Interpreting Links on the Web
The following websites provide useful information, opportunities to connect with other interpreters in your area and information about upcoming workshops, conferences and events.
Professional Organizations
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Interpreting for Consumers who are DeafBlind
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Multicultural Organizations
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Mentoring
Charting the Way: A handbook for Postsecondary Educational Interpreters
Charting the Way was developed by the University of Minnesota Disability Services for interpreters, interpreter educators and interpreting mentors in the postsecondary educational setting. It features the following tools for professional development:
- 110 lessons on skill development, mentoring, technology, professional growth, the Deaf community, higher education, ethics and legal issues and more!
- Over 100 interactive exercises to help interpreters apply what they already know and what they learn from this curriculum.
- Articles on interpreting, sign language, deaf culture and self-care.
- National and regional resources for interpreters.
- Assessment tools.
- Videos of deaf and hearing college-level faculty and students.
Download the order form. Now offering a 25% discount.
Project TIEM.Online
Resources for mentoring and teaching ASL: http://www.asl.neu.edu/TIEM.online/
Also, visit the National Interpreter Education Center: http://www.asl.neu.edu/niec/
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Other Resources
Click here for the Professional Development Plan
National Interpreter Education Center
National Multicultural Interpreting Project
Resource Guide November 2004
Midwest Center for Post-Secondary Outreach (MCPO)
Technical vocabulary dictionary
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