IMPACT™ IMMIGRATION
TRAINING PROGRAM
Immigration Mental Health Evaluations
Psychological, Legal and Cultural Factors
Greetings from the IMPACT™ Director of Learning & Development!
Thank you for visiting our website. My name is Marina Valdez. I am a bilingual licensed psychologist with specialty areas in Latinx psychology, culturally-oriented mental health, and trauma-informed approaches in psychological services. I have over 15 years of experience as a clinician, including providing training and supervision support to emerging clinicians. These skill sets and focus areas dovetailed perfectly to bring me to immigration evaluation work in my practice, and then to teaching established clinicians to add this specialty area to their own practices.
At IMPACT™, our mission has always been to increase immigrant and refugee clients’ access to high-quality immigration evaluations. We have done so through funding the cost of this service for those who need the financial assistance, and through teaching more clinicians to provide this important service to their communities. Collectively, IMPACT™ team members have written close to 1000 evaluation reports over the years! We are proud of what we do, and we would love to have you join the training program. We believe you will not only receive state-of-the-art training incorporating the most up-to-date ethical, sociopolitical, and legal/forensic considerations, but you will also join a group of clinicians who value culturally-responsive and trauma-informed practices.
The overall mission of IMPACT™ is to offer immigrants and refugees psychological documentation of their trauma and hardship as part of their legal pursuit to live where they and their families feel safe and can thrive. IMPACT™ offers immigrants and refugees access to high-quality psychological evaluations regardless of their ability to pay.
Overview:
The IMPACT™ Immigration Evaluation Training Program provides intensive interactive training for licensed mental health professionals in the specialty of psychological evaluations for immigrants and refugees. Participants of the comprehensive program receive professional connections and consultation with a network of experienced mental health professionals engaged in this work. Including this specialty in your practice provides more access to high quality mental health evaluations for immigration and refugees.
You can sign up for the overall comprehensive program listed below or individual components of the program.
“I am learning so much through the IMPACT™ training program. It has provided me with the education and training necessary to conduct
psychological evaluations for immigration confidently and ethically. Dr. Moore and the IMPACT™ Team are incredibly warm, supportive, and
knowledgeable. They create an environment where you can be vulnerable as you learn, and depend on one another for support and consultation.”
-Dr. Jenjee Sengkhammee, Licensed Psychologist
Training Mission and Learning Objectives:
Our mission is to train licensed mental health professionals to provide high-quality
psychological evaluations for immigrants and refugees. These evaluations document
immigrant trauma and hardship which then becomes the cornerstone of their legal
application to remain in the U.S.
Learning Objectives:
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Participants will identify legal and mental health concepts in immigration evaluations.
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Participants will identify five immigration evaluation types and describe one assessment used to assess psychological functioning for each type of evaluation.
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Participants will be able to explain the difference between advocacy and presenting clinical data and demonstrate how this informs report writing and court testimony for immigration purposes.
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Participants will identify two areas for further skill development related to conducting mental health evaluations for immigration purposes.
IMMIGRATION EVALUATION
TRAINING COMPONENTS
Program Components: (available to fully licensed mental health professionals and MDs)
Live Webinar/ Recorded Webinar ___
An annual live webinar focused on skill-based competency in conducting immigration evaluations.
This webinar is an overview of immigration evaluation work which includes legal, clinical, and
ethical components. The live webinar is taught by Lynn Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director and
founder of IMPACT™, and Marina Valdez, Ph.D., Training Director, along with senior members of the
IMPACT™ team. Only live webinar is accredited for 6 CE credits.
Learn more about our upcoming live webinar here
A recorded version of the IMPACT™ 2023 webinar is available to fully licensed participants until September 2025. The Home Study Online Version will be available by December 2025.
Written Material _____
● Informed Consent and Intake Forms (English/ Spanish)
● Attorney Referral Forms
● Evaluation Outline
● Report Templates
● Redacted Report Samples
● Relevant Research Articles
● Payment Agreement Form
Materials are available to fully licensed mental health professionals.
Consultation Group $700/annually OR $70/per group
Monthly Consultation Group led by Jenjee T. Sengkhammee, Ph.D., and senior IMPACT™
team members. Members benefit from shared learning, professional collegial contact.
To register: https://forms.gle/HRYHmWZVFaMsVCeKA
Individual Consultation per hour _ $190
Individual Consultation by senior IMPACT™ team members to address specific cases,
report review, advanced learning.
N648 Consultation Group $700/annually OR $70/per group Monthly Consultation Group led by N648 specialist senior team member Jessica Beeghly, Ph.D.
Members benefit from shared learning, professional collegial contact specific to N648 evaluations.
This training is available to MDs or Ph.D. psychologists.
N648 Training Video _ $400
Fees & Payments
The comprehensive training program includes all 4 individual components: Live Webinar/Recording, Written Materials, Individual Consultation (up to 3 hours), and Monthly Consultation (monthly for one year) for $2,370.
Your payment supports IMPACT™, a 501c3 non-profit organization. Fees are non-refundable.
Discount: $50 off per person for groups of 3 or more.
Please contact impactpsych.assist@gmail.com for more information.
Fees are non-refundable.
Instructors
Lynn Moore, Ph.D. IMPACT™ Executive Director and Founder
Marina Valdez, Ph.D. IMPACT™ Director of Training
Jessica Beeghly, Ph.D. IMPACT™ Senior Team Member
Jenjee Sengkhammee, Ph.D.IMPACT™ Senior Team Member
Gabrielle Baker, LCSW. IMPACT™ Senior Team Member
Register
To register, please contact: impactpsych.assist@gmail.com