How does a student become “certified” as an interpreter?
State Certification is available through the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), Board of Evaluation for Interpreters. For more information regarding DARS, visit their website at http://www.dars.state.tx.us/dhhs/index.shtml National Certification is available through the Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (RID).
Related Questions
- At my middle school, sometimes I ask a DHH student to stay after class for a minute or two, but the interpreter is unable to stay longer than a few seconds because s/he has to dash to the next class. How can I speak privately with a DHH student when the interpreter always has to leave?
- If a teacher endangers a student, or otherwise breaks a local, state, or federal law, how will the interpreter handle that?
- Can a student election worker serve as an interpreter?