Graduate courses

• Critical Social Work and Refugee Studies

• Community Organizing

• Advocacy and Empowerment in Social Work

• Non-profit evaluation techniques: focus groups and key informant interviews 

Psychosocial Capacity and Skill Development Curriculum 

• Psychological First Aid, Train the Trainer for Afghan Team, Women for Women International, Dec. 2022

• Psychological First Aid for Staff, Train the Trainer Manual, Women for Women International, Oct–Dec. 2022

• Certified Peer Recovery Mentor: A Refugee and Immigrant 40 hour training curriculum. Jan. 2022 Key Recommendation and Guidance for Staff Care, Women for Women International, Aug–Jan. 2022

• Self Care Workbook, A Self-paced workbook for global teams of Women for Women International, Aug–Jan. 2022

• Women for Women International, Referral Pathways Capacity Building Training Series: Service mapping, Psychological First Aid, Self Care and Action Planning, September 2019–September 2020

• HIAS, MHPSS Support Group Curriculum, Promoting Refugee Emotional Health and Wellbeing during Covid-19, curated and authored a 9 week support group curricula, July 2020

• Lutheran Community Services Northwest, State of Oregon approved 80-hour “Refugee and Immigrant Refugee Peer Support/Wellness Curriculum.” 2017

Short Courses

• Switchboard, International Rescue Committee,  Supporting Refugee Clients’ Adjustment and Wellbeing: A Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Primer, co-designed a 12 hour training program, August 2021

• RAICES, Capacity Training, Addressing Trauma & Emotional Health and Wellbeing among Newcomers Project, developed a 14 hour training curriculum, Sept–July 2021

• HIAS, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guyana Capacity Building Project, developed a 16 hour MHPSS training curriculum for partners in the region, Sept-October 2020

• Portland, OR, Non-Profit Institute, Portland State University, Culturally Responsive Focus Groups: Methods and Approaches, September 2019

Community Driven Workshops

• Portland, OR, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Movement Toward Trauma Informed Care, Youth and Family Approaches, November 2019

• San Diego, California, National Conference: International Rescue Committee, Trauma Informed Care in Resettlement & Trauma Informed Care in Intensive Case Management, May 2019

• Portland, OR, Non-Profit Institute, Portland State University, Program Design and Evaluation, November 2018

• Portland, OR, North American Refugee Health Conference, Refugee Peer Support Model: A case example in Portland, Oregon, June 2018

• Portland, OR, North American Refugee Health Conference, Distinguishing Screening from Diagnostic Assessment for Refugee Emotional Distress in Domestic Resettlement and Humanitarian Settings, June 2018

• Portland, OR, Oregon Health Sciences University, Refugee Healthcare Conference, Language access: challenges and emerging practices, April 2018

• Baltimore, MD, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, Trauma informed care interventions for unaccompanied refugee minors & Screening Unaccompanied Minors for Emotional Health Issues, May 2016

• National Webinar, National Partnership for Community Training, Screening and Referral Pathways for Refugees, March 2016

• National Webinar, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Promoting Refugee Emotional Well-being through Adjustment Support Groups, January 2015

Specialized Support and Technical Assistance 

• HIAS, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training Series, Promoting Emotional health and Wellbeing during Covid-19,  Jan-July, 2020

• Switchboard, International Rescue Committee, Trauma Informed Care: Preventing Crises and De-escalating Difficult Situations, National Webinar, January 2020

• Switchboard, International Rescue Committee, Trauma Informed Care: Movement Towards Practice, National Webinar, January 2020

Peer Reviewed Articles & Contributions to Research 

• Verbillis-Kolp, Sasha1,2; Guskovict, Kristen3; Hassan, Mahad4,5; Cohen, Seth6. A Refugee and Immigrant Peer Support Program in the United States. Intervention 22(1):p 3-10, April 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/intv.intv_16_23

• MHPSS Chapter for UNHCR Integration Handbook 

• Im, H., Verbillis-Kolp, S., Atiyeh, S., Bonz, A. G., Eadeh, S., George, N., & Malluwa Wadu, A. (2023). Implementation Evaluation of Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Intervention for Refugee Newcomers in the United States. Health & Social Care in the Community.

• In review, Im, H., Verbillis-Kolp, S. Kim, Bonz, A. G., Mustafayeva, S. “ A multi-level modeling analysis of community-based mental health & psychosocial support group intervention for refugee newcomers in the U.S”, Journal of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2024

• Verbillis-Kolp, S, Yotebieng, K. Farmer, E., Freidman, E, Hollifield, M. "Community participatory translation processes for mental health screening among refugees and forced migrants." Traumatology 2022

• Hollifield, M., Toolson, E. C., Verbillis-Kolp, S., Farmer, B., Yamazaki, J., Woldehaimanot, T., & Holland, A. (2021). Distress and resilience in resettled refugees of war: implications for screening. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(3), 1238.

• Rema, S., Farmer, B., Gray, A.E, Verbillis-Kolp, S. (2020) Refugee Mental Health Screening, In Annamalai, A. ,(Ed.) Second Addition, Refugee Health Care: An Essential Guide, New York, NY: Springer.

• Hollifield M, Toolson E, Verbillis-Kolp S, Farmer B, Yamazaki J, Woldehaimanot T, Holland A. The validity and importance of the Refugee Health Screener – 15 (RHS-15). J Nerv Ment Dis. 2016 January

• Hollifield M, Verbillis-Kolp S, Farmer B, Toolson EC, Woldehaimanot T, Yamazaki J Holland A, St Clair J, Soohoo J. 2013 The Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15): Development and validation of an instrument for anxiety, depression, and PTSD in refugees. Gen Hospital Psychiatry, 35(2):202-9.

• Verbillis-Kolp, S. 2013 Refugee Mental Health Bibliography- Partnered with Association of Refugee Health Coordinators, Refugee Mental Wellness Work group and Gulf coast Jewish Family and Community Services under the National Partnership for Community Training

Reports 

• RAICES, Final Report, Addressing Trauma & Emotional Health and Wellbeing among Newcomers, Standard Operating Procedures and Workflow Development, and Strategy Sessions, Sept.–July 2021

• HIAS, MHPSS Support Group Training Annex and Replication Guidance, May 2021

• HIAS, MHPSS Capacity Training Guyana Project, Case Management Guidance, Training Manual, Final Report and other Tools for localization, October 2020

• Women for Women International, Survivor Centered Referral Pathways Guidance, Standard Operating Procedures, Executive Summary, Literature Review, Case Management Guidance, and Final Report April 2020 

• Annual Report: War Survivors Institute 2018

• Executive Summary: Enhancing IOM’s Refugee Mental Health Assessment Programme (mHAP): Uganda Pilot, (2018) War Survivors Institute in collaboration with International Organization for Migration and the Centers for Disease Control.

• Lutheran Community Services Northwest 2014, Walking Together: A mental health therapist guide to working with refugees.

• UNIFEM Currents Newsletter “Impact of the Tsunami Disaster on Women Migrant Workers.” February 2005