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 a certificate of completion, professional connection and consultation with
a network of experienced mental health professionals engaged in this work. You will
be listed in the IMPACT™ directory of immigration evaluation providers as a certified
IMPACT™ evaluator.
You can sign up for the overall comprehensive program listed below or individual
components of the program when you register here.
“I am learning some 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.
Participants will build a new practice specialty in immigration psychology.
Participants will learn the following:
1. Legal and mental health concepts in immigration evaluations.
2. Specific evaluation skills for each immigration evaluation type:
Political Asylum, Extreme Hardship, U Visa (victim of a crime), T Visa (human trafficking),
VAWA (Violence against Women ACT), N648 (disability exception to the citizenship exam.)
3. Trauma-informed evaluation skills.
4. Culturally sensitive and effective telehealth assessment approaches.
5. Report writing skills for immigration court.
6. How to prepare for and testify in immigration court
7. How to develop relationships with attorneys and develop this practice specialty.
IMMIGRATION EVALUATION
TRAINING COMPONENTS
Program Components: (available to fully licensed mental health professionals and MDs)
☐Workshop/ Webinar $700
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. Accredited for 6 CE credits.
A recorded version of the IMPACT™ 2020 webinar is available to fully licensed participants.
☐Written Material $700
● 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 Training Director Marina Valdez, Ph.D. and senior IMPACT™
team members. Members benefit from shared learning, professional collegial contact. Consultation by immigration attorneys.
There is a NEW Consultation group starting in 2024. For information contact Bianca Brambila at impactpsych.assist@gmail.com
☐Individual Consultation per hour $190
Individual Consultation by Dr. Valdez and senior IMPACT™ team members to address specific cases,
report review, advanced learning.
☐IMPACT™ Workspace $150/annually
A virtual workspace that provides access to IMPACT™ Training Director and/ or senior IMPACT™
team members, updates on immigration reform, collegial contact, Q & A, ongoing group communication.
☐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 available to MDs or Ph.D. psychologists.
☐N648 Training Video $400
☐Full Package $2,750
Includes all of the above, without specialized N648 training.
Fees & Payments
$2,750, which includes all six components: Webinar, Written Materials, Consultation
Group (monthly for one year), Individual Consultation (up to 3 hours) and IMPACT™
workspace group membership (for one year).
Your payment supports IMPACT™, a 501c3 non-profit organization. Fees are non-refundable.
Discount: $50 off per person for groups of 3 or more.
Payment for two individual components includes IMPACT™ Workspace group
Individual Components of the program and payment plans available!
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