Interpreting for oncology appointments can be challenging, both linguistically and emotionally. This webinar, led by a Deaf professional with lived experience of cancer, will give you a clear understanding of what cancer is, the terminology and jargon commonly used in oncology, and how a diagnosis can impact patients and their families.
You’ll gain practical strategies for interpreting complex medical concepts into BSL, adapting your approach to meet the needs of each client, and looking after your own wellbeing when working in this demanding area of healthcare.
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How do we navigate differences with colleagues while maintaining respect and professionalism? And how can clear boundaries help us reduce the risk of horizontal violence in the workplace?
In this two-hour webinar, Dr Wendy McIntosh PhD will explore the importance of collegial boundaries and professional authority, and how they can create safer, healthier working relationships. You’ll reflect on the costs of horizontal violence, consider why boundary transgressions occur, and gain practical strategies for holding your ground, approaching difficult conversations, and fostering a more supportive professional environment.
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How can we gently alleviate chronic or acute pain? Can we prevent repetitive motion injuries? What about posture? Many interpreters are seated for prolonged periods of time, whether during travel, at their workstations, or within job environments. This webinar offers an exciting exploration of somatic movements tailored to be performed independently whether seated or standing. Through these practices interpreters can proactively enhance their well-being ensuring longevity and effectiveness in their profession.
This is a heavily practical workshop, so be ready to get involved!
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How can we gently alleviate chronic or acute pain? Can we prevent repetitive motion injuries? What about posture? Many interpreters are seated for prolonged periods of time, whether during travel, at their workstations, or within job environments. This webinar offers an exciting exploration of somatic movements tailored to be performed independently whether seated or standing. Through these practices interpreters can proactively enhance their well-being ensuring longevity and effectiveness in their profession.
This is a heavily practical workshop, so be ready to get involved!
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Continue your journey into trauma-informed interpreting practise with sessions 2 and 3.
How safe are you in your professional relationships with colleagues and patients?
Are you responding to demands in fight, flight or fawn response?
What do you know about the window of tolerance?
This training will benefit you, whether working in a business environment with Deaf professionals, patients in mental health, clients undergoing social services interventions and everything in between.
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In the first part of a 3 part webinar, This training will challenge and illuminate your ideas and understanding about the impact of trauma on your interpreting practise.
How safe are you in your professional relationships with colleagues and patients?
Are you responding to demands in fight, flight or fawn response?
What do you know about the window of tolerance?
This training will benefit you, whether working in a business environment with Deaf professionals, patients in mental health, clients undergoing social services interventions and everything in between.
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Feeling like a fraud at work rather than fabulous? Where do these feelings come from? How can we move past them and bring out the best of our professional selves?
This webinar will provide a safe and supportive space to explore some of the causes of imposter syndrome and look at ways of combatting those feelings of not being good enough.
This webinar is for regulated trainee or registered qualified sign language interpreters (or those eligible to be).
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How safe are you in your professional relationships with colleagues and patients?
Are you responding to demands in fight, flight or fawn response?
What do you know about the window of tolerance?
This training will benefit you, whether working in a business environment with Deaf professionals, patients in mental health, clients undergoing social services interventions and everything in between.
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Learn about the different types of therapy used, begin to assess your suitability for this domain and look at some of the practicalities of interpreting in psychotherapy.
Learning Outcomes:
- An opportunity for personal reflection on our readiness for working in counselling and psychotherapy.
- An understanding of different modalities including – CBT, Humanistic and Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
- An awareness of how to prepare to interpret a therapy session
- Knowledge of the practicalities of interpreting in counselling and psychotherapy.
Structured CPD points: 2
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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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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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‘I’m just not good enough!’
In the course of your professional practice you may have heard a colleague say this, or you may even have said it yourself. This feeling of not being good enough is rooted in shame.
This webinar will examine the issue of shame, with a specific focus on how feelings of shame and inadequacy can impact on the relationships interpreters have with their deaf and hearing clients.
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Vicarious trauma is also referred to as compassion fatigue or secondary traumatization (Figley, 1995). When working with clients suffering trauma, we can feel an emotional residue, stress and/or weariness and lose our zest for life. Why does it happen? As empathetic professionals, how do we protect ourselves from vicarious trauma, or minimise its effects? We’re delighted to have Wendy back to expand on her previous webinars.
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