Dr. Maria-Paz B. Avery

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  Maria-Paz Avery is the NECC liaison for Rhode Island: maveryedc.org
  
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  Maria-Paz Avery mavery@edc.org

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  In a recent article in the American Translators Association (ATA) Chronicle, EDC researcher Maria-Paz Avery and her co-author Eduardo Berinstein describe recent efforts to develop a certification tool for medical interpreters in Massachusetts.
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  Medical interpretation, Avery stresses, is much more than merely substituting words from one language to another.
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  To address this pressing need, Avery and her MMIA colleagues have used the Standards of Practice as the basis for a certification tool.This tool relies on "authentic assessment," which measures the actual skills critical to the task of medical interpretation, such as cultural knowledge and knowledge of both the technical and lay terms used to describe symptoms.
  
  Intended for interpreters in a variety of languages, with diverse educational backgrounds, the certification tool relies primarily on oral demonstrations of skill to evaluate interpreters' language proficiency, knowledge of health-related terms, familiarity with relevant ethical and cultural factors, and skills in interpretation.As of today, the MMIA has piloted a prototype in Spanish that will serve as the model for the development of other versions in other languages.
  
  Avery observes, "Who would have thought that the work we started in 1992 would take a life of its own and have such a tremendous impact on the development of the field in the national and international arena?

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  Maria-Paz Avery, Education Development Center
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  headshot of Maria-Paz AveryMaria-Paz Avery serves on the NECC Senior Management Team and is the NECC liaison to Connecticut.Avery's expertise includes technical assistance and professional development at the state, district, and school levels in principal leadership; school improvement teams; educating English Language Learners and students from diverse cultural backgrounds; and the use of data for instructional improvement.She received her doctorate in sociology from Boston University, and has a bachelor's degree in early childhood education and a master's degree in psychology.Avery began her career as a kindergarten teacher.

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  by Maria-Paz Avery
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  Maria-Paz Avery is the Director of the New England Comprehensive Assistance Center at the Education Development Center, Inc., and can be reached at (617) 618-2341.

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  "Equity is not just opening up opportunities for people who have traditionally been disenfranchised," adds Maria-Paz Avery, of EDC's Center for Education, Employment, and Community.
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  The evolution of McLaughlin's work,from victim assistance to public policy,illustrates the deepening definition of empowerment that Jolly and Avery describe.

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  Some of the highlights include the following points (from the presentation by Jane Kontrimas M.S. and Maria-Paz B. Avery Ph.D. at the 2004 Conference).

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  ATA Chronicle - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/1/2001    Last Visited: 9/21/2005  

  By Maria-Paz Beltran Avery and Eduardo Berinstein

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  Diversity RX: Conference Agenda; NATIONAL CONFERENCE... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/12/2000    Last Visited: 9/27/2008  

  Maria-Paz Beltran Avery, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Education Development Center, Inc.; Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association

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  Maria-Paz Beltran Avery, PhD, | Carola E. Green, | Shiva Bidar-Sielaff
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  Dr. Avery, PhD is a Senior Research Associate at Education Development Center, Inc. where she directed a three-year project to develop a 27-credit college level certificate program to prepare bilingual adults as medical interpreters.With members of the Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association (MMIA), she helped developed its standards of practice which have now been recognized by the newly formed group, the National Council on Interpretation in Health Care, as the best available in the nation.Currently the chair of the MMIA Advisory Board, she is working with its certification committee in the development of a certification process for Massachusetts.She has presented at the International Conference on Community Interpreting on cultural issues in health care interpreting and the development of standards.Dr. Avery brings to this work over 25 years of training and consulting experience in the area of cross-cultural communication and the management of diversity in health, mental health, and educational settings.
  
  Maria-Paz Beltran Avery, PhDSenior Research AssociateEducational Development Center, Inc.55 Chapel StreetNewton, MA 02458Phone: (617) 969-7100 ext: 2341Fax: (617) 332-4318

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