Community, Healthcare and Legal Interpreting
Delaware Law School’s Community, Healthcare and Legal Interpreter Training will help participants develop the necessary skills to become a qualified interpreter in the field.
The Community, Healthcare, and Legal Interpreter program is a 49-hour course divided into two parts. The first part provides the prerequisite for the national medical interpreting certification and it is a 40-hour quality program based on The Community Interpreter® program for community and healthcare interpreters. The second part is 9 hours of legal interpreting concentrating on the code of ethics, protocols, and standards of the court interpreter.
This is an interactive, skill-based program. The sessions ground you in what you need to know to work as a professional interpreter. The focus is on medical, school, and government or nonprofit service settings. With this program, you will purchase and use the most comprehensive textbook and workbook in the field.
PROGRAM CONTENT:
MODULE 1: THE PROFESSION
- An overview of medical and community interpreting today
- National ethics
- How to assess your performance
MODULE 2: PROTOCOLS AND SKILLS
- Basic protocols (such as positioning)
- Message transfer skills (how to interpret)
- Interpreting modes
- Memory skills and note-taking
MODULE 3: STRATEGIC MEDIATION
- How to make decisions
- Intervention skills
- The Strategic Mediation Model
- Cultural mediation
MODULE 4: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
- Who are you? Where do you fit in?
- Professional practice
- Introduction to legal interpreting
- Terminology
MODULE 5: THE INTERPRETER’S ROLE
- Managing your role
- Advocacy
- National standards of practice
- Self-care and professional development
MODULE 6: THE COURT INTERPRETER
- Code of Ethics
- Protocols and Standards
CERTIFICATION: Upon successful completion of the program, students are awarded The Marjorie Bancroft official Community Interpretation Cross-Cultural Communications Certification
| Program Dates | Tuition | Application Requirements |
| Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Live via Zoom. Fall 2024: October 28, 2024 to December 11, 2024 (No class on October 30th) |
$499 Scholarships are not available for this program. |
To apply, submit the following materials to [email protected]: • Application • Resume • One letter of recommendation • OPI score or language proficiency equivalency |
Registration Deadline: One week before program start date.
If you have already attended one of our interpreter programs and wish to attend a subsequent program, there is no need to complete an application. Please email your request to [email protected].