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10012 Norwalk Blvd. Suite 120., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Phone: (800) 625-6222

Website: http://www.interpreting.com

COURT EXAM INFORMATION The written component of the Court Interpreter State Exam is offered on an on-going basis. The oral component of the state exam is offered only twice a year. The qualifications required are: 1. The candidate must possess native-like mas-tery of both English and the second language. 2. Perform the three modes of interpreting—consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation. Please contact PROMETRIC, the testing entity for additional and detailed information regarding the Court Interpreter state exam at http://www.prometric.com or call (866) 241-3118.

ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS & MEDICAL EXAM INFORMATION The State of CA has not resumed certification testing for Administrative Hearings or Medical Interpreting. For more information please visit www.spb.ca.gov/bilingual/courtmedical.htm or call (866) 844-8671.

FEDERAL INTERPRETER EXAM INFORMATION The Federal Court Interpreter certification is administered by the National Center for State Courts. The Federal examination is offered every two years. For more information please visit: http://www.ncsconline.org/d_research/fcice_exam/index.htm

BPPE APPROVAL The Southern California School of Interpretation is a private institution approved to operate by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education. Any questions a student may have regarding this catalog that have not been satis-factorily answered by this institution may be directed to the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education at 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95833, www.bppe.ca.gov, toll-free telephone number (888) 370-7589 or fax (916) 263-1897. A student or any member of the public may file a complaint about this institution with the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Edu-cation by calling (888) 370-7589 toll-free or by completing a complaint form, which can be obtained on the bureau’s internet web site http://www.bppe.ca.gov .

CALIFORNIA JUDICIAL COUNCIL The Southern California School of Interpretation has been approved by the Judicial Council of California as a continuing education provider for certified court interpreters in the state of California. For more information please visit: http://www.courts.ca.gov 4

We specialize in training fully bilingual (Spanish/ English) individuals to become Federal and State Court Interpreters, as well as Medical and Administrative Hearings Interpreters.

We also offer a Professional Interpreter program for certified interpreters.

As a prospective student, you are encouraged to review this catalog prior to signing an enrollment agreement. You are also encouraged to review the School Performance Fact Sheet, which must be provided to you prior to signing an enrollment agreement

A D M I S S I O N R E Q U I R E M E N T S Pursuant to Section 71770 of the California Educational Code, Admissions Standards require that every student submit proof of completion of high school or GED equivalency at the time of request-ing admission to any of our programs. A copy of said proof must remain on file with this school. If you have questions or concerns contact the school Administrator at [email protected] or BPPE at www.bppe.ca.gov (888)370-7589 Candidates for admission must first pass an admission test offered by the Southern California School of Interpretation. The admission test measures the candidates’ ability to transfer concepts and messages from English into Spanish and Spanish into English. It also measures formal education in both language. This admission test has been used by our institution for the past 18 years and it has been an accurate tool to measure the minimum requirements to participate in any of our interpreting programs. C A N C E L L A T I O N , W H I T H D R A W A L S A N D R E F U N D P O L I C Y A student admitted into any of our programs has the right to cancel the enrollment agreement and obtain a refund of charges paid through attendance, at the first class session or the seventh day after enrollment, whichever is later. The student must submit this request on the school website, through the Student Services Menu at www.interpreting.com/refunds.htm. Students may withdraw at any time from our institution. There is a $100 non-refundable registration fee and $50 non-returnable materials fee . Assuming that you paid $545 for a course, the amount of refund is calculated as follows: before lecture 1: $545.00 before lecture 2: $359.10* before lecture 3: $323.20* before lecture 4: $287.30* before lecture 5: $251.40* before lecture 6: $215.50* after lecture 6: No refund applies * Includes $150 non-refundable registration and materials fee. S C H O O L P O L I C I E S Students who copy material, by use of any media, or who are disrespectful to other fellow students and/or school staff, will be placed on probation for six months for the first incident, and will be expelled for any subsequent incident. Students have the right to appeal any decision by requesting a meeting with the Director of Education. Any student grievances should be directed in writing to the school Administration, and you may request a meeting with the Director of Education, if your complaint is not satisfactorily resolved. Students are advised that attendance below 70% of total lecture time will not be sufficient to pass a course. Due to intensive interpreting practicum included and required to pass each course, any student who leaves the program for more than one year, will be required to register as a new student. The Southern California School of Interpretation does not participate in any type of federal and/or state financial aid programs. Our institution does not provide students with any type of loan to pay for tuition. All of our onsite courses are taught in our campus classrooms, which include an interpreting laboratory for class monitoring and practice. Class manuals provided. All registered students have access to our online interpreting lab. Student records are kept in our main campus for 5 years.

