DI Training - Session III

This is the final session of a 3-part training series for Deaf Interpreters hosted by SC RID and SCAD.

Keven Poore, MA, CDI, CASAC II is the Director of Substance and Addiction Intervention Services for the Deaf (SAISD) at NTID. He began working there in June of 2017 after 7 years as a full time freelance Certified Deaf Interpreter in the Philadelphia area. He received his Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Gallaudet University and has provided mental health and chemical dependency services for 20 plus years. He has provided workshops on interpreting – primarily Behavioral Health interpreting, Deaf Interpreting and Deaf/Hearing Interpreting Teams. He was the content expert in two online modules, one with CATIE Center’s Introduction to Addiction and Recovery Interpreting and the other with Northeastern University’s Center on Atypical Language Interpreting (CALI). With CALI, he is a facilitator for the Supervising Partners Module as well as one of the facilitators for CALI’s Practical Application Virtual Experience (PAVE).  Keven also is an instructor for NTID’s Certificate in HealthCare Interpreting program and Certificate in Deaf Interpreting program.  He was also the previous co-chair of the Test Development Committee under CASLI.

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