Welcome to At the Intersection of Trauma, Language, and Culture, a 2-hour live webinar course led by Lisa Dion, Founder and President of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, and guest presenter Ludmila Golovine, President & CEO of Masterword.

At the Intersection of Trauma, Language, and Culture Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the effects of trauma and how they interact with language and cultural factors, thereby affecting the delivery of treatment
  • Develop effective strategies for transcultural and translingual communication to foster trust and overcome barriers when working with a diverse client population
  • Design best practices for collaborating with interpreters to ensure trust-building, empathetic communication that engages limited English proficient and Deaf/Hard of Hearing clients
  • Formulate actionable strategies to navigate challenging scenarios that may arise in the context of trauma-informed, multicultural, and multilingual therapy

Live Webinar Zoom Information: Please login in 10 minutes early to troubleshoot any login or technical issues as we are starting right on time.

Date/Time: August 13, 2024, 4:00pm – 6:00pm Mountain Time (Denver)

Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860465646

Attendance: Attendance will be taken by the Institute during the live webinar course. In order to receive credit for this live event, full attendance at the 2-hour live webinar and the completion of a post-live webinar quiz are required. Zoom cameras must be ON during the live webinar course. If an emergency arises, please contact the Institute, info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Course Handouts: Please download or print the handouts below to reference during the live webinar on August 13th.

Checklist: Section 1557 Final Rule
Working with Interpreters

The curriculum for this program was provided by Masterword, Inc.

CE Credit Hours: 2 CE Credit Hours, NBCC Content Areas: Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship; Social and Cultural Foundations, and Counselor Professional Identity and Practice Issues

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7450. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Continuing education credit hours may be awarded to graduate-level counselors or students enrolled in a graduate-level mental health program. If you do not qualify for continuing education credit hours and would like to receive a certificate of completion for this course please contact the Institute directly.

Prior to attending the live webinar on August 13, 2024, you will be required to complete the first lesson of this course, “At the Intersection of Trauma, Language, and Culture – Course Agreements”. *You must complete the Course Agreements lesson before you will gain access to the following lessons.

Please contact the Institute should you have any questions or need our support, info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Reminder: Access to the course site will expire on August 20, 2024. You must complete all requirements by this date to receive credit for the live webinar course.