Tutorial

We will explore the complexities of the profession of Interpreting. Day to day we face challenges in our profession. We will discuss ways to make our jobs more effective for, not only ourselves, but also the Consumer by exploring our own personality types. Proper business etiquette is a very important part of our profession. We […]

‘ASL Gumbo: Ingredients for Seasoned Interpreters’ is a new series we have begun where we revisit, explore, and/or review topics we learned about when we first came into the profession of sign language interpreting. These topics will range from Culture’s influence on communication to Ethics to Team Interpreting. New and upcoming interpreters will find the […]

Racism! Sexism! Ageism! Classism! Audism! Ableism! Anti-Semitism! How many and how much of these “isms” are a part of your core belief system. Are you an unconscious willing participant in the oppression of others? Surprisingly, the interpreting and Deaf Community commit some of the most overt acts of audism. Audism describes the mentality that to […]

This workshop focuses on identification of the population and an examination of the problems that Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals suffer in relationship to both mental health disorders and drinking and drug using behaviors. It raises interpreters’ capabilities of examining the impact of mental health and substance use in the Deaf and Hard of […]