Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events (Updated August 6, 2008)

Welcome to PALS for Health's event page. This page will list program activities such as:

Interpreter Case Conference

Health care interpreter trainings

Language proficiency testing

Continuing education seminars for interpreters and translators

Provider or community language access and cultural trainings

Program closures

Connecting Worlds Health Care Interpreter Training

The PALS for Health Connecting Worlds Health Care Interpreter Training schedule is TBD. If you would like to participate in either of these trainings please contact Susan K. Choi at 213-553-1827 or susanc@palsforhealth.org. Space is limited and a prerequisite language proficiency assessment is required. For more information on the development of the Connecting Worlds training curriculum, please visit The California Endowment website at http://www.calendow.org/reference/publications/cultural_competence.stm

Health Care Interpreter Training for HIV/AIDS Service Providers - The next training for Fall 2008 is scheduled for five days on September 4, 8, 15, 22, and 29. To register please call Camila Crespo or Tania Rodriguez-Trillo at 213-553-1827. Class size is limited to 15 students so register early! Registration includes course materials and refreshments. A pre-requisite language proficiency assessment is required.

Language Proficiency Testing

Language Proficiency Testing for bilingual staff and health care interpreters is offered at PALS for Health in Armenian, Cambodian, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Samoan, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese, every month. Testing dates for August 2008 are 8/5, 8/7, 8/12, 8/19, and 8/20. Tests are administered from 10 am to 12:30 pm OR 1:30 pm to 4 pm. Registration is required! For more information or to register for testing, please contact Mireya Muñoz at (213) 627-4850, e-mail mireyam@palsforhealth.org, or Julie Cho at (213) 553-1818, e-mail juliec@palsforhealth.org.

Health Care Interpreter Continuing Education Seminar & Holiday Lunch

PALS for Health’s continuing education seminars are designed to provide health care interpreters with an opportunity to learn and refresh their knowledge and skill building opportunities on specific health areas, diseases and issues related to the profession of health care interpreting. For more information or to RSVP, please call Tina Vasinamakin at (213) 553-1818 or e-mail her at tinav@palsforhealth.org since space is limited and meals are provided.

Our next continuing education dates are as follows:

Saturday, August 16 from 10 am – 2 pm

Topic: Improve your Computer Skills as a Translator
Location (subject to change):
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
12900 Garden Grove Blvd. - Computer Room
Garden Grove, CA 92843
Space is limited to 10 participants. Please RSVP by Friday, August 8. Breakfast and Lunch provided.

Thursday, September 18 from 10 am – 12 pm

Topic(subject to change): Asian Pacific Aids Intervention Team (APAIT) and Physical Therapy
Location (subject to change):
PALS for Health
605 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 790
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Please RSVP by Friday September 12. Breakfast and Lunch provided.

Monday, December 8 from 9:30 am – 3 pm

Topic(subject to change):
1. Breast Cancer –risk and factors with Dr. Danny Chung
2. Essential Interpreting Tools – A Survey of Print and Online Resources
3. Current Language Policy
4. Consultant Appreciation Party
Location:
The California Endowment
1000 N. Alameda St.
Mojave Room
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Space is limited. Please RSVP by Friday, November 28. Breakfast and Lunch provided.

Interpreter Case Conference and Peer to Peer Support

PALS for Health case conferences serve as a safe, confidential and empowering forum for interpreters to share with their peers any concerns, challenges, and highlights while interpreting. Interpreters that have attended these meetings in the past have expressed that they had benefited from the emotional support and professional development offered from the case conferences. Case conferences are also designed to support the well being of interpreters and to combat burnout and depression. This confidential forum is open to all health care interpreters regardless of their affiliation with the PALS for Health program. As the participation size of each case conference is limited and meals are provided, interpreters are required to RSVP. Please call Tina Vasinamakin at (213) 553-1818 or e-mail her at tinav@palsforhealth.org.

2008 Case Conference Dates

Saturday, August 23 from 10 am to 12:30 pm

Location (subject to change):

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

4650 Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90027

Weingart Auditorium

Please RSVP by Monday, August 18

(Breakfast will be provided)

Thursday, November 13 from 12 pm to 2:30 pm

Location (subject to change):

PALS for Health

605 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 790

Los Angeles, CA 90015

Weingart Auditorium

Please RSVP by Friday, November 7

(Lunch will be provided)

California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA) 2007 Conference

San Jose provides the backdrop for CHIA’s 7th Annual Educational Conference on March 2 and 3, 2007 at the Hayes Mansion, 200 Edenvale Avenue, San Jose, CA 95136. To register for the conference, go to the CHIA website at http://chia.ws/pages/index.php A special $119 nightly rate has been arranged for CHIA members at the hotel. Reservations can be made by calling (408) 362-2322. Callers must refer to the group name "CHIA Annual Meeting" for the discounted room rate.

If you would like to become a member of CHIA, please contact Beverly Treumann, Los Angeles Chapter Chair at beverlytreumann@yahoo.com.

Program Closures

September 2008

9/1/08 Veterans' Day

November 2008

(11/2/08 Daylight Savings Time ends)

11/11/08 Veterans' Day

11/27/08 Thanksgiving

11/28/08 Day after Thanksgiving

December 2008

12/8/08 Consultant Appreciation Party & Continuing Education - OFFICE CLOSED ALL DAY