Training for Service Providers and Businesses
LANA Workshops:
Working Effectively with Interpreters
This workshop is designed to assist participants to work more effectively with interpreters when dealing with clients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. During the session we will review issues pertinent to provider – limited English proficient client/patient communication and ethical and legal requirements supporting use of professional interpreters. LANA can bring its existing training program to you, or we can tailor the training to your organization’s needs.
Effective Use of Bilingual Skills
LANA can assist your bilingual staff in defining their bilingual role within their organization with a clear differentiation between the role of interpreter and bilingual worker. The training will be tailored to your needs.
Culturally Responsive Practice - A Training Series for Educators and Service Providers:
Communicating Effectively Across Cultures
Date & Time: Thursday, October 29, 2009; 8:30-10:00 or 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Location: Moore Middle School, 171 Auburn Street, Portland
Presenter: Laura Val
This workshop is designed to explore, in an accessible way, complex issues related to the intercultural communication process such as perception, core beliefs, and communication styles. The presentation assists participants in gaining an awareness of how their own communication processes affect their perceptions and interactions with people from other cultures. In a safe environment, the participants will be invited to engage in meaningful dialogue about issues of culture, values, beliefs, and communication. To register, please call 874-8135.