The
2009 Silent Weekend Topics
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THURSDAY June 25,
2009
1 – 7 p.m.
Registration
2 – 5 p.m.
Introduction to Legal Interpreting by Len
Roberson for CEUs
7:00 p.m.
ORIENTATION
– Meet the presenters!
9 p.m. to 10 p.m. ASL Idol
by Trix Bruce for CEUs
FRIDAY June 26, 2009
6::30 – 8 a.m.
Registration
6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Sunrise with
Shineyhead
6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Juggling! (CEUS) with Cathi Bouton
Novice Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Beginning
ASL: Where Do I Put My Hands?” by Sherry
Jertberg
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What’s
Your Phone Number? Numbers and WH
Questionjs by Grace Bermudez
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Expounding
With Adjectives by Sherry Jertberg
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Cooking
Up ASL Sentecnces by Grace Bermudez
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Transforming
Nouns to Verbs by Sherry Jertberg
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Shopping
in the Candy Store by Grace Berrnudez
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Beginners Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Section A
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Number Incorporation and Numbers in ASL by
JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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Deaf Culture: Our Way by JoyAnn
DiGiovanni
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Deaf Culture: Social Interaction and Its
Rules by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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50 ASL Phrases or Idioms by Jon Barr
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How to Use Classifiers and ASL Classifiers
With Movement by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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Show Me the ASL by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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Section B
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Classifiers for Water Activities by Trix Bruce
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Time X Ten by Mike Ernest
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Classifiers A to Z by Jon Barr
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Religious Songs by JRenee ackson
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ASL Homonyms and Synonyms by Bonnie Rennie
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Intermediates Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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A
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ASL Colloquialisms by Patrick Fischer
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Handshape Common Misuse: Really?
Did I Sign That by Trix Bruce
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Polish Up on Fingerspelling and Numbers by
Jose Granda
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Demystifying Prosody in American Sign Language
by Mike Ernest
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50 ASL Phrases or Idioms b y Jon Barr
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B
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Scripture Analysis
Workshop by Renee Jackson
BEGINS 7:30 a.m.
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Classifiers
A to Z
byJon Barr
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Religious Songs by Renee Jackson
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How do you voice that?? by Marietta Patchin
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Time X Ten by Mike Ernest
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ASL Stories by Paul Jones
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Deaf Culture vs. Hearing Culture by Bill Rennie
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ASL Misunderstandings by Bill Rennie
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Advanced Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Section 1
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Legal Interpreting by Dr. Len Roberson
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Creating Classifiers by Saunders for
intermediates and advanced
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Section 2
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City & State & Country
Signs by Jose Granda
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My Experience With "Deaf Rights" by Jose
Granda
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English to ASL: Interpreting: Dropping the
Form by
Shannon Simon
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Section 3
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A Humanistic Approach to Our Profession by
Shannon Simon
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Incorporating Expansion Techniques in Your
Interpreting by Bill Ross
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Section 4
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Construct Language: Stop Telling Me and Show
It. By
Francisco Olivera
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ASL Colloquialisms by Patrick Fischer
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Sign Mime by Patrick Fischer
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Section 5
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Scholar-Apprentice: A New Look at Mentoring by
Bill Ross
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Setting Boundaries: Reality for the Emerging
Interpreter by Mike Ernest
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Demystifying Prosody in American Sign Language
by Mike Ernest
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ASL SEMANTICS: Precision of Expression Series
Focus Word: RUN by Trix Bruce
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Section 6
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Hospital Interpreting: You
Want to be Helpful? Are You Sure???
By Molly Preato
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Take Your Client from “HUH?”To “Ohhhhh I See!”
by Molly Preato
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“Not All Interpreting Jobs are Created Equal” by Molly Preato
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Section 7
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ASL Songs by Keith Wann for intermediates and
advanced
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Hearing Jokes in ASL by Keith Wann for
intermediates and advanced
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Special Choice
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Periods
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1
8:00 – 9:00
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2
9:15 - 10:15
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3
10:30 – 11:30
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4
1:30 – 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00 – 5:00
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Music and the Deaf Ministry
by Marietta
Patchin
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What really is Involved in Deaf Ministry
??? Am I called? by Marietta Patchin
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Scriptural Concepts by Marietta Patchin
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FRIDAY
NIGHT
ELECTIVES
7 – 9 p.m.
Cromania! … for Advanced –
CEUs
7 – 9 p.m.
