Immigration Mental Health Evaluations

Psychological, Legal and Cultural Factors

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Live Webinar Details: 

Date:   Friday, November 7, 2025

Time:   9 am - 4 pm PST

To register for the live webinar:  https://forms.gle/mm951bJ7G5eGDjSx5 

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Early Registration Fee:   $990 (register by October 15th) 
Standard Fee:            $1,100 (applies after October 15th)
                                   Includes access to written materials
                                   Contact us for payment plan options
                                   Student & non CE special pricing
                                   Payment instructions provided upon registration

                                   Includes breakout sessions and Q & A with the instructors

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​Continuing Education Credit Available: 6 NBCC credit hours

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IMPACT Immigration has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7890. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. IMPACT Immigration is
solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

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Workshop Description:

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High quality mental health evaluations are a core component of an immigrant’s application for legal status. This full day workshop provides training for licensed mental health professionals in Immigration Psychological Evaluations. The workshop focuses on the skills required to conduct high quality mental health evaluations for immigrants and refugees.

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The workshop will address:

• Introduction to immigration evaluation work

• Conceptual foundations (psycholegal, social justice and culturally responsive considerations)

• Immigration reform update

• The evaluation process

• Specific immigration legal applications

  • Political Asylum, Extreme Hardship, Violence Against Women, Human Trafficking,

             Victim of a Crime, N648 and others

• Evaluation methodology

• Culturally responsive assessment and trauma-informed interviewing

• Telehealth evaluation and assessment

• Working with interpreters, attorneys, referral sources

• Report writing skills

• Advanced topics overview: testifying in court, building a practice specialty

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Workshop offered by IMPACT™ Immigration Psychology Access Team www.impactimmigration.org

IMPACT™ Immigration is a 501c3 non-profit. Our mission is to provide high quality psychological evaluations for low income immigrants.

 

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Learning Objectives:

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1. Participants will identify legal and mental health concepts in immigration evaluations.

2. Participants will identify five immigration evaluation types and describe one assessment used to assess psychological functioning for each type of evaluation.

3. 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.

4. Participants will identify two areas for further skill development related to conducting mental health evaluations for immigration purposes.

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