Spanish Speaking Skills: Screening for Suicide in Our Spanish Speaking Patients and Clients (Self-Study)
Self-Study
SELF-STUDY ONLINE SEMINAR
This seminar is clinically-based for anyone invested in improving their skills.
For only New York State Licensed LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, and CASACs,
2 CEUs are available once the post-test and evaluation are completed.
You know reliability is key when screening for suicide, and that the use of an interpreter decreases reliability. What options do you have? How can you screen for suicide if the patient or client is Spanish speaking, when you don't even speak Spanish?
If the answers to these questions are of interest to you, you will then join us and learn skills and tools to advance your career while helping your patients, clients, and agency.
Please join us and take your practice and career to the next level, by learning exactly what you need for your clinical Spanish.
At the end of this seminar, you will have learned:
- Spanish words and phrases that are key in a clinical setting.
- How to develop rapport with Spanish-speaking clients and their families.
- How to assess the psychosocial history and other clinical information.
- Tools to enhance your overall clinical work and professional development.
- Cross-cultural concepts to consider in working with Spanish-speaking patients.
HERE IS WHAT ATTENDEES ARE SAYING ABOUT SWEET SEMINARS:
"The presentation and the conversation with the presenters was easy." - Melissa, LMSW
- In the State of New York, SWEET Institute is approved by the Office of Professions under Dr. Sidor Psychiatric Services as a CEU provider for social workers (#SW-0471) and mental health counselors (#MHC-0127).
97% of SWEET course attendees feel that the courses give them practical information they can use in their everyday life
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Your Facilitator and Co-Facilitator
Mardoche Sidor, MD, is a Harvard-trained Quadruple Board Certified Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University, School of Physicians and Surgeons, trained in and taught all major psychotherapeutic modalities, including and not limited to CBT, DBT, Family Systems, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. He is also the author of 11 books including Journey to Empowerment, Discovering Your Worth, The Power of Faith. and, The Art of Living. Dr. Sidor has worked both as a primary care physician and Medical Director in three different settings, including a Chief Medical Officer of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES). He is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute. His 11th book, entitled, NLP for Clinicians is now available to the public.
Karen Dubin, PhD, LCSW, is a Columbia-trained Social Worker with wide clinical, teaching, and supervision experience. She also has a background in management, mentorship, and leadership that spans more than 20 years. Her added passion is in advocacy and coaching. She has previously held Executive level positions, and two other directorships in different organizations. She is currently Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and Adelphi University School of Social Work. She also maintains a private practice, provides supervision, and clinical and management training. She is also a personal and executive-level coach. She is a main facilitator for the SWEET Institute.