Medical / Health training

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Deafness with Dementia: Navigating Lived Experiences – a taster

Cost from £40

Date: 22 January 2025

This webinar will enhance your knowledge around dementia as a condition and how this may specifically impact Deaf people with dementia and their families. 

You will consider the implications for your practice as BSL interpreters whilst working within this specialist domain and reflect on your experience and skills in working with everyone involved in the care pathway.

This training will be delivered in BSL. If you require interpretation into English as a reasonable adjustment, please request this as soon as possible.

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Dentistry – Anatomy, Physiology & Common Procedures

Cost from £40

In a first for the sign language interpreting profession, Linguistpd are proud to present a webinar discussing both the terminology you will come across and some common dental procedures.

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Autism and Learning Disability In Deaf Adults

Cost from £40

Dr Kevin Baker will discuss how learning disabilities and autism manifest themselves in Deaf adults’ behaviour and communication. The impact of language deprivation will also be explored.

Professionals who work with Deaf adults with autism and learning disability will be invited to consider ways to adjust the way they work to improve communication.

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Interpreting in Healthcare Settings

Cost from £40

This webinar is an interactive session with opportunities for reflection and discussion. It sets out to examine some of the issues pertaining to interpreting in healthcare settings. Russell will discuss our role, how consecutive interpreting can be used to good effect and help us to identify challenges that may arise in the medical domain.

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Occupational Therapy (in Adult Mental Health)

Cost from £40

So you get booked to interpret within an Occupational Therapy (OT) session. What is expected of you? What are the challenges? What is OT?!

OT sessions can be fun, practical and interesting sessions to be a part of but it is important to understand the rationale behind the profession and what the therapist needs from you. Although Jane works in the mental health domain, this webinar provides invaluable learning for working with OTs in the physical health domain

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Psychological Games: When we play them and who we play them with

Cost from £40

Drawing upon the theory of Transactional Analysis, this webinar is an opportunity to increase your capacity for self-reflection.  To help you reflect upon those moments when you leave an interpreting assignDrawing upon the theory of Transactional Analysis, this webinar is an opportunity to increase your capacity for self-reflection.  To help you reflect upon those moments when you leave an interpreting assignment and you just don’t know what went wrong.

Jill will explain what psychological Games are, highlight different ways of understanding how Games are played, when we play Games, who we play Games with and what feelings emerge when we play them.

The videos are available with subtitles. 

 

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Psychological Games: When we play them and who we play them with – subtitled

Cost from £40

Subtitled

Drawing upon the theory of Transactional Analysis, this webinar is an opportunity to increase your capacity for self-reflection.  To help you reflect upon those moments when you leave an interpreting assignDrawing upon the theory of Transactional Analysis, this webinar is an opportunity to increase your capacity for self-reflection.  To help you reflect upon those moments when you leave an interpreting assignment and you just don’t know what went wrong.

Jill will explain what psychological Games are, highlight different ways of understanding how Games are played, when we play Games, who we play Games with and what feelings emerge when we play them.

 

 

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Interpreting in medical settings – are we really prepared?

Cost from £40

Medical interpreting is both challenging and rewarding. It’s a domain we don’t enter into lightly and there are serious consequences to our actions as professionals.

In the webinar we will be looking at some of the areas in which we can develop our knowledge and understanding to help us provide a better service. We will look at things such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and jargon, clients’ attitudes and expectations of interpreters and how we can deal with these in a sensitive and effective manner.

Structured CPD Points: 2

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Interpreting Counselling/Psychotherapy Sessions

Cost from £40

How should we approach interpreting a counselling/psychotherapy session? How will the interpreting decisions we make impact upon the therapy? What does the therapist need from us in order to do their job effectively? So many questions in this domain and until now, very few answers. This webinar will give you an opportunity to develop your reflective practice in relation to the triadic relationship within a therapeutic setting.

Structured CPD Points: 2

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Interpreting on the ward

Cost from £40

What do we need to consider when interpreting for Deaf patients on a hospital ward? How about interpreting for Deaf medical professionals and their colleagues? What are some of the challenges and rewards of working on the ward? How can we best prepare for these types of assignments? How can you accurately represent the professional client as well as the patient, whilst dealing with the demands of a busy hospital?​ What about interpreting a birth? What’s involved there?

Structured CPD Points: 2

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Autism and Deafness – Children

Cost from £40

We’re delighted to welcome Vicci Ackroyd and her colleagues from the Leeds and York Partnership NHS to train interpreters on aspects of Autism in Deaf Children You’ll also learn about autism assessments, the Diagnostic Instruments for Autism in Deaf Children (DIADS) project and how interpreters can work with clinicians during the diagnostic process.

Structured CPD Points: 2

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An Introduction to Mental Health Interpreting – Children & Adolescents

Cost from £40

How do you prepare yourself to work in a CAMHS setting? What kind of language will you come across? How do you know if you’re suited to this domain? … All these questions and more were answered in our lively webinar. Watch Rob’s presentation and hear how he answers your colleagues’ questions. They loved it and we’re sure you will too!

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