29th “World’s Largest Silent Weekend”

June 26-29, 2008 

Most Beginners sessions will be in Forum East

Most Intermediate sessions will be in Salon 1

Most Advanced and Interpreter sessions will be in Salons 2 and 3

Special classes and some regular sessions will be in the Forum West rooms.

      The “No Talking” rule will begin immediately after Thursday evening’s orientation.  This “No Talking” applies no matter where you go … even if you go to the mall!  Please respect your fellow participants’ desire to experience an authentic experience and sign EVERYTHING.  If you go to the restaurant or shopping, use paper and pencil to communicate with non-signers.
      There will be a special “Time-Out” staff person for beginners and intermediates.  If you feel overwhelmed and frustrated and need to talk, Maureen Longo Tuccelli is available for a short chat.  Pick up a “help” card at the registration desk and present it to Maureen – she will take you to a time out room where you can talk.  She is not always easy to find and that experience may help you better understand what Deaf people go through when they try to find an interpreter.
       The number of classes offered to beginners, intermediates and advanced was based directly on your responses in the registration form as to what signing level you feel you belong in.  If you put down “novice” or “survival” or “beginner”, you should attend the beginning track.   Intermediates should attend the intermediate track.  Those identifying themselves as advanced or superior signers or interpreters should attend the advanced track.   Unless otherwise indicated, the special choices and workshops labeled ALL LEVELS are open to all but may be too challenging for beginners and too basic for advanced.
        There are no interpreters provided for anything other than the opening and closing, nor is there anyone to mirror what is being signed behind you.  You must visually find the communication in the room.  Deaf people must do this everyday.  While we hope you will learn what is presented, when you miss something, realize our goal of providing you with a “Deaf-like” experience has been achieved and that, too, has merit.
          Extra time has been added between classes to allow you time to use the restrooms, do CEU paperwork, allow presenters time to prepare for their next topic, etc.
      The ASL Improv Night is a separate event not associated with DrSign.  It will begin after the close of the Silent Weekend.  Tickets are available for $10 advanced purchase and $15 at the door from Jon Ziev.
        On the back of your program book is an evaluation form.  Please evaluate each of your classes as you complete them and tear out the form and place it on the registration table before you leave. 
   The location of next year’s event will be announced on the website www.DrSign.com     As presenters are selected for 2009, their topics will be posted there as well.

Sincerely,
Mike Tuccelli AKA “Dr Sign”

CEU PAGE

This year we are using RID Activity Report Forms.  Please be sure to write your name and number legibly.  We considered your request for using the sticker system, but RID now charges for those and your registration price would have gone up.  That system also requires a plentiful staff, which we don’t have.  Because we are no longer using Scantrons and because we have extended the break times between sessions, we hope this part of the weekend will run more smoothly than in the past.

            The following list represents the sessions that have been approved for CEUs.  Often presenters will teach the same topic at a lower level.  They tech it more slowly and without covering all the information.  Therefore, ONLY the workshops at the time listed below are valid for receiving CEUs.  If a session was granted CEUs and is only taught once with advanced and intermediates together, it receives CEUs.  Unless otherwise noted by GS (General Studies), all workshops are in the professional studies category.

Thursday 2-6 p.m. – Using Expression in the Classroom – Shannon Simon – Salon 2

Thursday 10:15 p.m. – 12:15 a.m. Sex Signs – Jose Granda – Salon 2

Friday 7 a.m. – Juggling!  An Art Form to Improve Your ASL – Cathi Boulton – Salon 2

Friday Period 1 – Discourse in ASL – Peter Cook – Salon 2 Section A

Friday Periods 1 and 2  – Using ASL to Sign Songs – Keith Wann – Forum West 1-3

Friday Period 2 – Defining Prosody – Mike Ernest – Salon 2 Section B

Friday Period 2 – (General Studies) Interpreting Difficult Words in the Bible – Jon Barr – Forum West 4

Friday Period 2 – Grow Your Vocabulary – Shannon Simon – Salon 2 Section C

Friday Period 2 – ASL Stories – Paul Jones and Mike Tuccelli – Salon 3 Section D

Friday Period 3 – Anticipating the ASL – Debbie Smith & Maureen Longo Tuccelli – Salon 2 Section B

