Managing Director
Education Development Center, Inc.
55 Chapel Street
Newton
MAUSA
02458
Email:
mavery@edc.org
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Avery is a Managing Director at Education Development Center, Inc. In the area of medical interpreting, Dr. Avery has developed a college level certificate program to prepare bilingual adults as medical interpreters working with community college faculty, members of the Massachusetts Medical Interpreters Association (MMIA), and members of cultural-linguistic communities to define outcome competencies and develop the curriculum. In collaboration with the MMIA, she developed the Medical Interpreting Standards of Practice published in 1995. As a member of MMIA’s Certification Committee, she was instrumental in the development of a prototype assessment tool for certification purposes. As a member of the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC), she has written a number of position papers, was involved in the development of the National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care and the National Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care, and was primary author of the document “Understanding the National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care.”