Applying Practical Tips for Interpreting with DeafBlind Individuals
Presented by Jeff Trader, CI/CT
0.6 PS CEUs
Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST
In Person at Dominion Energy, 220 Operations Way, Cayce SC
Due to the hands-on nature of the workshop, registration is limited to 22 participants.
Presented in ASL
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
This intensive one-day workshop with Jeff Trader, CI/CT, will teach interpreters how to use tactile ASL (TASL) with individuals who are DeafBlind. Jeff will help interpreters understand how deaf-blindness impacts a person’s ability to receive information and how to best meet the needs of DeafBlind people who use TASL. Participants will learn how important the sense of touch is for DeafBlind individuals and how to incorporate non-manual markers (NMM) from the face to the hands. Jeff will discuss how to break down, analyze and identify potential problems when interpreting from ASL and English to TASL.
Experience what works as a DeafBlind Interpreter, and - on the opposite perspective - what it feels like to receive the message tactually.
See below for more information about the workshop.
Lunch will be provided. We will have a social afterwards that is open to all:
Deaf Night Out and Interpreters Hangout at Steel Hands Brewery at 6 pm
Hosted by Live, Love and Sign with the Midlands
AUDIENCE
Working Interpreters
PRESENTER BIO
Jeff Trader is certified by RID CI/CT and earned an associate’s degree in interpreting at Columbus State Community College. He has been interpreting for over 28 years with Sorenson and Trader Enterprises, Inc. Jeff is a native of Ohio and an avid Buckeye fan, football that is. He may root for the Bucks during football but loves the Blue Devils when basketball rolls around. Jeff is a CODA and a CODBA which he likes to refer to as a Child of a DeafBlind Adult. He worked at the Ohio Deaf-Blind Outreach program in 1994 and while working gathered extensive knowledge on deaf blindness. Jeff gained greater understanding by attending the Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) for one week and attending the Institute on Deafness training. He has also worked closely with the American Association of the Deaf-Blind in years past and has worked nationally, internationally and locally with deaf-blind individuals, communities and organizations.
ACCOMMODATIONS
This workshop will be presented in ASL. Please email secretary@southcarolinarid.org to request any accommodations by April 6.
PAYMENT POLICY
Payment is due at the time of registration. If your place of employment intends to pay on your behalf, please reach out to the SC RID Treasurer at treasurer@southcarolinarid.org. A private payment link can be sent to your institution for online payment and the Treasurer can assist in completing the registration process.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registrants who are unable to attend may cancel up to 5 days before the event. Cancelling a paid registration will generate a credit. If you are unable to attend, please inform us as early as possible in the event of a waitlist.
NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
SC RID is committed to preventing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations.
Book discussion: Black Like Me Part 1
Presenter Anita Baker, BA, CI/CT
Virtual Mini Workshop via Zoom
Thursday, June 12, 2025 7:00-8:30 PM EST
$15 or $5 for SC RID Members
0.15 PPO CEUs
This two-part book discussion will explore John Howard Griffins book Black Like Me. This book discussion will be a foundational tool to support navigating the need of diversity, equity and inclusion of all persons in interpreter groups by looking through the lens of an author who is a member of the majority American culture and discuss his findings from his journal entries.
Participants will engage in authentic conversations as a group in a safe space to discuss the author's experiences as a black man and how to tie his findings to current topics in the field of interpreting today related to DEI.
Interpreters with limited knowledge of the Black Experience.
This workshop will be presented in ASL. Please email secretary@southcarolinarid.org to request any accommodations by May 16th.
SAVE THE DATES!
Black Like Me Part 2 will be on August 7th from 7-8:30 pm.
It is not necessary to attend both parts of the workshop. Mini Workshops will be presented quarterly. Please contact us if you are interested in presenting a Mini Workshop.
No refunds will be given. Registrants will receive a credit if they need to cancel their registration.
Email
secretary@southcarolinarid.org
Mailing Address
SCRID
PO Box 172951
Spartanburg SC 29301
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