This free virtual workshop for behavioral health providers & peers is hosted by VCPI and Vancro Integrated Interpreting Services. This training is designed for hearing/non-signing practitioners to learn more about best practices for working with the DHHDB community utilizing a health equity framework. Topics will include:
- Deaf culture
- Roles/responsibilities of ASL interpreters in a mental health setting
- Partnering with the therapist and supporting therapeutic goals and relationship between therapist and client (engagement and inclusion, session pre- and debriefing)
- Impact of mediated communication in therapeutic settings
- Requesting an interpreter
and more!
VIIS is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business led by interpreters. VCPI is an independent nonprofit cooperative with a mission to impact professional & workforce development across Vermont's system of care.
This program has been approved for CEUs for Allied Mental Health Professionals.