SECTION 5 Working with an interpreter (2)
EXERCISE
When you watch the next section, you might want to look at your notes on the exercise and your answers which correspond to questions from Section 2.
1. Does Lauren work to any ground rules?
2. What preparation does she seem to have done before the session?
When you watch the next section, you might want to look at your notes on the exercise and your answers which correspond to questions from Section 2.
1. Does Lauren work to any ground rules?
2. What preparation does she seem to have done before the session?
Now watch the film.
EXERCISE
- How else might you react if an interpreter has an emotional response such as laughter or tears in a session?
- How do you keep the client at the centre of the interaction when the interpreter is claiming your attention and you do not speak the client’s language?
Here is what one therapist suggests: I use my body language to try to make sure that the client does not feel further alienated and isolated. I might also directly say: “Are you OK?" to the client. Most people can understand the word OK. It is also a way of showing the client that I am checking in with them before I do anything else. I am trying to indicate that their wellbeing is my priority, even if I speak to the interpreter next