Applying Practical Tips for Interpreting with DeafBlind Individuals

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.