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Interpreter training/workshops

Interpreting webinars/workshops shown here are not on the Deaf.LA Calendar. (Exception: panel discussions related to community and culture.)

See the Calendar for cultural and entertainment events.


INTERPRETING WORKSHOPS/mtgs


These are virtual events, unless otherwise noted. Language of instruction varies.
(If not specified, time is PST.)
 

4/27, 9a-4p EST  EIPA Skill Dev’t: Use of Space and Discourse Mapping

5/04, 12-3:00 EST  EIPA

5/04, 11a-2p CST  (in ASL) Decoding Discourse: Unraveling Social Language vs. Academic Language

5/11, 10:00-12:00   Dynamic Voicing Series: Message Analysis

5/14, 5:00-6:00  ASL Classifiers and English to ASL Interpreting
(in ASL with Perseus Max and Signplaying)

5/15, 5:00-6:00  Advanced Use of Classifiers, pt 2
(in ASL with Douglas Ridloff and Signplaying)

5/15, 4-6p  Introduction to Outdoor Interpreting

5/16, 5-7p CST  Mental Health Terminologies

5/18, 12-4:30 EST CASLI prep workshops

5/22, 5:30-8p EST  Work-based Study Groups: EIPA – MS/HS

5/25, 10:00-12:00   Dynamic Voicing Series: Register

5/31, 6-8pm EST  Back Translation as Diagnostic Tool

6/11 5:30-8p EST  Work-based Study Groups: EIPA – Elementary

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Trainings

GAP Mentorship Institute   – Educational track, Terp Polish, Religious track

Foundations Framework A, Framework B

AALB ASL Medical Interpreter Training (60 hours)  Check back for course offerings!

MHIT August 2023 

Ongoing offerings

Deaf Action Center

Diversity Academy

Bethany Gehman – Sexuality education

Trix Bruce  NMS, Semantics, Classifiers, English Idioms, Medical Interpreting, Biology, PPO, Sex Ed interpreting

CWood Professional Development

ASL Owl

ASLIS weekly workshops  (discounted rate for ASL/ITP students)

IMI – Bilingual Mediation Center

RID Continuing Education Center  

True-Biz ASL trainings:
Deaf interpreters/DITO

Zaboosh  -monthly webinars, bi-annual conference

CEUs On-the-Go

CEUflix

Monthly Book Club

Self-Study

Healthcare Interpreter Certification Test Prep

Understanding Childhood Trauma  (free resource; not about interpreting)

Show Me the Music:  A Musical Theory for Artistic Interpreting

The Premise, The Process, The Practice

ASLIS CEU’s On Demand

ASL Learn

Medical Self-Study
Body Language Modules

Wink – online

EIPA courses (self-study)

CATIE Center
Behavioral/ Mental Health

Project Level Up (self-directed)
Stepping Stones Dive-In (self-directed)

Deaf/Hearing Teams
NIC Performance Prep, including mock exam

CALI –
Atypical Language Modules Webinars
Unfolding Scenarios

ProTactile/DeafBlind interpreting DBI

The Insightful Interpreter
Behind the Scenes with a Deaf and Hearing Team
Voicing: Strategies for Growth
Consumer Orientation 101

Sign Language Studios

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Southern California RID

LINKS

1)  Health/medical

Deaf in Scrubs on FB 

Partners in Deaf Health
Facebook – PDF

Health Signs Center
Facebook – HSC 

Deaf Counseling Ctr

Medical Self-Study
Medical & Behavioral/ Mental Health

HCIN

2STEM

Atomic Hands
ASL CORE
ASL Clear
ASL STEM
ASL Signing Dictionary

Lab science – DeafTec
Math – Texas Math Dictionary,  DeafTec – math,
XtraMath (mastery of basic arithmetic)

Khan Academy Sign Language videos

Other:
Automotive, Electrical, Welding


3)  Educational
NAIE
Accessible Remote Education

3)  Taxes/IRS
Taxes  part1   part 2


Past workshops      See Page 2 link for an extensive list of previous workshops.

