NCIEC Conducts National Deaf Interpreter Survey
As part of its efforts to understand the practice of Deaf Interpreting, the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers is conducting a national survey of Deaf Interpreters. Deaf individuals who work as interpreters in any setting, part-time or full-time, certified or not, are invited to complete the survey online between February 14 – March 14, 2008.
It is hoped that the survey will shed light on the background and experiences of Deaf interpreters, who they work with, in what settings they work, and what their professional development needs are. The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete. Results of the survey will be available in mid-April.
Please only complete this survey one time!
CDI Written Test Prep Seminar Series
The CATIE Center offers a CDI Written Test Prep Seminar Series at the College of St. Catherine. This series of four seminars, led by Jimmy Beldon, CDI, is designed to guide participants through:
- Reviewing all public materials available for preparing for the CDI exam;
- Reviewing the competencies and domains identified as elements of the CDI exam;
- Developing responses to mock-up questions and ethical scenarios; and
- Identifying test-taking strategies and build CDI Exam Personal Development Plan.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Session 1: Orientation to the Written CDI Exam and Preparation for Service Delivery
- Discuss the written test structure, the RID Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) Examination Information Bulletin and develop your CDI Exam Personal Plan.
- Discuss knowledge needed before accepting an interpreting assignment, including identifying consumer language use, social logistics for the assignment, and knowledge of setting or assignment.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Session 2: Professional Roles and Responsibilities
- Topics include assessing qualifications, confidentiality, common business practices and laws regarding interpreting services.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Session 3: Provision of Service
- Topics include negotiating communication needs, processing the source message into equivalent target, monitoring consumer feedback and other interpreting topics.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Session 4: Post-Service Closure, Test Anxiety and Successful Testing Strategies
- Discuss how to answer questions from consumers, self-assessment of interpreting performance, role and scope of service.
- Managing test anxiety and building techniques and strategies for testing success.
In addition to attending all four sessions, participants will purchase and read assigned sections from
So You Want to Be an Interpreter? by Janice Humphrey and Bob Alcorn, and develop questions and answers based on their reading.
Registration fee: $25
Workshop Location:
College of St. Catherine Music Building Room 202, St. Paul, MN
Download a
flyer and registration form.
Supported by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.
The Language Door presents: A Workshop for Deaf Interpreters
Foundations of Interpreting Processes: Part I for Deaf Only
With Betty Colonomos and Jan DeLap
Friday-Sunday, May 9-11, 2008
Friday: 5:45-9:00pm
Saturday, 9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, 8:30-11:30am
Beaverton, Oregon
RID CEUs available
Space limited. Pre-registration will be required.
Additional information, including cost, will be available by March 1, 2008.
Julie H. Simon, Ph.D., CI, CT
The Language Door, LLC
P.O. Box 23998
Tigard, OR 97281-3998
503-641-7950
70.89.177.177 VP
503-641-7656 fax
julie.simon@thelanguagedoor.net
www.thelanguagedoor.net