Conducting Immigration-Related Psychological Evaluations for Humanitarian Options

This introductory webinar describes immigration-related psychological evaluations associated with humanitarian options (i.e., extreme hardship, asylum, SIJS, T Visa and U visa) and their related psycholegal referral questions. The presenter highlights major areas that need to be addressed in these types of reports with short case examples. This presentation has an emphasis on thorough assessment of abuse and trauma relevant to several types of immigration cases, as well as tips for obtaining assessment measures in other languages.

• Define the common humanitarian options requiring psychological assessments.
• State the psycholegal referral question for the five immigration humanitarian options.
• Identify the basic structure of immigration psychological reports.

Aileen Torres, PhD