2024
 
1/11 11:00-12:30 PST  HCIN webinar on ethics
 
1/12 10a-12p  SCRID board meeting
1/12 2:00  SCRID Townhall
 
1/13 12-4:00 CST  Communication Styles: The Importance of Presentation
 
 
(Language First – K. Sanzo) 

1/21 -POSTPONED TO MARCH-  Layering with Guthrie Nutter (in ASL)

1/22, 1/24, 1/26  6:00-8/8:30 CST (in ASL) CPS for Educational Interpreters

1/25  6:30-9:30 EST  The Interpreter’s Role in the IEP Meeting

1/26 6-9p CST  Don’t Forget to Flush: Avoiding Cognitive Overload

Jan. 29- Mar 3  SIU Educational Interpreting and Ethics course (online) 

1/29  3:00 PST  CASLI Update (hosted by Purple)

1/28  9a-1p   5 Ways to Build Rapport with DeafBlind Early Language Learners

1/28  9a-12p  Processing Time

2/01  7-9p EST  The New RID Ethical Practices System and You (in ASL)

2/02, 4p  Randleman Real Talk Discussion: Interpreting Affinity Months: Tokenism or Representation?

2/03  10a-12p  SCRID board meeting  (in person at Mt SAC)
1:00-4:00 workshop/community panel

2/05 and multiple dates  EIPA Training Series with Jonathan Silva

2/07 8-9:30 EST (in ASL) Complex Language Structure in ASL Conversations and Vlogs

2/16 6:00-9:00 CST  The Tooth About Interpreting

Available March 1-31  Healthcare Interpreting: Do I Have What It Takes?

3/04, 3/06, 3/08, 6:00-8/8:30 CST (in ASL) CPS Cases for Legal Interpreters

3/13, 5-8p CST,  Facing the Conversation

3/16 10a-12p CST (David Player, in ASL) How Does Color-Blind Ideology Affect the Interpreting Profession?

3/17, 8-9:30am  Letting Go

3/18 6:30-8p  (CST?)  (Crom) Making Shakespeare Accessible in ASL
(Email for Zoom attendance: mvozzolo@colum.edu)

3/22 6-9p EST  (DeAnna Swope, in ASL)  Allies in Deafhood

3/23, 8-10am  Interpreting in the Workplace (Trix Bruce, in ASL)

3/23 12-4p EST  The Gist of the Gish, Round 2

3/27 5-8p CST  Micro and Macro Aggressions

3/27 7-9:00p EST  Housebuying 101 

4/05, 4:00-8:00 PST & 4/06 8a-12p  Discourse Mapping (Trix Bruce, in ASL)

4/06 10a-2p CST  Deaf Interpreters in K-12 and Administrator Perspective on Deaf Learners

4/10 6-8p  (Crom)  I Need My Space!

4/16 5:30-8p EST  Work-based Study Groups: EIPA Secondary
(Also on 5/22 and 7/17)

4/17, 6-8p CST  Exploring Deaf Culture and Interpreter Dynamics

2023

2/24 11:00 EST  Navigating the Switch from R1 to R2

2/04, 6-10a  Cultivating Collaborative Relationships 

2/04, 7a-2p  Interpreting for Language Deprivation 

2/04, 9a-12p  Interpreting for VR: Service Provision

2/18, 6a-10a  Trauma: Working Within the Field

2/18, 7a-11a  Boundary Issues for Educational Interpreting…
(discount for no CEUS)

2/18, 9a-12p  Update Your Social Media (AZRID)

2/19, 5p  Sign Language Bible Translation Movement

2/21, 4-6p  Becoming Your Own Boss series: Best Business Practices

2/22, 3-6p  (ASLIS) Teaming and Feeds

2/24 2:30  What is BASL?  (registration closed)

2/24, 3:00-5:00  CSULB Scholarly Intersections Symposium

2/25, 7a-11a  Imposter Syndrome

2/25, 8-11a  (Trix Bruce)  Discourse Mapping

2/25, 9a-12p  ABCs of the IEP

2/26 10a-1  Disability Justice:  DeafBlind Lens

2/27, 3/01, 3/03  4:00  CPS and the CPC

2/27, 4:00  Terps and Taxes

3/02, 4-5:30  Randleman Real Talk Discussion: Navigating the Field as an Emerging BIPOC Interpreter

