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Draft — not yet cleared for use. This drill is designed as deliberate practice and is still in review; treat it as practice, not a graded or certified activity.

Your Bilingual Help, or a Trained Interpreter?

Designed as deliberate practice for bilingual paras and anyone working alongside them: some language moments are yours to help with, and some are moments where a family's understanding is what is at stake. Quick reps — read the moment, make the call, see the why.

The categories

  • Your bilingual help fitsAn everyday exchange where getting the meaning across is the whole job — logistics, a direction, a warm hello. Being clear about what you can and can't speak to is part of doing it well.
  • Get a trained interpreterA moment where the family's understanding carries weight — consent, rights, discipline, health — and where an untrained go-between puts the family, the student, and you at risk.