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STUDE NT TUIT ION RE COVE RY FUND (S TRF) The Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) was estab-lished by the legislature to protect any California resident who attends a private postsecondary institution; from losing money if he/she prepaid tuition and suffers a financial loss as a result of the school closing, failing to live up to its en-rollment agreement, or refusing to pay a court judgment. To be eligible for STRF, you must be a California resident and reside in California at the time the enrollment agreement is signed or when you receive lessons at a California mailing address or from an approved institution offering correspon-dence instruction. Students who are temporarily residing in California are not considered California residents for this purpose. STRF fees are not refundable.

To qualify for STRF reimbursement , you must file a STRF application within one year of receiving notice from the Bureau that the school is closed. If you do not receive no-tice from the Bureau, you have four years from the date of closure to file a STRF application. If a judgment is obtained you must file a STRF application within two years of the final judgment. It is important that you keep copies of your enrollment agreement, receipts or any other information that documents the monies paid to the school.

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F I N A N C I A L A I D A N D S T U D E N T L O A N S

We do not offer any type of financial aid. If a student obtains a loan to pay for an educational program, the student will have the responsibility to repay the full amount of the loan plus interest, less the amount of any refund, and if the student has received federal student financial aid funds, the student is entitled to a refund of the moneys not paid from federal student financial aid program funds.

P O L I C Y R E G A R D I N G A C C E P T A N C E O F

C R E D I T S E A R N E D A T O T H E R I N S T I T U T I O N S

We do not accept any credits earned at other institutions. How-ever, any student who has completed an interpreting program in any other institution qualifies to challenge any course at our school. There is no fee for challenging any course. To challenge any course, the student has to submit proof of completion of any interpreting program from any other institution. The challenging exam consists of a written and an oral component based on the course syllabus for that course. The student will be notified of the scores right after the exam ends.

N O T I C E C O N C E R N I N G T R A N S F E R A B I L I T Y O F C R E D I T S A N D C R E D E N T I A L S E A R N E D A T

O U R I N S T I T U T I O N

The transferability of credits and acceptance of a certificate from the Southern California School of Interpretation is at the complete discretion of an institution to which you may seek to transfer. If the certificate that you earn at this institution is not accepted at the institution to which you seek to transfer, you may be required to repeat some or all of the coursework at that institution. For this reason, you should make certain that your attendance at this institution will meet your educational goals. This includes contact-ing an institution to which you may seek to transfer, prior to at-tending the Southern California School of Interpretation, to deter-mine if a certificate from this school will transfer.

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The Southern California School of Interpretation THE LEA DING INTE RP RE TING S CHOOL IN SO UTHERN CA L IFO RNIA

The leading interpreting school in southern California specializing

in federal and state certification as well as

continuing education units. COURT INTERPRETER PROGRAM

(P ay P er Course )

First quarter: ♦ Interpreting Criminal Proceedings I

(33 hours of instruction) $545.00

Second quarter: ♦ Interpreting Criminal Proceedings II

(33 hours of instruction) $545.00 ♦ Sight Translation for Court Interpreters


Third and final quarter: ♦ Advanced Criminal Proceedings II

(33 hours of instruction) $545.00 ♦ For Certificate of Completion

(132 hours of instruction) $2,180.00

Interpreting Criminal Proceedings I Criminal terminology and offenses in both languages, pre-trial hearing, preliminary hearing, trial, statement of rights, slang. Consecutive mode of interpreting up to 50 terms per segment. Simultaneous mode at 140 words per minute. 33 hours of instruction. Five quizzes, one midterm and one final examination. Interpreting Criminal Proceedings II Misdemeanor plea forms, misdemeanor sentencing forms, probation and sentencing memorandum, felony plea forms, probation violation hearings, progress report. Consecutive mode up to 70 terms. Simultaneous mode at 200 words per minute. 33 hours of instruction. Two quizzes, one midterm and one final examination. Sight Translation for Court Interpreters Localization, normalization, re-structuring techniques. Legal correspondence, dissolution of marriage, probation and sentencing forms, order for pre-trial detention, legal documents in Spanish. 33 hours of instruction. One midterm and one final examination. Advanced Criminal Proceedings II Mock examinations leading to the oral component of the state of California interpreting examination. Consecutive mode up to 90 terms. Simultaneous mode up to 220 words per minute. 33 hours of instruction. No quiz, midterm or final exam. Grade based on attendance.