Sex
Signs by Jose Granda – CEUs
SATURDAY
6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Sunrise
with Bill Rennie
Novice Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Fingerspelling
and Introducing Yourself by Sherry Jertberg
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Going
On Vacation by Grace Bermudez
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Weather
and Sports by Sherry Jertberg
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Facial
Expressions and Conceptual Accuracy by Grace Bermudez
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Deaf
Culture: You Need to Know by Sherry
Jertberg
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Soaring
with a Song by Grace Bermudez
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Beginners Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Section A
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Memory
Mats for Sign Language Concepts by Renee
Jackson
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An
ASL Storytelling Handbook
by
Trix Bruce
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Hearing
Loss: Pathology or Challenge
by
Mike Ernest
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Making
Faces by Crom Saunders
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Religious
Signs
by Bonnie Rennie
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Section B
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Classifier
Fascination by Grace Bermudez
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Conceptual
Accuracy and Idioms by Marietta
Patchin
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Memory
Mats for Sign Language Concepts by Renee Jackson
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Express
Yourself by Sherry Jertberg
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Intermediates Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Section A
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Creating
Clasifiers
by
Crom Saunders
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Making
Faces by Crom Saunders
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Sign
Mime by Patrick Fischer
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Section B
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How
to Oppress Deaf People by Mike Ernest
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Getting
a Picture in Your Mind by Jose Granda
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Number
Incorporation by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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How
to Use Classifiers by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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Show
Me the ASL by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
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Section C
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Developing
Receptive Skills by Bill Ross
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ASL
Extreme Makeover by Trix Bruce
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Empowerment
Through Signing Skills by Trix Bruce
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Translating
English Idioms into ASL by Bill Rennie
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Advanced Schedule
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Periods
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1
8:00
– 9:00
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2
9:15
- 10:15
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3
10:30
– 11:30
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4
1:30
– 2:30
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5
2:45-3:45
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6
4:00
– 5:00
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Section 1
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W3
– The Who, the What, and the Why of Interpreting in Court by Len
Roberson, PhD
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Song
Poing What? Interpreting Church Misic by
Jon Barr
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Section 2
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Interpreting
Difficult Words in the Bible by Jon Barr
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Ethics
101 – Establishing a Foundation by Shannon Simon
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Ethics
102 – Interpreting Dilemmas and Possible Solutions by Shannon Simon
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How
to Oppress Deaf People by Mike Ernest for Intermediates
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Section 3
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Task-Based
Language Teaching and ASL
by
Cathi Bouton
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WOW
the Message by Jon Barr
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How
to Oppress Deaf People by Mike Ernest
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Face-Painting
by Trix Bruce
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Section 4
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Scripture
Analysis
by Renee Jackson BEGINS 7:30 a.m.
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Theatre
Interpreting
by Crom Saunders
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ASL
Stories by Paul Jones
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Developing
Receptive Skills by Bill Ross
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Section 5
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Fingerspelling
Warp
by
Bill Rennie
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Poetry
Development in ASL
by
Bill Rennie
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Trilingual
Interpreting by Francisco Olivera
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NIC
Interview
by
Francisco Olivera
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Section 6
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DYOITP
part 1 by Molly Preato
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DYOITP
part 2 by Molly Preato
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DYOITP
part 2 by Molly Preato
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Section 7
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Improv
Games for ASL Comfort by Keith Wann for Advanced
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Improv
Games for ASL Comfort by Keith Wann for Intermediates
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Section 8
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Tips
for Teaching Bible Study to the Deaf by Marietta Patchin
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Sunday
Choir Practice by Renee Jackson
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Sunday morning
8 – 9 a.m.
Sunday
School for Deaf Adults by Marietta
Patchin (CEUs)
9:10 – 10:10 a.m.
Amazing
Grace: Revisiting a Classic by Maureen
Longo Tuccelli (CEUs)
10:20 – 10:35 a.m.
