This two-day program is a hands-on, interactive workshop for bilingual (English/Spanish) people who provide interpreter services or who wish to provide interpreter services in health and human services settings.

Co-developed by your instructor, Yasmin Wurts Metivier of Panoltia, and Eta Trabing of the Berkana Language Center, this workshop has been the standard for community interpreter training since 1995.

Topics Include:

• The Role of the Interpreter

• Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpretation

• Basic Interpretation Skills and Techniques

• Note Taking

• Handling Difficult Interpreting Situations

• Preparing for the Bilingual Interview

• Interpreter’s Code of Ethics

• The New Latino Immigrant's Belief System and Cultural Differences

• Incorporating Cultural Differences to Improve Communication

• Role Plays Taken from Real-Life Situations (including health assessments, mental health assessments, social services programs, and more)

• Terminology (including healthcare, children's health and development, children with disabilities, adult health assessments, mental health, social services, domestic violence, and more)

• Community Resources Available to Interpreters

• Professional/Career Development for Interpreters

• and much more 

Instructor:

Yasmin Wurts Metivier

Click here to learn more about Yasmin's background and qualifications.

Participant Prerequisites:

Participants must be bilingual (English and Spanish).

Cost:

$199 per person

Each participant will receive a copy of "Manual For Community Interpreters - Second Edition" published by Berkana Language Center and Panoltia, Inc. ($60 retail value).

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