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Community Training

The clinical staff at F.I.R.S.T. Project has a national reputation for training that is used locally to improve understanding in the areas of torture, trauma, refugees, acculturation, and culturally responsive service provision. Training is available at 3 different levels for service providers working with multicultural populations. For more information, please contact Dr. Maria Prendes-Lintel, Director of F.I.R.S.T. Project Inc.

Training is available for:
  • Physicians
  • Psychologists
  • Therapists
  • Nurses
  • Interpreters
  • Case Managers
  • Teachers
  • Resettlement Workers
  • Groups sponsoring refugees including churches
  • Social Services
  • Leaders within a cultural community who serve through outreach
  • and support (Promotores Model)

3 Levels of Training:
1) Single or series of presentations on a topic
2) Initial training with ongoing in-service training and supervision (Community Training Model)
3) Study group sessions for professionals

Training topics include:

  • Working with Torture Survivors
  • The Health of Torture Survivors
  • The Impact of Culture on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Working with Refugees
  • Refugee Families
  • The Impact of the Refugee Experience on the Learning and
  • Development of Children and Adolescents
  • The Impact of War and Trauma on Refugee Adjustment
  • Acculturative stress in the Individual, Couple, and Family
  • The Collaborative Relationship in Working with Refugees, Immigrants and Refugees
  • Promotores Model of Community Outreach (leaders within a cultural community serve through outreach and support)
  • Multicultural Competencies
  • Stress Management and Burnout (for those working with traumatized populations)
  • Depression, Anxiety, PTSD and Co-Occurring Disorders
  • The Older Adult in the Refugee Family
  • Multicultural Service Provision for the Aging and Elderly
  • Depression Through the Lifespan
  • Interpreting in the Mental Health Setting (available for both interpreters and health professionals working with interpreters)