3/03, 3-6:00  Realities of VRS

3/04, 8a-11a  (Trix)  Medical Interpreting:  Understanding Deaf Patients Varied Background and Cultures

3/04, 11:30-3:30 (Trix) Medical Interpreting: Questions and Appointment

3/04, 9a-12  Interpreting for VR: Closure and Post-Employment

3/08, 4-6:00  Building Relationships and Understanding Ethics in Educational Interpreting

3/09 4-6:00  Trix Bruce – Discourse Mapping  (shorter version)

3/11, 6:30-9:30  ABCs of IEP

3/11, 9a-12p  Making Feedback Fruitful: Turning Your EIPA Results Into a Plan

3/11, 1-4:00 Meta Interpreting: Roles and Ethics

3/15, 4-6:00  (ASLIS)  BASL – WHAT THAT?

3/22,  2:30  *Vancro)  How Systems Lead to Provision of PPO in the Interpreting Profession

3/23, 4-6:00 (ASLIS) First Steps Into Video Remote Interpreting

3/25, 8a-11a Explicit and Implicit Language Learning

3/27, 3/29, 3/31 @4:00  Trauma Informed Interpreting with Children

3/28, 3-5:00  Working in the DeafBlind Community: Analyzing Foundations

3/29, 4-6:00 ASLIS What the !#$% Did You Just Sign?(Crom)

3/30, 3:00-6:00  Intro to Interpreting: Staffing Legal Assignments

4/01, 6-10am Demand Control Schema

4/01, 8a-12p (Boystown) Mastery Over Meaning

4/04, 3-5:00  Working in the DeafBlind Community: Equipping Your Toolbox

4/06, 3:30-5:00  Using SPP to Guide...Interpreting in Healthcare Settings

4/06, 4-5:30  Randleman Real Talk Discussion: 

4/08, 8a-12  Theater Interpreting in Four Acts

4/11 4:00-6:30  Non-Manual Markers  (Ricky Rose)

4/11, 3-5:00  Working in the DeafBlind Community: Navigating the Environment

4/11, 4-6:00  (ASLIS)  CHAMP ME KISS-FIST! (Crom)

4/11, 5-6:30  Think Tank Tuesdays: Honoring the Deaf Professional  (Jared Allebest)

4/13, 4-6:00  (ASLIS) Navigating the Hard Stuff with Soft Skills:  Strategic Mediation

4/14-4/16  Deaf In Healthcare Summit

4/14, 3:30-5:30  Elevate Voicing

4/18, 3-5:00  Working in the DeafBlind Community: Tailoring the Mode

4/20, 3:00-6:00 (ASLIS) Vicarious Trauma, Empathic Fatigue and Resilience…

4/20, 3:30-5:00  Using SPP to Guide...Interpreting in VRS Settings

4/22, 8a-12p  The Business of Interpreting

4/22 8am Workshop on Verbs 

4/22, 9a-1:30  Mastery Over Meaning

(closed) 4/23, 10:00-2:00  Civility: An Ethical Imperative

4/26, 3:00  Deaf MODE: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics

cancelled 4/26, 3:00-6:00 (ASLIS)  I Don’t Need a CDI, Do I?

4/27, 10-11:30  Family ASL: Children and Their Families Learning Together(CSUN presents)

4/29 & 4/30, 8a-12p  Deaf mentors only!  Using EIPA Scores to Mentor Interpreters (Dr. Deborah Cates)

4/30 11:00    Yoga as Self-Care

5/02/23, 4-5:30  What is Educational Interpreting?

5/04, 3:30-6:30  ASL to English Toolbox

5/05, 10-11:30   Navigating Interpreting in Emergency Departments and Hospital Settings

5/06, 8-9:30am  Black ASL: Past, Present, Future (Fred Beam)