Choir
by Renee Jackson (CEUs)
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
ASL
Sermon by Paul Jones (CEUs)
Presenters for 30th
World's Largest Silent Weekend include: Trix
Bruce, Keith Wann, Crom Saunders, Bill Rennie, Bonnie Rennie (recommended
by
Trix Bruce), Bill Ross (North Carolina), Dr. Len Roberson (Legal
Interpreting track), Francisco and Heather
Olivera, Cathi Boulton, Paul
Max Jones, JoyAnn DiGiovanni, Patrick Fischer, Sharon Jertberg, Grace Bermudez, Jose Granda, Molly Preato, Mike Ernest, Renee
Jackson, Marietta Patchin, Jon Barr and Maureen Longo Tuccelli (New presenters
highlighted)
Here
are the Topics for 2009 -- there are approximately 150
hours
listed. The workshops will range from one
hour to eight hours each. The workshops will
be
finalized for beginners, intermediates, and/or advanced/interpreters
and will have the number of hours posted after close of late group
registration the first week of June. Thursday and Friday nights
will have entertainment
included. Saturday night will be a separate event called ASL
Improv (click
here for registration)
Presenters and topics will
not be finalized until early June but
practically all of the below will be offered! Reason is that
workshops are contiguent on the number of
beginning, intermediate and advanced ASL students as well as ITP
students and interpreters registered.
For Thursday afternoon preconference (2 to 5 p.m.) -- free for
registered
participants, $50 at-door for non-registered:
Introduction
to Legal
Interpreting -- 2 to 5 p.m . -- Open to all but focus is
on
advanced/interpreters -- CEUs -- by Dr. Len Roberson of Jacksonville,
Florida
So, what’s the big deal?
A few legal terms, some life-altering decisions, an attorney,
some
handcuffs. Through engaging discussions,
interactive work, and case studies we’ll examine just what makes
interpreting
work “legal” and we’ll explore some of the key differences between
legal and
non-legal work.
For Friday and
Saturday:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS SHOULD HAVE AN EARLY BIRD "Sunrise With
Bill
Rennie" and "Sunrise With Patrick Fischer" as one or both of them are
being considdered to be a part of the entertainment team in 2010 and/or
2011.
50 ASL Phrases or
Idioms -1 hour
for beginners and one hour for intermediates by Jon Barr from
Georgia
Beginners often look at ASL and wonder, "Why didn't I learn that in my
class?" These class will help beginners with many commonly used
ASL Phrases or Idioms, from "Think-dwell" to "What-do?" to
"Dumbfounded."
Amazing Grace: Revising a Classic -- 1 hour for all
groups (CEUs -- Sunday morning) by Maureen Longo Tuccelli from Elkton,
Florida
Many interpreters have done the classic hymn "Amazing Grace". How
it is interpretred is dependent upon the audience. Come see and
share different veersions from transliterating into English for those
who want to "sing/sign" along to strong ASL versions for those who want
to be able to show Deaf parishioners why this hymn is classic.
An ASL
Storytelling Handbook, Trix Upon a Time: -- 1
hour – beginners – by Trix Bruce from Washington State
Create your own visual
storytelling! Brainstorm the steps needed to put a story together. List
all the
details of the play that affect the body's senses ( vision, sound,
smell,
taste, and touch). Imagine yourself as a member of the audience ( both
deaf
& hearing). What do they really want to see? Exercises that help
you learn
how to make clearer body language, gesture, and signs. Finalizing the
story and
narration in ASL. Participants will learn the following aspects of ASL
Storytelling: Role Shifting, Eye Gazing, Characterization, Classifier
Usage,
Building a story in ASL.
ASL
Colloquialisms – 1
hour – advanced – CEUs
– repeated for intermediates by Patrick Fischer from Portland, Oregon
Part of linguistics study of
how colloquialisms and slangs differ in ASL in comparison to English.
For
example: brown nose, held back anger, lost the thought, and
more.
Each slang has their own ASL sign/grammar. This is one of the
most
misused and misunderstood part of our ASL language.
ASL
Extreme Makeovers: The Art of Personification -- 1
hour – intermediates – by Trix Bruce from Washington State
Learn how to “change yourself”
into someone or something else. In literature, the technique of
“personification” gives an inanimate object, a plant, or animal
characteristics
that make it seem “human”. The object shows emotions and takes on
person-like
behaviors. You can use this technique in American Sign Language to
“become” a
flower, butterfly, or even a book! Trix will demonstrate how to
personify
characters and shift roles within your story. You’ll learn how to
“become” a
baseball, basketball, beach ball, bowling ball, football, marble, ping
pong
ball, racquetball, soccer ball, water polo ball, and more!
ASL Homonyms and
Synonyms - Beginning - 2 hours by Bonnie Rennie from Anaheim,
California
In this workshop you will learn same-English
words (like, "What do you mean?" and "You're so mean!")
