self-care strategies for providers of undocumented immigrants.

Target Audience: Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Nurses, Physicians, Educators, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students

Program sophistication: Introductory: some basic knowledge of the specific content is required

The presenters do not have any commercial support and/ or conflict for interest for this program.
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In this webinar, Dr. Ellis (a) introduces the Undocumented Stress Cycle (USC); (b) discerns different phases of the USC; and based on this knowledge, (c) discusses best practices for creating “stressor-free” safe spaces. The USC helps explain the psychological experience of living with undocumented status and the way it is perpetuated by status-related stressors. Dr. Ellis uses examples from long-term observations and in-depth interviews with undocumented young people to illustrate different phases of the USC, which include moments of acute deportability; hustling; chronic fears and concerns; and coping. Next, she discusses the varieties of status-related stressors encountered by young people living with undocumented status to help inform best practices for creating “stressor-free” safe spaces.

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In this webinar, Dr. Ellis (a) introduces the Undocumented Stress Cycle (USC); (b) discerns different phases of the USC; and based on this knowledge, (c) discusses best practices for creating “stressor-free” safe spaces. The USC helps explain the psychological experience of living with undocumented status and the way it is perpetuated by status-related stressors. Dr. Ellis uses examples from long-term observations and in-depth interviews with undocumented young people to illustrate different phases of the USC, which include moments of acute deportability; hustling; chronic fears and concerns; and coping. Next, she discusses the varieties of status-related stressors encountered by young people living with undocumented status to help inform best practices for creating “stressor-free” safe spaces.

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Barbara Eisold has a new and very relevant book: see Psychodynamic Perspectives on Asylum Seekers and the Asylum-Seeking Process (Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series).

From Amazon website:

“Psychodynamic Perspectives on Asylum Seekers and the Asylum-Seeking Process looks at the psychosocial assessment of asylum seekers from three perspectives: forensic, psychodynamic, and political and then attempts to better understand, from a psychodynamic perspective, differences in the historical/motivational routes of asylum seekers themselves.

Barbara Eisold begins in Chapter One by exploring the unique evaluation relationship of psychosocial assessment and the striking will to survive of the asylum seekers that it puts into focus, using a psychodynamic lens. The forensic value of psychosocial assessment and its potential as both a political and a therapeutic tool are then described. Chapter Two describes individuals, who, by background and personal characteristics, shared a profound desire to protest, gravely compromising their survival at home and forcing them to seek asylum elsewhere. Chapter Three discusses women who have suffered female genital mutilation and includes a discussion of the development of strong personal agency in one case. Chapter Four describes abused women from Central America forced to flee from femicide. The evolution of femicide is explored, including the development of honor-bound machismo and the wide-spread disregard of law. The hold men have on women is then examined from a psychodynamic perspective.

Psychodynamic Perspectives on Asylum Seekers and the Asylum-Seeking Process will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists, and all mental health professionals working with asylum seekers.”

Ellie Vargas has offered free rubrics for immigration evaluation reports. They are available here: https://mailchi.mp/a81d77620dab/immigration-report-rubric-freebie

Bay Area Center for Immigration Evaluations (BACIE)

In partnership with allies around the country, the ILRC<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ILRC/d78be1e1b2/TEST/fd8ec76815> is hosting a series of three webinars this fall to train organizers and advocates on fighting ICE enforcement in their communities.  All webinars are free and open to anyone who is working for immigrant rights.

1) Fighting Where We Can Win: Successful Campaigns Against Local Immigration Enforcement

Date: September 12, 2018
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Presenters:

Moderator: Angie Junck, Supervising Attorney – ILRC

Carolina Canizales, Texas Campaigns Strategist – ILRC

Bob Libal, Executive Director – Grassroots Leadership
Erika Almiron, Executive Director – Juntos

How do I build a campaign to fight back against local immigration enforcement? This webinar will discuss the basics you need to know about how local law enforcement and other agencies work with ICE or CBP and think about who are the likely local targets for organizing. We will talk about important allies in your community who may have power or information you need, and what kinds of stories can help drive the narrative. Experienced organizers will talk about messaging, mobilizing, and accessing legal resources.

Register here<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ILRC/d78be1e1b2/TEST/ea379f9ddf/c=0&w=1>

2) National Context: The Legal Fights over Sanctuary Policies

Date: October 10, 2018

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time

Presenters:

Lena Graber, Staff Attorney – ILRC

Krsna Avila, Andy Grove Immigrant Rights Fellow – ILRC

Sameera Hafiz, Senior Policy Strategist – ILRC

Marcela Diaz, Executive Director – Somos Un Pueblo Unido

“Sanctuary” policies exist all over the country, but they are under attack from the Trump Administration, which is trying to withhold federal funding. What is the DOJ trying to do, what funding is at stake, and what is the status of all these lawsuits over it? Most importantly, a key federal statute limiting sanctuary policies has been found unconstitutional, which means that sanctuary jurisdictions have even more power.

Register here<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ILRC/d78be1e1b2/TEST/09dae8cef1/c=0&w=1>

3) Police-ICE Collusion: Essential Knowledge and Interventions

Date: November, 2018 – Date TBA

Presenters:
Grisel Ruiz, Staff Attorney – ILRC

Lena Graber, Staff Attorney – ILRC

Annie Benson, Senior Directing Attorney – Washington Defender Association

Let’s dig into how ICE operates and how local law enforcement agencies are really involved, so that we can demand strategic reforms. SComm is not the only way ICE gets information from localities, the Criminal Alien Program and 287(g) are also big players, as well as ICE’s broad access to various law enforcement databases.  In order to fight deportations, we need to get a hands-on, granular pictures of how ICE is operating, how they are using detainers and warrants, what access they have to the jail, and how local police and sheriffs respond to various ICE requests. How does this change when you have an ICE detention contract or a 287(g) agreement? What are the important legal hooks, and what are the policy arguments for getting local governments to stop doing ICE’s bidding?

The exact date of this webinar will soon be announced. Look for a separate email with the date and link to the registration form.

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