Webinars (all topics)

Organizational Sustainability Part 2: A View From 3 Perspectives

Thursday, 13 December 2018

Presenters:

Trip Oldfield, Executive Director of the Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles.

Kendra Gorlitsky, Medical Director of the Program for Torture Victims in Los Angeles. 

Monika Parkikh, Founder and Board Chair of Partnerships for Trauma Recovery in Berkeley, CA.

Leah Spelman, Executive Director of Partnerships for Trauma Recovery in Berkeley, CA.  

 

Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith, Associate Professor CCNY; Psychologist, The Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture

Description:

Nonprofit organizations are being challenged as never before to make efficient use of the financial,

Organizational Sustainability: a view from 3 perspectives

Wednesday, 19 September 2018


Presenters:

Peter Dross, Director of External Relations, Center for Victims of Torture

Paul Stein, Independent Consultant, Denver, CO

Adeyinka (Yinka) Akinsulure-Smith, Psychologist and Trainer, the Bellevue/NYU Program for Torture Survivors in New York

Description:

Nonprofit organizations are being challenged as never before to make efficient use of the financial, community and human resources available to them to more effectively serve their clients and expand their community impact.

Leadership and Resilience Among Survivors of Violence and Torture: eConsultation

Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Description:
Very often both survivors of torture and torture treatment programs may benefit from survivors having a greater voice in the work that torture treatment programs do.  So what does it mean to truly hear the survivor’s voice in providing services to survivors of torture? What are some of the ways that programs can engage survivors?

Our presenters will describe their experiences in creating and developing programs that were started and led by survivors.

Leadership and Resilience Among Survivors of Violence and Torture

Wednesday, 18 July 2018
SPECIAL NOTE: We experienced technical difficulties with the audio during the recording of this webinar. We apologize for any sound quality issues.
 
Description:
 
Very often both survivors of torture and torture treatment programs may benefit from survivors having a greater voice in the work that torture treatment programs do.  So what does it mean to truly hear the survivor’s voice in providing services to survivors of torture? What are some of the ways that programs can engage survivors?

Our presenters will describe their experiences in creating and developing programs that were started

Working With Survivors of Torture - The Mind-Body Connection: eConsultation

Thursday, 24 May 2018

Many clients seen by programs that work with survivors of torture experience chronic pain, anxiety, and other symptoms long after their traumatic experience. This two-part mini-course will focus on the role of the mind-body connection in the treatment of survivors of torture in both individual and group settings.  In the first session our presenters will provide an outline of concepts and approaches regarding the clinical application of meditation, physical therapy, and yoga with survivors of torturefollowed by a thirty minute question and answer period.

Working With Survivors of Torture - The Mind-Body Connection

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Description

Many clients seen by programs that work with survivors of torture experience chronic pain, anxiety, and other symptoms long after their traumatic experience. This two-part mini-course will focus on the role of the mind-body connection in the treatment of survivors of torture in both individual and group settings.  In the first session our presenters will provide an outline of concepts and approaches regarding the clinical application of meditation, physical therapy, and yoga with survivors of torturefollowed by a thirty minute question and answer period.

Psychological Issues and Techniques in Navigating the Asylum Process e-Consultation

Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Description:

This e-Consultation follows our webinar on Psychological Issues and Techniques in Navigating the Asylum Process on Febraury 14, 2018.  It is part of the National Capacity Buidling (NCB) project series of webinars. It was presented on February 21, 2018, and features Carol Gomez, Hawthorne Smith, and John Wilkinson. 

Resources

A state by state guide on who can complete the I-589 and provide legal advice on immigration law: https://cliniclegal.org/upil

Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) List of Pro Bono Legal Service Providers

Psychological Issues and Techniques in Navigating the Asylum Process

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Description:

Mental Health service providers can play an important role in the successful adjudication of the asylum process for traumatized migrant population. Our involvement is multifaceted and exists in a context full of challenges.  This two part measured impact webinar, entitled "Psychological Issues and Techniques in Navigating the Asylum Process" is designed to help mental health service providers navigate these complex issues.

Over the course of the two sessions, we will examine the central goals and areas of potential intervention in the asylum process.

An Outline of a Best Practice Model for the Complex Care of Torture Survivors e-Consultation

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

This e-consultation is the second part of a Measured Impact Webinar on Complex Care; it is part of the National Capacity Building project series of webinars. It was presented on October 20, 2017, and features Richard F. Mollica, MD, Director of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) and S. Megan Berthold PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor and Director of Field Education at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.

The discussion included an overview of the Virtual Patient as well as the five domains of the Complex Care Model.

For a link to the Virtual Patient, please contact NCB

An Outline of a Best Practice Model for the Complex Care of Torture Survivors

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a technical malfunction, we were unable to record this webinar. The PowerPoint file is attached below. The link to the simulated clinical interview is available by contacting NCB.

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This measured impact webinar series introduces the culturally and evidence-based way complex care approaches can be adapted to the unique and special health care problems of torture survivors. In this webinar, complex care is defined and a model presented that encompasses five domains:

  • the trauma story
  • biomedical
  • psychological
  • social
  • spiritual 

Evidence that complex care results in positive

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