Best Practices in Educational Interpreting

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ISBN: 9780205386024 | 0205386024
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/6/2003

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Designed for all who work with the heterogeneous population of students with hearing loss, Best Practices in Educational Interpreting, Second Edition, and offers state-of-the-art-and-science information for interpreters in primary through higher education settings. Issues and methods are presented from a practical orientation, with representative cases that illustrate the topics.Best Practices in Educational Interpreting, Second Edition,offers state-of-the-art-and-science information for interpreters in primary through higher education settings.This text is a comprehensive, developmentally organized overview of the process of interpreting in educational settings. Readers learn about the changing needs of the hearing impaired as they move from primary school through college.Designed for all who work with the heterogeneous population of students with hearing loss.

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xvii

1 Educational Interpreting: An Introduction

(16)

Interpreting and Inclusion

(5)

The Scope of Practice for Educational Interpreters

(1)

Current Practices

(1)

The Audience and Contents of this Book

(2)

Time for a Change

(3)

How to Read the Chapters for Maximum Learning

(2)

References

(2)

2 Best Practices in the Administration of Educational Interpreting Services

(29)

Question 1: Who is responsible for administering educational interpreting services?

(1)

Question 2: What is involved in the position description for an educational interpreter?

(1)

Question 3: What is involved in the contract for an educational interpreter?

(4)

Question 4: What is involved in the policy manual or guidelines for educational interpreting services?

(2)

Question 5: How should the interpreter be evaluated?

(10)

Question 6: What are the best practices for handling difficult administrative situations?

(8)

The Case of the Nonattending Student

(1)

The Case of the New Cochlear Implant

(1)

The Case of the Moving Family

(1)

The Case of the Disgruntled Parents

(1)

The Case of Evaluting the Interpreter

(1)

The Case of Equal Access to the Handouts

(2)

The Case of Changing Technologies

(1)

Summary

(1)

References

(2)

3 Best Practices in Educational Interpreting in the Primary Grades Setting

(35)

Question 1: What is expected of the educational interpreter in the primary grades?

(7)

Question 2: What is the interpreter's role in working with an educational team?

(2)

Question 3: Are there problems with confidentiality when the interpreter is expected to share information about the student with others?

(2)

Question 4: What should the interpreter do during free play and other activities that are designed to promote social interaction?

(4)

Question 5: Should the educational interpreter be expected to teach sign language (or cued speech or fingerspelling) to other students and adults?

(3)

Question 6: What is the interpreter's role during story reading?

(1)

Question 7: What is the role of fingerspelling in a primary educational setting?

(2)

Question 8: Should signs be invented in the preschool and primary setting?

(1)

Question 9: Should interpreters use their perspective or their student's perspective when interpreting number lines, calendars, and other spatial propositions?

(1)

Question 10: What are the best practices for handling difficult interpreting situations in preschool and primary settings?

(8)

The Case of the Positioned Interpreter

(2)

The Case of the Inattentive Child

(1)

The Case of the Brer Rabbit Stories

(1)

The Case of the Aggressive Student

(1)

The Case of the Parent Conference

(1)

The Case of the Phone Call

(2)

Summary

(1)

References

(3)

4 Best Practices in Interpreting in the Elementary and Middle-School Setting

(34)

Question 1: What is expected of the educational interpreter in elementary- and middle-school settings?

(7)

Question 2: How should the interpreter deal with textbook language in the curriculum?

(5)

Question 3: What is the interpreter's responsibility with other curriculum situations that are not textbook bound?

(2)

Question 4: What about interpreting for field trips, assemblies, musicals, and other special learning experiences?

(1)

Question 5: What is the interpreter's role in interpreting tests?

(2)

Question 6: What is the role of the interpreter with students who present with a mixed communication profile?

(3)

Question 7: What is the interpreter's role in teaching the deaf or hard-of-hearing student to become an effective consumer of interpreting services?

101

(3)

Question 8: What are the best practices for handling difficult interpreting situations in elementary- and middle-school settings?

104

(8)

The Case of the Difficult Teacher

105

(1)

The Case of the "Redneck" Jokes

106

(2)

The Case of Weekly Religious Education

108

(1)

The Case of the Locker Room

109

(1)

The Case of Cheating

110

(1)

The Case of Mocking

111

(1)

Summary

112

(1)

References

113

(2)

5 Best Practices in Interpreting in High School and Vocational Settings

115

(45)

Question 1: What is expected of interpreters in secondary educational settings?

115

(6)

Question 2: How does curriculum differentiation affect the interpreter?

121

(8)

Question 3: What is different about interpreting in vocational and laboratory settings?

129

(8)

Question 4: How does technology affect interpreting?

137

(2)

Question 5: What about interpreting in transition programs for secondary students?

139

(2)

Question 6: How does scheduling affect secondary-level interpreters?

141

(2)

Question 7: What other curriculum issues present extraordinary challenges to educational interpreters in secondary settings?

143

(4)

Question 8: What is the interpreter's role regarding consumerism in the educational program?

147

(3)

Question 9: What are the best practices for these difficult situations?

150

(6)

The Case of the Knife

150

(1)

The Case of Driver Education

151

(1)

The Case of the Student Teacher

152

(1)

The Case of the Work Transition Assignment

153

(1)

The Case of the Grandmother

154

(1)

The Case of the Vocational Test

155

(1)

Summary

156

(1)

References

157

(3)

6 Best Practices in Interpreting in Higher Education Settings

160

(31)

Question 1: What can educational interpreters expect in higher education settings?

160

(4)

Question 2: What can the interpreter expect regarding curriculum?

164

(6)

Question 3: What happens when the interpreter cannot visualize the information, when there is a breakdown, or a miscue, or an error?

170

(4)

Question 4: What about interpreting in graduate school?

174

(6)

Interview with Steve Nover on His Use of Interpreters

175

(1)

Interview with Bonnie Poitras Tucker on Her Use of Oral Interpreters

176

(2)

Interview with Donna Panko about Interpreting in a Doctoral Program

178

(2)

Question 5: What obligations do educational interpreters have for their own lifelong learning?

180

(3)

Question 6: What are the best practices for these difficult cases?

183

(6)

The Case of Group Work

183

(1)

The Case of Interpreters Teaming with Interpreters

184

(2)

The Case of the Sleeping Student

186

(1)

The Case of the New Signing Student

187

(1)

The Case of the Final Semester Presentations

188

(1)

Summary

189

(1)

References

189

(2)

7 Educational Interpreting Research

191

(25)

Question 1: Why is research on educational interpreting important?

191

(2)

Question 2: What research has been done to date on educational interpreting?

193

(12)

Category 1: The current status of and consequential need for educational interpreters

197

(3)

Category 2: Evaluation of interpreters engaged in interpreting

200

(1)

Category 3: Interpreting in postsecondary educational settings

201

(3)

Category 4: Other research

204

(1)

Question 3: What research questions remain to be asked?

205

(11)

Summary

216

(1)

References

216

(5)

Appendix

221

(38)

RID Standard Practice Paper

223

(4)

Code of Ethics of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.

227

(2)

The RID Certification Maintenance Program

229

(2)

Cued Speech Transliterator Assessments

231

(6)

The TEC Unit Cued Speech Transliterator Code of Conduct

237

(4)

Oral Transliterating Defined

241

(2)

Evaluating Eduational Interpreters Using Classroom Performance

243

(10)

NIOSH Evaluates Musculoskeletal Disorders

253

(2)

If I Had It to Do Over Again

255

(4)

Index

259

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