Friday Period 3 – Video Remote Interpreting – Mike Ernest & Linda Horton – Salon 3, Section D

Friday Periods 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – Medical Interpreting – Mike McKee & Lani Crosby – Salon 2, Section A

Friday Period 3 – Multiple Meaning Words – Shannon Simon – Salon 2, Section C

Friday Period 3 – ASL Concepts – Dennis Buck – Salon 3, Section E

Friday Period 4 – Interpreting With Style – Jon Barr – Forum West 4

Friday Periods 4 and 5 – Sign Mime – Patrick Fischer – Salon 3 Section D

Friday Period 4 – ASL Idioms – Dennis Buck – Salon 3, Section E

Friday Periods 5 and 6 – Deaf Idioms – Jon Ziev – Forum West 4

Friday Period 5 – Anticipating the ASL – Debbie Smith & Maureen Longo Tuccelli – Salon 2 Section B

Friday Period 5 and 6 – ASL for the 21^st Century .. – Crom Saunders – Salon 3 Section F

Friday Period 5 – Computer Terminology – Dennis Buck – Salon 3 Section E

Friday Periods 5 and 6 – Church Music for the Deaf – Jon Barr – Forum West 1-3

Friday Period 6 – Creativity and ASL – Peter Cook – Salon 2, Section A

Friday Period 6 – Mathematical Terminology – Dennis Buck – Salon 3, Section E

Friday 7 p.m. – Drug Vocabulary – Dennis Buck – Salon 1

Friday 8:15 p.m. – Sex Signs – Dennis Buck – Salon 1

Saturday Period 7 – ASL Semantics – Trix Bruce – Salon 2, Section B

Saturday Periods 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – Medical Interpretng – Mike McKee & Lani Crosby – Salon 2, Section A

Saturday Periods 7 and 8 – Storytelling:  What Are You Looking At?  – Keith Wann – Salon 3, Section D

Saturday Periods 7 and 8 – City, State and Country Signs – Jose Granda – Salon 3, Section F

Saturday Periods 7 and 8 – Study and Translation ... Script … -- Patrick Fischer – Salon 3 Section E

Saturday Periods 8 and 9 – Face Painting – Trix Bruce – Salon 2 Section B

Saturday Period 8 (General Studies) – Tips for Teaching Bible … – Marietta Patchin – Forum West 1-3

Saturday Period 8 (General Studies) – How to Develop a Church Deaf … -- Jon Barr – Forum West 4

Saturday Period 9 – (General Studies ) Deaf President Now 20 – Mike Ernest – Salon 2 Section C

Saturday Period 9 – (General Studies) My Experience with Deaf …  – Jose Granda – Salon 3 Section D

Saturday Period 9 – ASL Colloquialisms – Patrick Fischer – Salon 3 Section E

Saturday Periods 10 and 11 – Hearing Idioms – Jon Ziev – Forum 4 West

Saturday Periods 10 and 11 – Visible Words:  The Art of Storytelling .. -- Trix Bruce – Salon 2, Section B

Saturday Periods 10 and 11 – Visual Story Improv – Keith Wann – Salon 3 Section D

Saturday Periods 10 and 11 – Can You See What I Saw? – Crom Saunders – Salon 3 Section E

Saturday Period 11 – Study and Translation of a Famous Oath … -- Patrick Fischer – Salon 3, Section F

Saturday Period 12 – ASL Demystified – Panel – Salon 2

Sunday, Period 13 – Scriptural Concepts – Marietta Patchin

Sunday, Period 14 – Interpreting Congregational Music – Marietta Patchin

<>Sunday, Period 15 – Interpreting Deaf Religious Services – Paul Jones and Mike Tuccelli
 

Please use this sheet to keep track of your CEU count.  The paperwork from Silent Weekend is always submitted to our sponsor, FRID, within two weeks.  It then needs to go to RID and they must post it.  There is often a delay in that prodess; however, once posted if your transcript has a discrepancy, please contact Andrea Smith at

 

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Silent Weekend 29 Schedule

7:00 a.m. Friday is Early Bird ALL LEVELS invited. Salon 2  Juggling!  An Art Form to ImproveYour ASL and Interpreting Skills (CEUs) with Cathi Boulton.

