About the CATIE Center

The College of St. Catherine has received federal grant funds to provide interpreter education in the midwest since 1999.

The College of St. Catherine established the CATIE Center in 2005. The CATIE Center is one of the six centers working in partnership as the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers (NCIEC).

The CATIE Center at the College of St. Catherine focuses on:

1. Offering Innovative Programming

Intensive ASL immersion for interpreting students, including a medical focus;
An intensive Deaf Mentor training program with hands-on experience with immersion students
DeafBlind Weekend Workshop programs – partnering deafblind consumers and interpreters with a focus on empowering deafblind consumers and increasing the skills and knowledge of interpreters
Medical interpreting education
CDI test prep

2. Facilitating Regional Input to National Initiatives of the NCIEC through

Medical focus groups in the region
Mentoring focus groups in the region
Deafblind focus groups in the region
Advisory groups in the region

3. Serving as a Regional Resource Center

Medical interpreting website
CD/DVD resources for interpreter skill development
Bibliographies on mental health and medical interpreting
CEU coordination, independent studies and RID test administration.