Month: November 2016

Hey interpreters!!! So we talked about educational interpreting, medical interpreting, now let’s discuss legal interpreting. Legal interpreting is interpreting in legal settings. The NIC actually has a certification for Legal Interpreting for those who want it. Here’s a few videos to help you get started and see if Legal Interpreting is a good fit for you.

Legal Interpreting 1

Legal Interpreting 2

Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano is Gallaudet University’s current President and the first deaf female president. Cordano is a non-profit executive, former Minnesota assistant attorney general and the co-founder of Metro Deaf School, a bilingual bicultural charter school for deaf and heard of hearing children. Cordano previously served as the vice president of programs for the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She overseen direct community-based programs for nearly 9,500 people in the areas of early childhood, community mental health, family supportive housing, aging and caregiver services, school reform, and food access.  She is widely credited for managing and sustaining programs in a highly volatile revenue environment, providing community leadership, fostering innovation, strengthening and supporting diversity within the workforce, and structuring services for optimal alignment and collaboration.Cordano has held several leadership roles in different sectors, including health care; higher education as assistant dean for the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota; and in government as an assistant attorney general for the State of Minnesota.

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Gallaudet University: Roberta J. Cordano

Hey, interpreters!! Earlier, I posted on ASL Idioms, and thought “hey, why not explore this topic a little more broadly”. So here we are. Next to jokes, Idioms are one of the hardest things to me interpret, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. The English language has a lot of Idioms, unfortunately that are used in everyday language. So to help explore Idioms, let’s get some help from Taylor. Taylor actually has a three part segment on Idioms. Try using some of these in your daily signing! Happy Interpreting!!

Part Two

Part Three

Practice makes Perfect! Today’s practices are relating to the recent election and its results. We’re going to talk about voting, people. I know you’re probably tired of it, but it’s important that we know the vocabulary and know how to interpret it.

Today’s Expressive Practice is from Eric Liu “There’s no such thing as not voting”

For the interactive script, click here: http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_liu_there_s_no_such_thing_as_not_voting/transcript?language=en

Today’s Receptive Practice comes from the Daily Moth. The Daily Moth is a news program that updates you on the most trending news in ASL. They have a website, a YouTube channel, an Instagram and twitter. Alex the host is covering the election results.

Website: http://dailymoth.com/

YouTube Channel: The Daily Moth

Instagram: @thedailymoth

Twitter: @thedailymoth

Practice makes Perfect!!! I’m so excited!! It’s my favorite subject: Fingerspelling!! I know most of you dread fingerspelling, but it is essential to interpreting. Today the videos are short, so don’t feel overwhelmed.

Today’s Receptive Video features Miss Patty Gold naming all the Presidents

Today’s Receptive Video comes from June McMahon past president of the Florida Association of the Deaf

The Atlanta Speech School continues to bring the latest research-based education to its students and to impact the education of children far beyond its campus.

The Buckhead school serving students at birth through sixth grade has for 12 years offered free training for teachers of children from birth to age 8. In August, when it launched an online video, titled “Every Opportunity,” through the school’s Rollins Center for Language and Literacy’s virtual Cox Campus, it received 1.3 million views on YouTube and another whopping 33 million views on Facebook.

“We’ve had requests from Egypt, Brazil, Australia, Romania for assistance,” Comer Yates, the school’s executive director, said. “…We describe ourselves as the education equivalent of a teaching hospital. We have a limited number of children we can serve here but then we can leverage the experiences of being able to bring the talents of these teachers to the school. This isn’t our research but it’s our application of the research.”

Read more: http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/buckhead-s-atlanta-speech-school-has-viral-video-hosting-gala/article_613aafd2-9d11-11e6-bdb4-c3603715ddc0.html

Community Emergency Response Basic Training (CERT) for the Deaf was recently offered at the Newnan Police Headquarters.

For three days, Georgia Emergency Management Agency-certified instructors were able to present information exclusively in American Sign Language to ensure hearing-impaired citizens are equipped with basic skills needed for emergency readiness.

While CERT training is nothing new, the recent class in Coweta was only the second time in the United States the program was taught – not interpreted – in sign language, according to Aaron Shoemaker.

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http://times-herald.com/news/2016/10/cert-training-for-the-deaf-makes-history-in-georgia

Claudia L. Gordon is the first deaf African-American female attorney in the United States. Born in Jamaica, Gordon became deaf at the 8 years old after having sharp pains in her ears. At 11, she moved to the United States and attended Lexington School for the Deaf in New York. In 1995, she graduated form Howard University with a Bachelors in Political Science. She later went to the American University Washington College of Law. She has worked as a staff attorney for the National Association for the Deaf, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, as a Public Engagement Advisor and in the White House. She has received the 2005 Hurricane Response Award, the Paul G. Hearne Leadership Award, the 2010 Deaf Life Magazine Deaf Person of the Year award, and the 2011 Amos Kendall Award. The former Miss Deaf American and Delta Sigma Theta member, is a member of many organizations including the National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center and Black Law Students Association.

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Claudia Gordon Prezi