Participants will learn how to prepare for—and open a session—with an interpreter, how to name ways to support an interpreter in improving conversation quality, and how to address common interpretation challenges.
Topic: Working with Interpreters
Switchboard: Introduction to Working with Interpreters
Participants will learn how to define key terms related to interpretation, describe the interpreter’s role, including the role of cultural competence in interpretation, and describe why quality interpretation is important when providing services to limited-English-proficient clients.
Switchboard: Language Access in Times of Crisis: Getting Started With Video Remote Interpreting
Find out how to choose the right technology, how to train interpreters and test in advance, and how to mitigate challenges.