(homonyms) that have different signs, and then you'll learn signs that
are signed the same or nearly the same (synonyms) but have
different meanings.
ASL Idol! – Thursday night entertainment by Trix
Bruce
Join the fun and show off
your talents in “Trix’s ASL Idol”! Let the magic happen as you try out
your
improv signing skills at this creative event. Join in as Trix and event
participants compose and present A to Z, number, and handshape stories,
and all
kinds of ASL entertainment. Deaf judges will determine contest winners.
Don’t
miss this sensational signing extravaganza!
This event offers an
enchanting and entertaining evening of traditional ASL storytelling.
Trix
performs amazing feats of American Sign Language skill, thrives on
audience
interaction, and enjoys accepting artistic challenges onstage. With her
creative storytelling, Trix brings into play handshapes, classifiers,
3-D
representations, personification, role shifts, international sign, and
more.
Let Trix take you on a roller coaster ride through ASL poetry,
storytelling,
folk tales and fun!
ASL
Misunderstandings– 1
hour – for advanced or intermediates – CEUs if for advanced – by Bill
Rennie
from Anaheim, California
In this workshop
we will discuss why
hearing people often misunderstand the deaf when they sign ASL. Learn
how
"yes" can actually mean "no" and "no" can
actually mean "yes"!
ASL
SEMANTICS: Precision of Expression Series Focus
Word: RUN --
2 hours – advanced – CEUs – by Trix Bruce from Washington
State
Semantics is defined as the
study of meanings expressed by the elements of a language or a
combination of
the elements. A concept expressed in an ASL sign often cannot be
conveyed by a
single all-purpose English word. Likewise, English words and phrases
may have
variations in meaning, which require translations using different ASL
signs.
This workshop helps the student advance skills in translating the
languages of
ASL and English. This workshop will
focus the word of RUN.
ASL Stories by Paul Jones – one hour for intermediates and one hour
for advanced – CEUs – by Paul
Jones from Orlando,
Florida
Paul will share six ASL stories which are
masterpieces of usage of classifers.
SPECIAL
TRACK FOR THOSE KNOWING NO SIGN LANGUAGE-- ONLY $89 REGISTRATION
-- click
here to register
Classes for novice signers
(and beginners who want a review) WITH VOICING
from the
instructors. This is a hands-on low-stress comforting approach by
instructors specially selected for their interpersonal supportive
skills.
Topics listed below include vocabulary development, fingerspelling,
numbers,
directional
verbs, indexing, yes/no questions, WH-questions, facial expressions,
conversational ASL, etc.
"Beginning
ASL, Where Do I Put My Hands?" – 1 hour – novice – by Sherry
Jertberg from Gainesville,
Florida
Everyone tells me "Use ASL" but how? I
can't get past my English! This class will help you start making
the transition from English to beautiful ASL.
"What's
You Phone Number? Numbers and WH Questions" – 1 hour –
novice – by Grace Bermudez from Palm Bay, Florida
Bring your pencil and paper for
exchanging information with
each other using number signs and wh questions.
What expressions match with wh questions? You
will be surprised how naturally you will
incorporate vocabulary and body and facial expressions while you
dialogue.
"Expounding
with Adjectives" – 1
hour – novice – by Sherry Jertberg from Gainesville, Florida
Help! I feel like a deer in
headlights!! So you've taken a sign class but when you met a deaf
person you froze This class will help you get past the fear ande
feel conficent to hold a conversation.
"Cooking
Up ASL Sentences"
– 1 hour – novice –
by Grace Bermudez from
Palm Bay, Florida
In
this class we will be "Preparing
for the
Party". We will learn signs for
various foods, family members, and
colors. You will gain practice
in
signing sentences with possessives.
"Transforming Nouns to
Verbs" – 1 hour – novice – by Sherry Jertberg from
Gainesville,
Florida
"I haven't seen you in a 'Month of
Sundays""!! Our language is full of funny sayings, or "idioms",
handed down to us by family friends and society. We will
incorporate normal nouns and verbs compared to how they are used with
idioms to make your signing conceptually accurate.
"Shopping in the Candy
Store" – 1 hour – novice – by Grace Bermudez from Palm Bay,
Florida
This class
will focus on signs used
for shopping, making the
choices, what to buy?
how to pay?
You and your partner will be
given the opportunity to practice your exchanges.
