Self-Paced Specialized Training
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This trauma-informed training will help to prepare qualified, professional interpreters for a specialized area: interpreting for victim services. It addresses how to interpret in a trauma-informed service area for any victim of violent crime. Breaking Silence has a particular focus on trauma-informed interpreting, that is interpreting for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. The key service areas that are addressed here include medical, mental health, legal, court and social services interpreting (whether for government and nonprofit agencies or large health care institutions) as well as interpreting for law enforcement, emergency services and disaster response.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss victim services, victimology and victimization
Compare and contrast stress and vicarious trauma for interpreters.
Identify and practice the appropriate use of consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation modes in victim services through mode-switching activities
Explore the rationale and Rozan’s steps for consecutive note-taking in victim services settings.
Discuss the challenges of interpreting for sexual assault and domestic violence cases.
Explore Techniques to Promote Survivor Autonomy
Address Cultural Mediation
Introduce Terminology in Victim Services
About Breaking Silence- a Trauma-Informed Training
Breaking Silence is a project of Ayuda funded by the District of Columbia Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants
This trauma-informed training is facilitated in hybrid modality combining self-paced modules and live Zoom sessions with instructor.
Interpreting activities are available for the following languages below, but interpreters of all other languages will still be able to practice and participate
Arabic, Amharic, Dari, Cantonese, English, French, Mandarin & Portuguese
Training Fee: $1,250
Registration Form
For information about scheduling this training for your organization, contact Traininglounge@reach-diversity.com