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MEDICAL INTERPRETER PROGRAM

NO S TATE E X AM OFFE RE D

(P ay P er Course )

First quarter: ♦ Introduction to Medical Interpretation I


Second quarter: ♦ Introduction to Medical Interpretation II


Third and final quarter: ♦ Sight Translation for Medical Interpreters

(33 hours of instruction) $545.00 ♦ For Certificate of Completion


Introduction to Medical Interpretation I Medical vocabulary in both languages. Typical forms used in most hospitals, such as MRI screening, refusal to permit blood transfusion, and discharge instructions. Consecutive mode of interpreting up to 40 terms per segment. Simultaneous mode at 130 words per minute. 33 hours of instruction. Four quizzes, one midterm and one final examination. Introduction to Medical Interpretation II Medical vocabulary in both languages. Pediatrics, women’s clinic, substance abuse. Typical forms used in most hospitals, such as history form for pediatric asthma patient, consent for catheter lab procedure, adult health history form. 33 hours of instruction. Consecutive mode up to 60 terms. Simultaneous mode at 150 words per minute. Three quizzes, one midterm a n d o n e f i n a l e x a m i n a t i o n . Sight Translation for Medical Interpreters Sight translation techniques, such as localization, normalization, re-structural changes in the transfers. We use various documents used in healthcare to illustrate all the sight translation principles presented in this course. 33 hours of instruction. One midterm and one final examination.

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FEDERAL INTERPRETER PROGRAM

(P ay P er Course )

Pre-requisite: Candidates must have successfully completed the Court Interpreter Program (see page 7). First and Only Quarter: ♦ Advanced Interpreting Techniques in Civil

and Criminal Matters (33 hours of instructions) $545 ♦ For Certificate of Completion

(33 hours of instruction) $545 Advanced Interpreting Techniques in Civil and Criminal Matters Federal terminology and offenses. Federal plea agreements. Firearms, DNA, fingerprints, drugs terminology. Expert witness testimony. Consecutive techniques leading to segments of up to 100 terms. Simultaneous mode up to 200 words per minute. 33 hours of instruction. One final examination.

PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETER (CONTINUING EDUCATION)

(P ay P er Course )

First Quarter:

♦ Preparation for the Written Examination

(24 hours of instruction) $348

♦ Interpreting Civil Proceedings

(33 hours of instruction) $545

Second Quarter: ♦ Interpreting in International Conferences

(33 hours of instruction) $545 ♦ Advanced Criminal Proceedings II-Professional

(24 hours of instruction) $348 ♦ For Certificate of Completion

(114 hours of instruction) $1,786 Preparation for the Written Examination Advanced vocabulary used in most interpreting examinations. Court procedures, ethics of the interpreter, idiomatic expressions. 24 hours of instruction. One final examination. Interpreting Civil Proceedings Family law, unlawful detainers, probate proceedings, contract law, corporate law, personal injuries, depositions. 33 hours of instruction. One midterm and one final examination. Interpreting in International Conferences UN and OAS settings. Escort, seminar and conference interpreting. Scientific, legal, environmental, medical, political and diplomatic conferences. 33 hours of instruction. One midterm and one final examination. Advanced Criminal Proceedings II—Professional Mock examinations leading to the state and federal Interpreting examinations. 33 hours of instruction. Final examination. 5

ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

INTERPRETER PROGRAM

NO S TATE E X AM OFFE RE D

(P ay P er Course )

First quarter: ♦ Interpreting Criminal Proceedings I


Second quarter: ♦ Introduction to Medical Interpretation I


Third and final quarter:

♦ Introduction to Medical Interpretation II


♦ Interpreting in Administrative Hearings


♦ For Certificate of Completion


For a description of the Interpreting Criminal Proceedings I course, please see the Court Interpreter Program description on page 7. For a description of the Introduction to Medical Interpreta-tion I and II courses, please see the Medical Inter-preter Program description on page 8. Interpreting in Administrative Hearings Injuries on the job, DMV hearings, Social Security Administration hearings, State Disability Fund hearings, Employment Development Department hearings. Consecutive mode of interpreting up to 55 terms. Simultaneous mode up to 150 words per minute. 18 hours of instruction. One final examination. ____________________________________________ A minimum final grade of C (70% ) or above is required to pass any of the courses listed in this catalog, except the Advanced Criminal Proceedings II course, which is graded on a Pass-Fail basis. The grading of this course is based on attendance and class participation.

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