"Fingerspelling and Introducing
Yourself" – 1 hour – novice – by Sherry Jertberg from
Gainesville, Florida
Let your fingers do the walking! This
class will focus on fingespelling ease and clarity. It will help
you in introducing yourself and everyday use.
"Going on Vacation"
– 1 hour – novice – by Grace Bermudez from Palm Bay, Florida
This class will focus on signs
used for shopping, making the
choices, what to buy?
how to pay?
You and your partner will be
given the opportunity to practice your exchanges.
"Weather and Sports"
– 1 hour – nov ice – by Sherry Jertberg from Gainesville, Florida
Classifiers!?! What's that?? ASL
incorporates specific handshapes and movements that can bring your
signing alive and create a clearer picture, saving time and energy.
"Facial Expressions and
Conceptual
Accuracy" – 1 hour – novice – by Grace Bermudez from Palm Bay,
Florida
The fascination wtih ASL comes
alive with appropriate facial
markers. Find out how meaning can
drastically change by simply changing your facial expression. We will also explore conceptual
accuracy to match the intended
meaning.
"Deaf Culture, You need to
Know"
– 1 hour – novice – by Sherry Jertberg from Gainesville, Florida
Deaf Culture Faux Pas ... A faux pas is a
violation of accepted social rules, faux pas vary widely from culture
to culture, and what is considered good manners in one culture can be
considered a faux pas in another. We will examine how this
relates to deaf culture and how you can avoid a deaf culture faux pas.
"Soaring with a Song"
– 1 hour – novice – by Grace Bermudez from Palm Bay,
Florida
Do you want to learn
ASL?
By using music to learn new vocabulary, you can easily make
mental
connections and retain the information.
You will compare Signed English to American Sign Language with
the
lyrics, in order to understand the importance of conceptual accuracy. Come explore the expression of beautiful
ASL
set to music with three popular songs.
Can’t?
Can’t.
Means Can? Can. – 1 hour – advanced – CEUs
– by Molly Preato
Using Comparison as
an
Expansion Technique
(Contextualization)
City &
State &
Country Signs --
2
hours – advanced – CEUs – by Jose Granda from Miami, Florida
There are over 180 signs to
memorize! Gain knowledge of our American signs and the native sign for
that
country. Some of the signs are definitions of a cultural aspects or
trademarks.
Classifiers
A to Z Classifiers
A to Z -- 1 hour for
beginners by Jon Barr from Georgia
Knowing about classifiers and using them are two different things.
This session will show many classifiers and provide practical
helps in using classifiers in everyday conversation and in interpreted
settings. Knowing
about classifiers and using them are two different things. This
session will show many classifiers and provide practical helps in using
classifiers in everyday conversation and in interpreted settings.
Common
Mistakes/Misunderstandings in ASL -- one hour for inteermediates
by Bill Rennie from Anaheim, California
Often hearing people can misunderstand reading
the deaf
signing. Learn how to recognize these
mistakes/misunderstandings to better communicate with the deaf.
Conceptual
Accuracy and Idioms -- 1 hour --
beginners -- by Marietta Patchin from West Palm Bay, Florida
Most beginning signer
become confused and
frustrated because they cannot think of or recall the sign for a
particular
word. Hearing minds tent to rely on their native which is based
on sound
and is not a conceptual language. ASL is not a word for
word system
of communication. ASL is a CONCEPTUAL system.
Individuals who
want to become skilled singers must become conceptual signers and not
WORD
signers. In this class we will take a good look the meaning
of
CONCEPTURAL ACCURACY and learn ways to train the mind to SEE rather
then HEAR.
Join us for the fun as we also throw in a few English
idioms
to make that signed word for word will blow your mind !!!!
Contemporary
Harmony -- 1 hour for all -- TBA -- by Renee Jackson
If you
attended any one of
the “Religious Song” sessions I taught, this hour will be spent
practicing the
song(s) for presentation during the Sunday Morning service.
Creating
Classifiers -- 2
hours for
intermediates and advanced /interpreters – CEUs – by Crom Saunders
This is
classifiers discussion and development- how to create new classifiers
for new
images -- The use and variety of classifiers go beyond the standard
ones taught
in ASL classes- true fluency in ASL includes the ability to create new
classifiers that are syntactically correct, and the meaning of such new
classifiers clearly conveyed. Attendees will learn models for
classifier
creation opportunities, and how to think in 3-D/Visual linguistic
style, and a
greater understanding of classifier use. Attendees will also learn how
to
describe actions and objects without using standard ASL vocabulary or
reliance
on PSE.
