Press Release

Best Practices in Mental Healthcare Interpreting—Expert Input
Requested!

The National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers (NCIEC) is
developing a post-baccalaureate program in Mental Healthcare
Interpreting. The curriculum will be based on the essential elements
of effective practice in mental healthcare interpreting as agreed
upon by consumers and experts alike. To date, the NCIEC Mental
Health Interpreting workteam has collaborated with Deaf consumers,
mental healthcare providers, and interpreter/practitioners from
spoken and sign language communities from across the U.S. in a
rigorous process to identify effective practices.

The NCIEC will post draft domains and competencies identified to
date on its website from February 1 to February 28. If you are an
interpreter with expertise in mental healthcare interpreting, a Deaf
consumer who has utilized interpreters in the mental healthcare
setting, or a mental healthcare provider who has extensive
experience working with Deaf people and interpreters, your input is
requested. Your participation will be of great assistance in
further refining the document.

Please check back here and offer your critique and recommendations
online during the month of February. Thank you!

If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Cogen, Director,
Northeastern University Regional Interpreter Education Center at
c.cogen@... or 617-373-2463 (voice), 617-373- 2739 (VP), or 617-
373-3067 TTY


http://www.asl.neu.edu/nciec/pandpr.html