Hello Fellow Colleagues, Attached in a 2009 Conference announcement flyer regarding the IEISMS in August. Please share with your respective states and...
Interesting. My situation is completely opposite. In our county, there is a very strong push for all interpreters to become highly qualified, and the State...
Its not that we aren't expected to do it, we just have to pay for it ourselves. I am in Missouri and we are required to have 12 hours of CEUs per year for our...
Just a quick note to let you know that the proceedings of the SDP online conferences 2006 - 2008 have now been published as International Perspectives on...
The 3rd Annual National Sign Language & Interpreting Conference is scheduled for April 30 & May1, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center just across the street...
My 22 year old son just moved to Philly to attend Temple University for his MA and would like to take sign language classes (We have a six-year-old profoundly...
The Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada (AVLIC) is holding its beennial conference July 6-10, 2010, in the nation's capital Ottawa, Ontario,...
    Hi There,   Not sure where your son can take signing courses, we do have a Bucks County Community Collage, close to where I live. I would love to...
I am in a high school language arts class. They are starting to read the book: Ulysses, a short, easy read book from The Odyssey. I feel that it can be easier...
The seventh Supporting Deaf People online conference will take place between the 3rd and 6th of February 2010. For the forthcoming conference, we invite...
Go to _Welcome to Sign Language Specialists_ (https://www.signlanguagespecialists.com/) They have lots of online workshop options. Lezlie In a message dated...
A request of the interpreters in our building has spurred some discussion and I would like to hear from those of you who have interpreted the questions on a...
The seventh in the highly successful Supporting Deaf People online conference series will take place between the 3-6th February, 2010 This year's themes are: *...
Hi: Before a test the interpreter shld confer with the teacher to check what limitations and expecations there are ie: is the objective to see if the child...
I'm not an interpreter just a mom of a HOH child but it just makes good common sense that on a test it should be just interpreting the question as given....
I would say that the interpreter interprets the question without tutoring or guiding the student. If the student has difficulty with the content then the test...
I would like to know if there is any kind of support agency or group in MO for the care and prevention of injuries before some situation becomes workman's...
I am an interpreter in a high school for 35 years. My opinion is that tutoring needs to happen before the test and any basic or background information the...
Hello! I am very happy to announce the opening of the new website: www.shonnapareja.com Here, you can keep track of and register for upcoming workshops,...
That is a SEE sign Lezlie In a message dated 11/5/2009 5:24:40 P.M. Central Standard Time, csvillars@... writes: I know you can finger spell the word...
ok thanks. I kinda like it for when you might be saying something like so as in so what. :-) I think my daughter who has fine motor issues could sign this...
Per new IEP specifications, the possible over use of hands during the day has increased. I realize it doesn't do much good to complain, so what is some...
In the lang arts class I am in the next book to be read will be The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. I checked out an audio copy...
It is not that I do not have access to the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and I have found the summary notes online as well. This is not...
http://thebookladysblog.com/2009/06/01/book-chat-the-absolutely-true-story-of-a-part-time-indian-by-sherman-alexie/ I include the website because the language...
I would think talking to the teacher to see how they will be handling the wording would be first priority because in my opinion when interpreting for someone...