Inaugural NBO training in Spanish!
Jessica Boyatt, Osvaldo Garcia Sampedro, Jonathan Escobar Zambrano, Efren Jiménez López, Abril Jimenez Ronquillo, J. Kevin Nugent, Lise Johnson, Mariel Pizarro Castellanos, Catalina Morales, Emily Lyman, Carmen Rosa Noroña, Leah Koretz & Maria Toft Henriksen
J. Kevin Nugent & Abril Jimenez Ronquillo
The Brazelton Institute launched the first NBO training in Spanish on June 26 and 27 with a half day NBAS introduction on June 28. Dr. Kevin Nugent and Dr. Lise Johnson served as expert English language guides to the Spanish language trainers in training cohort. There was a fair amount of on-the-fly translation from Spanish to English and back again. We are fairly certain that nothing was lost in translation!
The group of trainers, largely based in Boston, has been working with Kevin and Lise since October of 2022 to become qualified to deliver NBO training in Spanish with linguistically and culturally validated materials. The cohort includes a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of pathways to Spanish language proficiency. Dr. Jessica Boyatt, a Boston based clinical neuropsychologist and early relational health mentor and teacher, is a native English speaker who grew up in Mexico and Chile, where her Spanish got hardwired by age 14. Leah Koretz has years of working in Early Intervention with colleagues and clients from the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean nations. Dr. Emily Lyman, a clinical psychologist, studied Spanish throughout school before starting her family in Mexico City and creating a bilingual home wherever she finds herself. Dr. Catalina Morales is a native of Bogotá, Colombia where she works as a pediatrician and runs an independent home visiting program. Carmen Rosa Noroña grew up in Quito, Ecuador where she studied psychology before coming to the states, becoming a clinical social worker, advancing the field of trauma informed care, and helping develop the diversity informed tenets.
Osvaldo Garcia Sampedro, Abril Jimenez Ronquillo, J. Kevin Nugent, Efren Jiménez López & Jonathan Escobar Zambrano
Our students hailed from Oaxaca, Mexico where they run a physiotherapy clinic for fragile newborns, many of whom are born prematurely. The Unete de Neuroterápia is headed by Efrén Jimenez who founded the clinic on the principal that everyone who needs treatment receives treatment. Mr. Jimenez describes their philosophy this way: “The people who have the means, pay for their treatment. Those who don’t have the means, receive our high level of service regardless. We do not turn anyone away.” It was an absolute pleasure to work with the clinicians from Oaxaca who brought a profound respect for newborns to the training and an open curiosity to the NBO as a relationship building tool.
Our Spanish language training cohort is indebted to the Oaxaca group for helping us hone our skills delivering the training in Spanish and helping us vet the materials for culturally valid translation.
The group took full advantage of their time in Boston, even attending a Red Sox game at historic Fenway Park!
Osvaldo Garcia Sampedro, Jonathan Escobar Zambrano, Abril Jimenez Ronquillo & Efren Jiménez López