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Special Education Meetings: The Roles of Interpreters in Individualized Education Programs: Part 1

Zoom

Education Level: Intermediate to Advanced This is a 3-hour workshop focuses on a review of the most relevant information technical terms, vocabulary, and team due process in the special education field, adapted specially for interpreters that provide services during Initial team meetings, eligibility determination, annual reviews, reconvenes, and mandatory re-evaluations. Learning Objectives Medical interpreters participating […]

Notable Notes

Zoom

Description In this 3-hour workshop, through discussion, lecture, and hands-on exercises, students of medical interpreting will learn to approach their note-taking techniques in a methodical way. They will analyze output, compare their notes to the original utterance, and come away from the class better equipped to interpret in the consecutive mode in a medical setting. […]

Vicarious Trauma and the Professional Interpreter

Zoom

Description We have become aware in recent years of how "compassion fatigue" and "vicarious traumatization" affect therapists, first responders and other care providers. But the existence of similar effects on interpreters has been overlooked. Therefore, interpreters may be less aware of how these stressful situations impact them and have fewer formal opportunities for support. It […]

Interpreting in Legal Settings Preparation and Protocols

Zoom

Description A workshop for medical interpreters who interpret in legal settings. Participants will be provided with basic legal terminology, be instructed on proper interpreter protocols in legal settings, learn how to do independent terminological research to find accurate translations, become aware of the skills and certification needed to work in legal settings, and will be […]

Sections: Understanding Mental Health & Civil Commitments

Zoom

Continuing Education for Interpreters Description The medical and legal systems are specialized cultures with their technical language, procedures, and sometimes mystifying ways of making decisions. Both the courts and the hospitals can be, at times, unfamiliar, irritating, and confusing even to the average person growing up in this culture. The unique demands these settings make […]