Activity
“The Three-Way Conversation”
Role Play – Home Visit
The Child Find Team Member:
You are a team member who has just arrived for a meeting with a parent at their home. The purpose of the meeting is to know the child and his family to better plan an assessment. The family came recommended by the neighborhood health clinic expressing concerns about the child’s ear infections and possible speech language delay. You have another meeting in an hour back at your office, so make sure you run the meeting very efficiently, and address the family”s major concerns about the child.
You have had little communication with the child’s family because they speak minimal English. From your aide, you learned that the family has just moved here from another state and is living with extended family members until they find housing in the neighborhood. There are two children in the family. The parents are worried that the clinic had concerns about their child, and they don’t know what to do. They think he is to young to attend school.
Your interpreter is present to interpret for the family. Because you have never have done a home visit with an interpreter before, and you do not speak their language, you are nervous. You suspect the interpreter is not interpreting your comments accurately and you take control by speaking directly to the interpreter. You ask a lot of questions and don’t wait for the interpreter to said what you have said. You use technical jargon and slang that the interpreter may not understand.
______________________________________________________________________________________Project ACT, University of Colorado. Janet Beatty, Susan M. Moore and Clara Pérez-Méndez 3-01
Activity
“The Three Way Conversation”
Role Play – Home Visit
The Parent:
You are a parent who has just welcomed two people into your home. They are here to meet with you about your child, and the concerns the health clinic shared with you about your son and they want your son to have an assessment although you are not sure what this means.
You agree with the clinic that you want assistance in figuring out how to help your child. However, you really don’t understand what this process will look like, but don’t want to cause trouble by asking questions.
You share that your family has just moved here from another state and is living with extended family members for a while. You have two children.
You and your spouse are worried that the clinic had concerns about your child, and you don’t know what to do. You both have noticed that he talks less than his older sibling did at the same age, and he has had a lot of ear infections. He seems to have trouble telling you what he wants and he is getting frustrated and cries.
Someone (the interpreter) who speaks your native language is here at the meeting. You don’t know this person, but you feel comfortable talking with him or her because, when you discuss your backgrounds, they turn out to be very similar. Perhaps this person can help answer your questions about what will happen next and what you should do.
Project ACT, University of Colorado. Janet Beatty, Susan M. Moore and Clara Pérez-Méndez 3-01
Activity
“The Three Way Conversation”
Role Play – Home Visit
The Interpreter:
You are the interpreter who has just arrived at a home for a meeting with the Child Find team member and a parent. You have a little knowledge of child development but none of Part C or Part B, having been newly hired. You are very comfortable interacting with children, as you have some of your own, and are fluent in English and in your native language. You have worked for a long time in this community and are very familiar with the resources that are available.
You have been asked for the first time to be an interpreter for a family you will be working with. You don’t know the purpose of the meeting or anything about this family, but you feel comfortable talking with the parent when you arrive and begin chatting about your personal lives, and discover that your backgrounds are very similar.
Project ACT, University of Colorado. Janet Beatty, Susan M. Moore and Clara Pérez-Méndez 3-01
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