5/06, 9a-12p  The Gist of the Gish

5/06, 10:00-12:00 (Trix)  Expansion in Classifiers

5/06, 10a-1p  Communication Styles – The Importance of Presentation

5/11, 3:30-5:00  Using SPP to Guide...Interpreting in DeafBlind Settings

5/13, 10am-1p   Eyebrows, Blinks and Nose Wrinkles: Let’s Talk Prosody

5/16, 4:00-5:00  NAD webinar on air travel and the ACAAA

5/16, 5:30-7  Decision-making: You’re Not in This Alone

5/20, 11a-2:00  Don’t Be Mad If I Don’t Look

5/25, 3:30-5:00  Using SPP to Guide...Interpreting in K-12 Settings

6/01, 3:30-5:00  Using SPP. to Guide..Interpreting in Mental Health Settings

6/01, 3:30-6:30  Trans 101

6/03, 11:00-2:00  Interpreting – Not a Solo Sport

6/08, 15, 22  4:00-6:00  (ASLIS) Deaf, CPS and the Education System

6/10, 9:00-11:00 Discourse Mapping in the Classroom

6/12, 14, 16  CPS Cases for Legal Interpreters

6/12, 3:30-7:30  A Sh!tlo*d of Uses

6/15, 3:30-5:00  Using SPP to Guide...Interpreting in Team Settings

6/22-25  Terp Academy Summit ($10 discount)

6/24, 9:00  Modeling Visual Language (Wink)

June 26-Aug. 5  CCSLI Summer Series

7/08, 9:00-11:00  (Crom Saunders)  Creativity with Handshapes

7/10, 12, 14  CPS and the CPC

7/16, 5-7p ASL to English in Religious Settings

7/18, 2:00-5:00

7/26  4:00-7:00  Interpreting Music

7/28, 9:00-11:00  (Crom Saunders)  Creating Classifiers

7/29 7-10am  The ABCs of Certification

7/29, 9-11a  Creating Classifiers (Crom)

Aug. 2-Sept. 20 TEP Prep

8/7, 9, 11  Deaf, CPS and the Education System: What You Need to Know

8/05, 10a-2p (in ASL)  The Language of Film

8/19, 9a-12p  I’m Just the Interpreter…NOT!

8/26, 7-10a  Boundary Issues in Educational Interpretering Pt 2

9/09, 9a-12p  TEST: A 4-letter Word

9/11, 13, & 15,  4-6/6:30p  CPS for Legal Interpreters

9/12, 5:30-7p   Let Me TRI and Explain 

starting 9/17 & every Sunday x8 weeks
1:00-3:00  Religious: Christian Interpreting

9/22-9/23  Scarlett’s Park Conference

9/23, 8a-12p  STEM Classifiers (in K-12)

9/23 & 9/30  Trauma Informed Interpreting with Children

9/28 3:30-7:30  Processing Time: Developing the Interpreter Muscle

10/07 8:30-4:30  (CHIA) Interpreting for Autism Spectrum Disorder Services
(not language specific)

10/14, 10a-2p  The Congress and the Court

10/21 9a-1p  Strategies for Discourse Mapping

10/27-10/29  conference in Fresno  Rekindle, Reignite, Reimagine!

12/02, 10a-2p  Intro to Legal Interpreting: Arraignment Process

12/09 10:00-2:00  Intro to Legal Interpreting: Staffing Legal Assignments

2022

Deliberate Practice Group Series 4 2022  Wednesdays 3:00-5:00, 9/28 thru 11/02

Monthly Facilitated Reflective Practice – begins Oct. 2 or 11

11/03, 3:00-6:00 Lost in Time, Lost in Transitions

11/03, 3:30-5:30  Keeping Those Soft Skills Sharp

11/05, 6am-3p  Advanced Medical Interpreting:  The Process and the Science

11/05, 6am-3p  Advanced Medical Interpreting: The Mechanics and the Switcharoo 

11/11, 2:00-5:00 (Corey Axelrod)  Don’t Be Mad If I Don’t Look

11/18, 2:00-5:00 Tears to Fears…Affect in the English Product

10/01, 7:00-10:00  I’m Certified, Now What?

