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Welcome to the Free Online Training on Secondary Trauma and Fostering Wellness for Interpreters. MCIS Language Solutions has developed this course based on the training called Healing Voices Interpreting for Survivors of Torture War Trauma and Sexual Violence a program developed by The Voice of Love VOL Project a nonprofit organization that dedicates itself to developing training and resources to support interpreters working with survivors of extreme trauma. This training explores how interpreting for trauma survivors may affect an interpreter by identifying factors related to job stress learning how to differentiate between secondary trauma and stress and how to become aware of secondary trauma and strategies to prevent or minimize its effect. Lastly it reviews selfcare techniques including how to develop wellness goals.