Training and Courses
Customized language courses are available through Valley Language Services for corporate utilization as well as non-corporate use. Please state your precise need for language and workplace vocabulary. VLS can design a language course for your company's needs.
• VLS conducts immersion programs in association with language schools abroad.
• VLS provides pocket lexicons for workplace supervisors.
• VLS assists in OSHA training courses and workplace safety orientations.
Please fill out the contact form on the Contact page for more information.
• VLS conducts immersion programs in association with language schools abroad.
• VLS provides pocket lexicons for workplace supervisors.
• VLS assists in OSHA training courses and workplace safety orientations.
Please fill out the contact form on the Contact page for more information.
Divisions of Training
Unlike other companies and practices that utilize a training program focused on specific levels of language, VLS recognizes that different clients require different approaches to language acquisition. For this reason, we fufill the specific needs for certain situations for all individuals through culture-specific, targeted training.
• Management-level training is taught with a six-week intensive beginner course and a two week in-country immersion. This guarantees functionality with a high degree of competence in the language chosen.
• VLS is also offers training for bilingual employees across a broad spectrum of languages.
• Foreign executives and military officers receive training for English as a second language (ESL) through a two-month, one-on-one, foreign immersion program.
• Individual training is readily available through culture-specific, targeted training sessions designed to provide for a myriad of needs.
• VLS is also offers training for bilingual employees across a broad spectrum of languages.
• Foreign executives and military officers receive training for English as a second language (ESL) through a two-month, one-on-one, foreign immersion program.
• Individual training is readily available through culture-specific, targeted training sessions designed to provide for a myriad of needs.
Seminars
Georgia Division of Mental Health Training
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Mental Health, seeks to address the behavioral health needs of Georgians who do not speak English or are limited in English proficiency.
The National Latino Behavioral Health Association (NLBHA), in cooperation with the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA), are offering Mental Health Interpreters Training to assist
spoken interpreters and service agencies with providing culturally and linguistically competent services to populations with limited English proficiency in need of behavioral health services. Through this partnership, Mental Health Training for Georgia's Spoken Language Interpreters will be presented in Georgia for the first time.
The Mental Health Training for Georgia's Spoken Language Interpreters will be held July 19 - 21, 2010 in Macon, GA. This three day workshop is designed to train spoken language interpreters to work effectively in a mental health setting as a member of the treatment team. Participants must be experienced and qualified spoken language interpreters who are interested in working in a mental health setting.
NOTE: No walk-ins will be allowed for this event. You must pre-register AND receive an attendance approval notice in order to attend this event.
This announcement will be posted on the Department's training website at http://dbhdd.georgia.gov/training - select Mental Health Training
Announcements.For a more detailed view of this training opportunity, please see this document.
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Mental Health, seeks to address the behavioral health needs of Georgians who do not speak English or are limited in English proficiency.
The National Latino Behavioral Health Association (NLBHA), in cooperation with the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA), are offering Mental Health Interpreters Training to assist
spoken interpreters and service agencies with providing culturally and linguistically competent services to populations with limited English proficiency in need of behavioral health services. Through this partnership, Mental Health Training for Georgia's Spoken Language Interpreters will be presented in Georgia for the first time.
The Mental Health Training for Georgia's Spoken Language Interpreters will be held July 19 - 21, 2010 in Macon, GA. This three day workshop is designed to train spoken language interpreters to work effectively in a mental health setting as a member of the treatment team. Participants must be experienced and qualified spoken language interpreters who are interested in working in a mental health setting.
NOTE: No walk-ins will be allowed for this event. You must pre-register AND receive an attendance approval notice in order to attend this event.
This announcement will be posted on the Department's training website at http://dbhdd.georgia.gov/training - select Mental Health Training
Announcements.For a more detailed view of this training opportunity, please see this document.
Books and Manuals for Training
New books and manuals are now available from InTrans Books! Please take a look at these newly printed publications.
Birmingham Office
Birmingham International Center
VLS branch office located in Birmingham, AL, is now in association with its new preferred provider, the Birmingham International Center. Please view the contact page to get in touch with this office through Chris Blazer.
VLS branch office located in Birmingham, AL, is now in association with its new preferred provider, the Birmingham International Center. Please view the contact page to get in touch with this office through Chris Blazer.