Collaborating with Interpreters and Translators

ASHA Policy Documents

• Clinical Management of Communicatively Handicapped Minority Language Populations
• Cultural Competence in Professional Service Delivery
• Position Statement
• Professional Issues Statement
• Knowledge and Skills Needed by Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists to Provide Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

Additional Resources

• ASHA's Tips for Working with an Interpreter
• ASHA's Phonemic Inventories Across Languages
• ASHA SIG's (Special Interest Group) Perspectives Newsletter Articles
• Culturally Sensitive Audiometric Protocols for Culturally Deaf Adults [PDF]
• "But They Don't Speak English!": Bilingual Students and Speech-Language Services in Public Schools [PDF]
• Advance article "The Art of Interpretation"
• National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
• National Standards for Healthcare Interpreter Training Programs [PDF]
• Working Papers
• National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care [PDF]

Professional Development

Continuing education programs and resources from ASHA on collaborating with interpreters and/or translators