8:15 a.m. Friday is period one

Beginners will have a plenary session in Forum East:  Trix Upon a Time: An ASL Storytelling Handbook by Trix Bruce.

Intermediates will have three choices in Salon 1: (A) Time X Ten by Mike Ernest; (B) Sign Mime by Patrick Fischer (8:15 to 10:35); and (C) Getting a Picture in Your Mind by Jose Granda (8:15 to 10:35). 

Advanced/Interpreters will have two choices in Salon 2:  Discourse in ASL (CEUs) by Peter Cook and in Forum West Using ASL to Sign Songs (CEUs) by Keith Wann (8:15 to 10:35).

9:35 a.m. Friday is period two

Beginners will have two choices in Forum East: (A) Details:  You Need Them! by Debbie Smith and (B) Conceptual Accuracy and Idioms by Marietta Patchin.

Intermediates will have three choices in Salon 1: (A) The Rule of Nouns and Verb Pairs by JoyAnn DiGiovanni; (B) Sign Mime by Patrick Fischer (8:15 to 10:35); and (C) Getting a Picture in Your Mind by Jose Granda (8:15 to 10:35).

Advanced will have five choices: Salon 2 (A) Interpreting Difficult Words in the Bible (CEUs) by Jon Barr; (B) Defining Prosody in ASL (CEUs) by Mike Ernest; (C) Grow Your Sign Vocabulary by Thinking of English Synonyms (CEUs) by Shannon Simon; Salon 3 (D) ASL Stories (CEUs) by Paul Jones; and in Forum 1 West Using ASL to Sign Songs (CEUs) by Keith Wann (8:15 to 10:35). 


10:55 a.m. Friday is period three 

Beginners will have a plenary session in Forum East Creativity and ASL by Peter Cook.

Intermediates will have four choices: Salon 1 (A) Just Like Child’s Play -- Two Dimensional Lines, Shapes and Patterns by JoyAnn DiGiovanni; (B) Study and Translation of a Famous Oath & a National Anthem by Patrick Fischer; and (C) Polish Up on Fingerspelling and Numbers by Jose Granda  and in Forum West How do You Voice That?? by Marietta Patchin.

Advanced will have five choices: Salon 2 (A) Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles? (CEUs) (10:55 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) Anticipating the ASL/Predicting the Phrase (CEUs) by Debbie Smith and Maureen Longo Tuccelli; (C) Multiple Meaning Words – Creating Equivalent Messages (CEUs) by Shannon Simon; Salon 3 (D) Video Remote Interpreting:  A Technological Model of Services? (CEUs) by Mike Ernest and Linda Horton; (E) ASL Concepts (CEUs) by Dennis Buck.

 

1:30 p.m. Friday is period four 

Beginners will have two choices in Forum East: (A) Expressive Fingerspelling:  Am I Clear? by Debbie Smith and (B) The Rule of Nouns and Verb Pairs by JoyAnn DiGiovanni.            

Intermediates will have three choices in Salon 1: (A) ASL Stories by Paul Jones; (B) Sunday Comics by Cathi Bouton and (C) Making Faces by Keith Wann.

Advanced will have four choices: Salon 2 (A) Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles? (CEUs) (10:55 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) Interpreting With Style – Making it Interesting to Watch (CEUs) by Jon Barr; and in Salon 3 (D) Sign Mime (CEUs) by Patrick Fischer (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.); and (E) ASL Idioms (CEUs) by Dennis Buck.

                                                                          

2:50 p.m. Friday is period five

Beginners will have a plenary session in Forum East  Making Faces by Crom Saunders. 

Intermediates will have a plenary session in Salon 1: (B)  MORE CLASSIFIERS:  Camping Adventures by Trix Bruce.

