March 10th workshop - Pocatello

[Jeanie Granger]

Idaho Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf   

 

 

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

 IdahoRID in partnership with Idaho State University  presents:

 Mala Poe

 ~ A Guided Tour of Deaf-Blind Interpreting ~

Presented in ASL

 

 0.6 PS CEUs

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

*IMPORTANT*

Working Lunch – Bring Your Own Sack Lunch

 

Where:

 

ISU Campus; 651 Memorial Dr.

Speech Language/Pathology Building, room 116B

Printable map & driving directions:
http://www.isu.edu/directionsandmap.shtml

Parking is free.

 

 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

A Guided Tour of Deaf-Blind Interpreting:

This workshop will give participants an overview and framework for interpreting with and for Deaf-Blind and low vision individuals. It will include communication tips and tricks, roles and responsibilities, cultural issues, sighted guide techniques using hands-on activities with simulators along with group lecture and discussion. Comparisons between visual ASL and tactile ASL signs will be examined. We will discuss necessary boundaries when working with this community and recognizing differences between interpreters and Support Service Providers.

PRESENTER:

Mala Poe has an Education Specialist degree (Ed.S.) in Deaf Education: Applied Linguistics as well as a Masters degree (MA) in Linguistics, both from Gallaudet University. She has been a member of the deaf community since 1986, and holds national certification. She has been interpreting since 1989 and specifically working with Deaf-Blind persons since 1992. She is a staff interpreter at a University for Deaf professors and just retired from teaching Interpreting at a Community College. With one less job, she still works as a freelance interpreter, consultant, and presenter on working with individuals who are Deaf-Blind. Mala has interpreted for, coordinated and been a Team leader for the American Association of Deaf-Blind and other National and regional conferences for/with Deaf-Blind people. She attended the Deaf-Blind Interpreter training at Helen Keller National Center and continues to train others. In her spare time, she serves as Vice-Chair for the Deaf-Blind Member Section under RID, and is President of the San Diego Chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

 

Coming Soon: Online pre-registration by March 1st: www.idahorid.org/payment-center.  Please pre-register online, even if you plan to pay by check or at the door.  If pre-registering by mail: IdahoRID, PO Box 1254, Meridian, ID 83680.

 

Associate and Certified Members*:

$45.00

Interpreting Student Members: 

$22.50

 

Not a current member of IdahoRID? 
Add $30 to above fees
Not a current student member of IdahoRID?
Add $15 to above fees

Video session registration available for 0.6 CEUs! Same prices as above.

Register after March 1st  - add $10 to above prices

Request for Accommodations: In accordance with all federal, state and local laws, events sponsored by IdahoRID are accessible to all individuals.  If you will need accommodations for this event, please alert IdahoRID at p...@idahorid.org  as soon as possible. 

*Members of IAD or another RID affiliate chapter pay the IdahoRID member rate.

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Sincerely,
Jeanie Granger CI/CT NIC
Professional Development Committee Chair
Idaho RID
208.412.7840 cell/text
p...@idahorid.org