10/01, 7a-2p  Children’s Interpreters Virtual Symposium (spoken language)

10/01, 9:00-12:00 (Wink) Modeling Visual Language in the Classroom

10/01, 9:00-12:00  CCRID  What’s Up? series

10/01, 9:00-1:00  Enhancing Resilience

10/01 & 10/08, 9:00-12:00 Trauma Informed Interpreting for Deaf DVSA Survivors

10/02 & 10/09,  7:00-2:00  Conquer the TEP: ….Comprehension

10/03, 2:30-6:30   Medical Ethics

begin TEP Prep Course, Wednesdays Oct/Nov

10/06, 4:00-6:00 (B. Jarashow) Audism and Linguicism

10/07 & 10/08  SLS Conference

10/07, 2:00-5:00  (Corey Axelrod)  Cultivating DHH Students’ Social and Emotional Growth

Wednesdays 10/12, 19, 26,  4:00-6:00  Interpreting for Language Deprived Students

10/11, 5:30-7:00  Honoring the Deaf Professional

10/14, 2:00-5:00 Another Adult in My Classroom

10/14, 4:00-6:00 HCSC Workshop: The New ASL Police Pt 2

10/15, 10-2:00  Intepreting Politics: The Congress and The Court

10/18, 3:00-5:00  Professional Conversations

10/21, 3:00-6:00  Elevate Voicing: Raise Your Voicing to the Next Level

10/22, 10:00-12:00   Seeing Our Own Lens

10/28, 2:00-5:00  Broadening Our Definition of Bilingualism

10/29, 1:30-3:30  Demystifying Disability

9/01, 3:00-6:00  It’s Not the What, It’s the Why

9/07, 4:00-6:00  (Crom)  Translating Children’s Stories

9/08, 4:00-6:00 (ASLIS)  When Remote Interpreting Isn’t the Solution..Advocating for Best Practices/Equitable Access

9/09, 2:00-5:00  (Corey Axelrod) Promoting Student-Centric Learning

9/10, 8:00-12:00 (Trix) Medical Interpreting: Questions and Appointments

9/10, 9:00-12:00 What Did I Just Sign?

Wednesdays 9/14-10/26, 5:30-7:30  Getting Real With Imposter Syndrome

Mondays 9/12-12/12, 4:00-6:00 ASL Deaf Language Mentor Chat & Collaborative Practice 

9/14, 4:00-6:00 Examining the Environment

9/15, 3-5:30  The Body of Our Work

9/15, 4:00-5:00  Jewish High Holidays crash course

9/17, 8:00-12:00 (Trix)  Discourse Mapping...

9/17, 8-12:00 Level Up: Working from Sign Language to Spoken English

9/17, 9:00-1:30 Mediation:  A New Niche for Interpreters
(not ASL specific)

9/17, 10:00-2:00  Acting Tools for Terps

9/17, 11:30-1:30  Medical Interpreting:  Side Effects and Symptoms

9/23, 4:00-6:00  Real and Model Space

9/23, 2:00-5:00  Conquering Fingerspelling Fears

9/23-9/24 Scarlett’s Park Conference on CHARGE Syndrome
9/23  Trix
9/24 Trix
9/24, 7:00-1:30  Test: A Four-Letter Word

9/26, 4:00-7:00  (Ricky Rose) Supporting Deaf Culture in the Public Schools

9/29, 3:00-5:00   Deaf Perspectives on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (panel)

9/29, 4:00-6:00   I Need More Space!: Grammar in Space

8/10  The EIPA Process

8/10-9/28 Wednesdays 4:00-6:00  TEP Prep course

8/11, 3:00-6:00 Finding Your Superpower

8/11, 4:00-6:00 Seven Deadly Sins of Interpreters

8/13, 8:00-12:00  Imposter Syndrome

8/13, 8:00-4:00 (Trix)  Women’s Health & Wellness

8/13, 9:00-12:00 Roadmap to the BEI Certification

8/17, 3:00-6:00 (ASLIS)  Where in the World is Crom Saunders?

8/19, 4:00-6:00  Best Practices in Medical Interpreting

8/19, 4:00-6:00 & 8/20 8:00-10:30am  Conquering the TEP

8/20, 9:00-12:00  Making English Tangible (Wink)
Student rate available for all ASL OWL workshops

8/21, 10:00-2:00  Intro to Legal Interpreting: Staffing and Arraignment Process

8/25, 4:00-6:00  Intro to Concert Performance Interpreting

8/27 8:00-12:00 Interpreting for Infant and Pregnancy Loss (not ASL specific)

8/27 9:30-1:30 (Wink) Fingerspelling:  Prescription vs. Description

8/31, 4:00-6:00  (Wink) Modeling Visual Language in the Classroom