Advanced will have six choices: Salon 2 (A) Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles?  (CEUs) (10:55 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) Anticipating the ASL/Predicting the Phrase (CEUs) by Debbie Smith and Maureen Longo Tuccelli (repeat); Salon 3 (D) Sign Mime (CEUs) by Patrick Fischer (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.); (E) Computer Terminology (CEUs) by Dennis Buck; (F) ASL for the 21^st Century:  ASL as a Visual Medium (CEUs)by Crom Saunders (2:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.); and Forum West (1) Church Music for the Deaf (CEUs) by Jon Barr (2:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.); Forum West 4 Deaf Idioms, How to Translate That? (CEUs) by Jon Ziev (2:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.).

 

4:10 p.m. Friday is period six

Beginners will have two choices in Forum East: (A) I Know Some Signs … But I’m Too Scared to Have a Conversation! by Patricia Chun and (B) Time X Ten by Mike Ernest.
 

Intermediates will have two choices in Salon 1: (A) Multiple Meanings by Patrick Fischer; (B) MORE CLASSIFIERS:  Water Activities by Trix Bruce.

Advanced will have six choices: Salon 2 (A) Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles? (CEUs) (10:55 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) Creativity in ASL (CEUs) by Peter Cook; Salon 3 (E) Mathematical Terminology (CEUs) by Dennis Buck; (F) ASL for the 21^st Century (CEUs) by Crom Saunders (2:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.); and Forum West (1) Church Music for the Deaf (CEUs) by Jon Barr (2:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.); Forum West 4 Deaf Idioms, How to Translate That?  (CEUs) by Jon Ziev (2:50 p.m. to 5:10 p.m.).

7:00 p.m. Friday is the Keith Wann Show for ALL LEVELS in Salon 2 and Drug Vocabulary 202 (CEUs) by Dennis Buck in Salon 1 for Advanced.

8:15 p.m. Friday is Sex Signs 202 (CEUs) by Dennis Buck in Salon 1 for Advanced.

7:00 a.m. Saturday is Early Bird for ALL LEVELS with Sunrise with Peter in Salon 2.         

8:30 a.m. Saturday is period seven

Beginners will have two choices in Forum East:  (A) How do I Sign “I’m on Cloud Nine??” by Patricia Chun and (B) Classifiers A to Z by Jon Barr.

Intermediates will have three choices in Salon 1: (A) Can You See What I Saw? by Crom Saunders (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.); (B) ASL Linguistics 101 by Dennis Buck and (C) Numbering Systems in ASL by JoyAnn DiGiovanni

Advanced will have sixchoices: Salon 2 (A) Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles?  (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) ASL Semantics:  Precision of Expression Series Focus Word:  OUT (CEUs) by Trix Bruce; Salon 3 (D) Storytelling “What Are You Looking At?” (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.) by Keith Wann; (E) Study and Translation on Scripts of Different Genres (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m) by Patrick Fischer and (F) City, State and Country Signs (CEUs) by Jose Granda (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.)

 

9:35 a.m. Saturday is period eight 

Beginners will have three choices: Forum East (A) Classifiers …Making ASL So Much Easier by Patricia Chun; (B) Unusual View by Cathi Bouton and in Forum West (1) Teaching Bible Study to the Deaf by Marietta Patchin (open to all levels).

Intermediates will have four choices: Salon 1 (A) Can You See What I Saw? by Crom Saunders (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.); (B) ASL Made Easy by Dennis Buck; (C) Deaf Culture Our Way by Joyann DiGiovanni; and in Forum West (1) Teaching Bible Study to the Deaf by Marietta Patchin (open to all levels).

Advanced will have seven choices: Salon 2 (A)  Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles? (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) “Face Painting” with Non-Manual Signals in ASL (CEUs) (9:35 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.) by Trix Bruce; Salon 3 (D) Storytelling “What Are You Looking At?”  (CEUs) 8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.) by Keith Wann; and (E) Study and Translation on Scripts of Different Genres (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m) by Patrick Fischer; Forum West (1) Teaching Bible Study to the Deaf (CEUs) by Marietta Patchin (open to all levels), Forum West (4) How to Develop a Church Deaf Ministry (CEUs) by Jon Barr and (F) City, State and Country Signs (CEUs) by Jose Granda (8:15 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.)
 

