Workshops, Retreats & Training Opportunities
The most compelling workshop material, for me, comes directly out of the group that will be organizing and participating in the event. When I get a feel for the group and what is happening for them, and start caring about them, I can tap the inspiration to create and design on their behalf.
All of my workshops are experiential in nature, and highly participatory.
Here are a few titles, topics and themes from which I will draw:
Resilience, Wholeness, Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
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Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care: Staying Effective and Whole in Emotionally-charged Settings. (ASL) Think-Self training for work in Domestic and Sexual Violence settings
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JAMAICA Association for the Deaf, Interpreter Training:
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Self-Management and Self-Care: Personal Development as a Professional Skill
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3-Day RETREAT for all signers - Whole Heart Living: Embrace You August
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A weekend retreat for people who wish to expand their heart (with ICF Coach, Deborah Mayer).
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Improvisation as a Life Skill: a Workshop for Women in Recovery (with Teresa Chandler)
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Improvisation as a Survival Skill: a Workshop for Caregivers of Parents with Dementia
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Vicarious Trauma and Resilience: A Workshop Focused on Your Well-being and Effectiveness.
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Resiliency, Wholeness, and Inner Dialogue for Interpreters:
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Self-Management and Self-Worth Strategies for Increasing Interpreter Effectiveness
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Being With: an Experiential Skill-building Session for Increasing your Agility and Tolerance for Your Personal Nightmare
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Expanding our Range: Essential Personal Development for People who are Expert at Setting Themselves to the Side
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"This was the greatest workshop I have been to! It was very engaging, thought & feeling provoking, and I felt very safe to speak up and participate, which is not usually like me. This topic is so, so important, as someone who has experienced this even in my short time as an interpreter and just in life in general. It gave me lots to think about and I didn't just leave it there when I left. So applicable!"
2018 Workshop Participant
Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue and Resilience
Spartanburg, South Carolina
"Outstanding!! . . . Arlyn fills a serious need in the interpreting community! There is no one else I've found who is this uniquely gifted!"
Amygdala Hijack workshop participant
"Arlyn changed my life. And, the lives of at least 30 other women. In one short workshop. One year later, her words still have a powerful effect."
Lydia
Participant at Loving your Life and Career
Self-Worth and self-management Strategies for Emerging Leaders
". . . I think the workshop was a complete success and that is your doing. Your vibe is real and authentic and that allows people to be open. I'm so glad we got connected...you were the exact right person for this and it was exactly what I was hoping for. . ."
Tracy Koesel
University of Minnesota
Organizer of Resilience, Wholeness & Inner-Dialogue:
Self-Management & Self Worth Strategies for Increasing Effectiveness
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Mental Health Interpreting: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
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Individualized Mental Health Interpreting Consultation for Interpreters (90 Minutes) by appointment
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Amygdala Hijack: A Crash Course in Managing Strong Emotions in Critical Settings (as seen at the 2015 National Symposium on Healthcare Interpreting, MRID 2016)
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Preparing for Work in Mental Health Settings Years before You are Ready
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Mental Health Interpreting: What Every Interpreter Needs to Know
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Yours, Mine and Ours: A Springboard for Self and professional Development
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An Holistic Approach to Increasing our Comfort and Effectiveness in Mental Health Settings
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Silent Witness: Tools for Navigating the Interpreter's Inner Landscape in Mental Health Settings
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Interpreting in Mental Health Settings 3-days (with Dan Langholtz, MA)
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Video Interpreting - VRS and VRI
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Precision Jetsons: How Authentic Customer Service Tools will Help You Have a Better Day
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Call-Management for Video Interpreters
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Well-rounded Video Relay Interpreting
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Preparing to Deliver Interpreting Services via Video Technology: Working with VRS Clients who Reside in Rural and Remote Locations (with Marty Barnum)
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Participants will be able to:
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Discuss the function of the limbic system and pre-frontal cortex;
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Recognize significant professional and personal consequences of unresolved vicarious trauma;
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Access 2 individual strategies and cognitive frameworks for recovering well-being and building resilience in difficult situations;
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Examine and list at least 2 personal values that can either interfere or inform professional well-being;
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Create a one-page personal inventory of triggers, consequences, values and approaches for recovering well-being.