The Voice of Compassion: How to Interpret for Rape Survivors

Course length:  2 hours  

Course access period: 180 days from purchase date

Once purchased, course access cannot be paused. 

Course completion requirements: Pass one exit test (score of 70% or above).

Certificate: Downloadable certificate available immediately upon passing the exit test.

CEUs:

• Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI): 2 CCHI CE hours
• The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf: 0.2 RID CEUs*
• Maryland Court Interpreter Program: 2 CE credits
• Pennsylvania Interpreter Certification Program (ICP): 0.5 CEUs
• Florida Court Interpreter Certification and Regulation Program: 2.4 CIE credits
• Ontario Council on Community Interpreting: 2 OCCI PDUs

Learning objectives:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define trauma and explain the impact of trauma on rape survivors.
• Explore techniques to interpret effectively for rape survivors and avoid re-traumatizing survivors.

You will also learn valuable techniques to help yourself avoid vicarious trauma when interpreting for rape survivors.

What you will get:

• Your video instructor: Marjory A. Bancroft, MA
• 12 interactive exercises, including a role play that was scripted in collaboration with a licensed therapist and setting-specific skills practice
• Statistics and data about rape, sexual assault and child sexual abuse
• A realistic child forensic interview
• Access to a film of survivors discussing their rape trauma
• Specialized, trauma-informed interpreting techniques that will help protect interpreters from vicarious trauma while also protecting rape survivors from potential re-traumatization
• Access to a self-care plan
• A number of real-life stories about rape from interpreters and survivors to help prepare you for this field
• Sections from Breaking Silence: Interpreting for Victim Services, a training manual about interpreting for victims of violent crime, including rape
• Course completion certificate

How this lesson will improve your practice:

You will:

• Know if you are ready and willing to interpret for rape survivors.
• Be able to understand the impact of sexual trauma on survivors, interpreters and the session itself.
• Understand how to protect yourself from vicarious trauma.
• Be able to engage in specific strategies and techniques to interpret effectively, calmly and with compassion when interpreting for rape survivors.
• Be able to self-assess the impact on you, the interpreter, of becoming the voice for rape survivors.
• Know how to engage in practices that will help relax you before, during and after difficult assignments.

*Please note that there is an additional $20 processing fee, per program, for RID CEUs.