10:55 a.m. Saturday is period nine

Beginners will have four choices: Forum East (A) Classifiers …Making ASL So Much Easier – Part 2 by Patricia Chun; (B) Deaf Culture Our Way by JoyAnn DiGiovanni; Salon 3 (F) Making Faces by Crom Saunders and Forum West 1 What Really is Involved in Deaf Ministry?? Am I Called?? by Marietta Patchin (open to all levels).

Intermediates will have four choices: Salon 2 (A) Creativity in ASL by Peter Cook; (B) ASL Slangs by Dennis Buck;(C) Deaf Culture:  From the Inside Out by Jon Barr (10:55 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.) and Forum West (1) What Really is Involved in Deaf Ministry?? Am I Called?? by Marietta Patchin (open to all levels).

Advanced will have six choices: Salon 2 (A)  Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles?  (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) “Face Painting” with Non-Manual Signals in ASL  (CEUs) (9:35 a.m. to 11:55 a.m.) by Trix Bruce; (C) Deaf President Now 20:  A Perspective on Protest and Leadership (CEUs) by Mike Ernest; Salon 3 (D) My Experience With Deaf Rights (CEUs) by Jose Granda; (E) ASL Colloquialisms (CEUs) by Patrick Fischer and Forum West (1) What Really is Involved in Deaf Ministry?? Am I Called?? (no CEUs) by Marietta Patchin (open to all levels).

 

1:30 p.m.  Saturday is period ten

Beginners will have two choices in Forum East: (1) Conversational Sign .. Signing Wihout Talking or Mouthing!!! by Patricia Chun and (2) Numbering Systems in ASL by JoyAnn DiGiovanni.
          

Intermediates will have three choices in Salon 2: (A) Expressive Fingerspelling:  Am I Clear? by Debbie Smith; (B) How to Oppress Deaf People:  A Field Manual by Mike Ernest and (C) Deaf Culture:  From the Inside Out by Jon Barr (10:55 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.).

Advanced will have five choices:  Salon 2 (A) Medical Interpreting – What Do You Need to Know to be Effective Interpreters in These Roles? (CEUs) (8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for 4 clock hours) by Michael McKee MD and Lani Crosby; (B) Visible Words: the Art of Storytelling with Classifiers (CEUs) by Trix Bruce; (C) Visual Story Improv (CEUs) (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) by Keith Wann; Salon 3 (E)  Can You See What I Saw? (CEUs) (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) by Crom Saunders and in Forum West (4) “Hearing Idioms, How to Translate That?” (CEUs) (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) by Jon Ziev.
 

2:50 p.m. Saturday is period eleven

Beginners will have two choices:  Forum West (1) A Beginner’s Look at Signing Music in ASL by Patricia Chun) and Forum East (2) ASL Phrases or Idioms by Jon Barr.

 Intermediates will have two choices in Salon 2: (A) Details:  You Need Them! by Debbie Smith; and (B) Defining Prosody in ASL by Mike Ernest

Advanced will have five choices: Salon 2 (A) Creativity and ASL (CEUs) by Peter Cook; (B) Visible Words: the Art of Storytelling with Classifiers (CEUs) by Trix Bruce; (C) Visual Story Improv (CEUs) (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) by Keith Wann; Salon 3 (E) Can You See What I Saw? (CEUs) (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) by Crom Saunders and Forum West (4) “Hearing Idioms, How to Translate That?” (CEUs) (1:30 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) by Jon Ziev and (F) Study and Translation of a Famous Oath and a National Anthem by Patrick Fischer.

4:20 p.m. Saturday is period twelve

Beginners, intermediates and advanced – meet in Salon 2 (the 30’ break is to give time for the hotel staff to get the room and stage ready).  This will be a special moderated panel to answer ASL questions either already written and/or from the floor. (CEUs)

Sunday, June 29, 2008

 

Period 13 -- 8:15 a.m – 9:15 a.m. --- Marietta Patchin – Scriptual Concepts – for all levels -- CEUs

Period 14 -- 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Marietta Patchin – Congregational Worship Songs – for all levels – CEUs

Period 15 -- 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Paul Jones – Deaf Church – CEUs