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About Blue Horizon Programs
Question: What makes Blue Horizon courses different?
Answer: Blue Horizon courses feature research-based lessons with qualified instructors, interactive activities, quizzes and more that will test and improve your interpreting skills. Our courses prepare you for a career as a professional interpreter.
TCIO
TMIO
Medical Terminology for Interpreters Online
Translation for Community Interpreters
The Community Interpreter® TOT
The Remote Interpreter Webinar Series
Self-Paced Courses
40-hour programs
Blue Horizon offers two editions of our signature 40-hour foundation training:
Both programs are self-paced. As soon as you register, you can start! Complete the course at your own speed.
Both TCIO and TMIO:
Were created by national experts.
Are interactive and filled with practice—not boring!
Include the most widely sold textbooks in the field.
Offer 9 (in TCIO) or 10 (in TMIO) video instructors; up to 22 practice role plays (including 19 in nine language pairs); and more than 30 videos of interpreters in action.
Provide 240+ interactive and skills-based activities, including a dozen self-assessment exercises.
Award the most respected certificate in the field.
These programs meet the 40-hour training requirement for the two U.S. national certification programs for medical interpreters: the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) and the National Board of Certified Medical Interpreters (NBCMI).
Short Courses
Do you need continuing education units (CEUs)? Or do you want basic instruction—or advanced professional development? If you’re interested in specific topics, our self-paced short courses may be just the ticket.
See course descriptions for more information, including CEUs. Just like TCIO and TMIO, you’ll get the complete package—a video instructor, engaging activities, textbooks, videos of interpreters on the job and more.
Live Training and TOTs
live training
These courses feature real-time instruction in a live online format. You interact with high-quality instructors through live video streaming; standard high-speed internet is required. Please check the dates and times for each individual course to be sure they fit your schedule.
Live trainings are intensive. You see and hear your fellow students. You work in pairs and small groups to perfect your decision-making and skills. You watch videos. You even perform role plays. You get handouts or e-textbooks. It’s lively and fun.
Trainings of Trainers (TOTs)
Only at Blue Horizon can you attend online the famous TOTs of Cross-Cultural Communications. Whether you want to get licensed to teach The Community Interpreter® International or another program, or you need to learn how to teach interpreters online, you’ll find no other TOTs in the world like these.
Webinars
Our webinars are FREE. They cover a wide range of topics in remote interpreting. Attend live (and get continuing education credits—CEUS*), or watch the recordings on your own time.
CCC webinars receive up to 1,000 registrants from up to 103 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Don’t miss them!
*Please note that CEUs are available only for those attending the live webinars.
Blue Horizon Is CCC
Why should you trust Blue Horizon courses? Blue Horizon is the online training platform of Cross-Cultural Communications (CCC), the nation’s leading training agency for general, medical and community interpreters.
CCC currently has more than 400 licensed trainers in 43 U.S. states, D.C. Guam and six other countries. CCC books have been sold in 30 countries and all 50 U.S. states. CCC’s weekly newsletter has more than 16,000 subscribers in 90 countries and all 50 states.
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“I really valued the amount of expertise from the instructors as well as from my colleagues. ”
“Thank you so much for offering these free webinars to build community and to strengthen the profession!”