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2026 Trainer Day

EMDRIA is pleased to offer this live zoom meeting 2026 Trainer Day event on Friday, February 6, 2026. The event is designed to increase the knowledge and skills of EMDRIA Approved Trainers™. Presenters will use demonstrations, lectures, discussions, and interactive activities to support the learning objectives and facilitate training.

Only those who are available to attend the live zoom meeting on February 6 should register for this event. 

Date: Friday, February 6, 2025 (registration closes Feb. 4)

Time: 10:15 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. Central (convert to your timezone)

Location: Live online zoom webinar with live Q&A.

Registration Fee: $50 EMDRIA members ($75 non-members)

FAQs

Registration required? Yes.

Who is the audience? EMDRIA Approved Trainers™

Recording? Only those who can attend in real-time (live) should register for this event. For those unable to attend the live event, we will record it and make it available for purchase within our OnDemand Education at a later date. Please do not purchase this event if you cannot attend live.

CEs/EMDRIA CEs? Yes. 4.5 hours of continuing education.

4.5 EMDRIA Credits/4.5 NBCC Credit Hours/4.5 APA CE Credits

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Agenda

Welcome

10:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.

Brief update on EMDRIA news and guidelines for the day.

What is "Engagement" and How Does It Affect Your Basic Trainings

10:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.

This interactive discussion will reflect on the term "engagement" and its various interpretations - by both trainers and trainees - and how these interpretations can affect basic trainings. Be prepared to share your own insights on engagement.

Engaging Techniques Used in Basic Trainings

11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Facilitated by EMDRIA™ Staff, this panel presentation demonstrates and explains a few suggested techniques that some EMDRIA Approved Trainers™ use to engage trainees during their basic trainings.

Break

12:30 P.M. – 1 P.M.

How Technology Can Be Use to Engage Trainees

1 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.

This immersive presentation offers a chance to interact with a few instructional technology tools that could be used to boost engagement and deepen learning.

Breaks

2:00 P.M. – 2:10 P.M.

2:40 P.M. - 2:50 P.M.

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Learning Objectives

  1. Participants will be able to discuss the variety of definitions of 'engagement' and how those perspectives of engagement impact EMDR basic trainings.
  2. Participants will be able to identify various techniques used to engage participants in EMDR basic trainings.
  3. Participants will be able to use and compare a variety of instructional technologies that may support trainee engagement in EMDR basic trainings.