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Total Credits: 5.5 including 5.5 Continuing Education Credit for Social Workers, 5.5 Continuing Education Credit for Clinical Psychologists, 5.5 Continuing Education Credit for Professional Counselors, 5.5 Continuing Education Credit for Marriage and Family Therapists, 5.5 Cultural Competence
Documenting Persecution and Trauma Workshops: Training on Forensic Evaluations and Country Reports for Asylum Claims
Friday, April 12, 2024
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In person only; Free and open to the public
Join us for a day of trainings and workshops on the updated Istanbul Protocol and its application to work with asylum-seeking individuals.
This full-day event will consist of talks and workshops that inform, educate, and train practitioners to deliver pro-bono asylum support services that adhere to the best-practice standards of the updated Istanbul Protocol. Topics covered will include mental health and medical forensic assessments, country reports, and asylee representation and advocacy.
Continuing education credits are available for a fee. The medical and psychological forensic assessment training is a Physicians for Human Rights-certified training.
These talks and workshops are designed for:
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 5.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for social workers.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 5.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for clinical psychologists.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 5.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for professional counselors.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies the requirements to receive 5.5 hours of Continuing Education credit for marriage and family therapists.
The Professional Development Program is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors. License #s 159.000140, 168.000115, and 268.000004.
Most states have reciprocity with Illinois. It is recommended that professionals outside of Illinois review rules for their licensing board prior to participating to ensure that the content meets their renewal, and/or reciprocity, requirements.
This program satisfies 5.5 hours toward the State of Illinois cultural competency requirement for social workers.
| Child - FAIR Affidavit Template with Citations (316.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Forensic Assessment for Immigration Relief with Minors (1.6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Annex (1.3 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Salusky Example (199 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Documenting Trauma Plenary Morning Session Presentation (7.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Rebecca Ford-Paz, PhD – Forensic Assessment for Immigration Relief (FAIR) Clinic, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
The Honorable James Fujimoto, JD (retired) – DePaul University College of Law Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic
Lindsay Gifford, PhD – Pozen Family Center for Human Rights
Minal Giri, MD – Midwest Human Rights Consortium
Rohini Haar, MD, MPH – University of California, Berkeley and Physicians for Human Rights
Aimee Hilado, PhD, LCSW – Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health
Nicole Hallett, JD– Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, UChicago Law School
Ida Salusky, PhD, MPH– Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.
Registration/breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome, acknowledgments, and introduction to the Midwest Human Rights Consortium
Morning Session: Asylum Overview
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Asylum Law and Politics: The Critical Role of Health Professionals (Nicole Hallett)
10:00 - 11:00 a.m
Introduction to the Medical Asylum Evaluation, (Rohini Haar)
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Psychological Evaluations of Asylum Seekers (Aimee Hilado)
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
Afternoon Session: Strengthening Forensic Evaluations
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
What Makes a Strong Asylum Claim? (The Honorable Judge James Fujimoto)
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Breakout sessions:
Nuts and Bolts of the Physical Evaluation and Medical Documentation (Rohini Haar and Minal Giri), Room E-IV
This workshop will review the purpose of medical asylum evaluations and help attendees identify common modalities of torture and corresponding injuries and scars. Attendees will learn how to describe scars and injuries, consider mechanisms of injury, and use Istanbul Protocol guidelines to document scars.
Psychological Evaluations with Adults (Ida Salusky), Room: Library
Dr. Salusky will engage participants in an interactive session on setting up, conducting, and writing reports for mental health forensic assessments of asylum seekers. Participants will explore ethical distinctions between forensic and therapeutic roles, cultural factors impacting the selection and use of assessment instruments, the critical elements of a forensic mental health assessment, and options and formats for developing and presenting written reports.
Psychological Evaluations with Minors (Rebecca Ford-Paz)
Room: E-1
This breakout will provide an overview of developmentally appropriate forensic psychological assessment procedures for young people seeking immigration relief. The session will cover interview considerations, recommended tools, guidance for collecting collateral information, affidavit writing tips, and a review of case examples.
Country Condition Reports (Lindsay Gifford, Nicole Hallett)
Room: W-1
Professor Nicole Hallett, Director of the Immigrants' Rights Clinic will share guidance for serving as an expert witness in asylum cases. Professor Lindsay Gifford, a refugee studies expert, will explain how to draft a country conditions report in support of an asylum claim. Participants will leave with a draft outline of their own country conditions template to support future asylum casework collaborations.
4 - 4:30 p.m.
Next steps / Concluding remarks