Construct Language: Stop
Telling Me and Show It.
– 1 hour –
for advanced – CEUs – Francisco Olivera
Linguistic Pollution is a real
problem. English just manages to creep into our signing product no
matter how
hard we try. Deaf people agree: some of us just need to "act it out."
Are you having trouble letting go of the English? Come and learn some
tips on
giving your signing a more picture-like quality.
Using Power Point,
the instructor
will introduce the 4 ASL “rules of reality,” describe how they are used
then
show examples of sentences in ASL which have been interpreted from
English
using the rules as a guideline. The instructor will explain that these
4 rules
are crucial when communicating in any form of a visual language.
Instructor will show
how to gesture
sample English sentences and ask for volunteers to do the same.
Lastly, participants will
split into
groups of four and interpret a paragraph-long short story using
construct
language.
"Cromania!" – 2
hours – CEUs – by Crom Saunders -- Friday night entertainment
A
narrative about a deaf person’s view on life among a hearing world.
Cultural
aspects will be discussed as well as the logistics for a deaf person of
operating within a business and social world that expects one to hear.
Participants
will be asked to give feedback on certain topics that the presenter
will provide,
and will also participate in role-playing scenarios.
– no voicing will be provided.
Deaf Culture:
Our Way
– 1 hour for
beginners by
JoyAnn DiGiovanni from Jupiter, Florida
This
workshop shares information about the
different kinds of deaf humor and jokes. To be able to understand more
about
the humorous aspects of the deaf experience. Will share examples of
classic "deaf
jokes" The following jokes have been passed down through
generations
of deaf people and are widely known among individuals within the
American Deaf
Community. Deaf Humor is important to our culture. The participants
will learn
and wish to become more than casual acquaintances of the deaf
community. Will share
some humorous (Deaf jokes), hazardous and sometimes embarrassing
experiences of
being deaf in a world where sound predominates almost every aspect of
life.
Deaf Culture vs. Hearing Culture – 1 hour – for intermediates – by
Bill
Rennie from Anaheim, California
Born deaf, Bill Rennie grew
up in a
hearing home and didnʼt learn sign language until he was 15 years old.
In this
round-table, open discussion, he will openly talk about his struggles
going
from one culture to another and share his often times humorous stories
of
living in a those two cultures.
Deaf Culture: Social
Interaction and Its Rules – 1 hour for
beginners by JoyAnn DiGiovanni from Jupiter, Florida
This session is a must for
all those who
work and deal with the deaf, sign language students, agencies, staff
personnel,
interpreters, family members of deaf people and etc. This is so
because
the study and understanding of the deaf have recently begun to shift
focus from
a clinical/pathological perspective toward a more cultural viewpoint.
AS any
cultural group has its own unique traditions .It is only by
understanding these
traditions that the diversity of the people and the nuances of their
language
can be appreciated. In this session, participants will begin to
experience the
rich cultural identity and will come to observe in a deeper way the
interactions that characterize these two unique groups(Deaf and
Hearing). Will
show different culture tips and how to get along well in the deaf
community.
Deaf
Idioms -- 2 hours for intermediates and advanced (CEUs) by
Bill Rennie
These are signs you don’t normally learn
in a classroom
situation or from a book but they are signs used by the Deaf community
in their
everyday conversations.
Demystifying
Prosody
in American Sign Language – 1 hour for advanced and 1 hour for
intermediate –
CEUs – Mike Ernest
In
spoken
languages, prosody refers to variations in rate, pitch, loudness,
stress,
intonation and rhythm of continuous speech. As it relates to fluency -
the
absence of prosody is perceived as monotonous speech. Speech that is
not
rhythmic or prosodic is also characterized as unusually slow or fast,
halting,
dysfluent and lacking the normal rhythm and fluency of a native
speaker.
In American Sign Language, prosody
is a
term that is used to refer to variations in handshape, the movement,
rhythm and
size of signs, and to movements of the torso, head and neck. Variations
in
posture and body movement, the rate and direction of sign movement,
sign
tension and stress, increases and decreases in the size of sign
production,
variation in pacing and pauses, and repetition of signs create rhythm
and
fluency. As in spoken languages, native and near-native fluency are
often
marked by skill in prosodic variation. In this workshop, we will
examine
characteristics of native signers that are examples of prosody.
Developing
Receptive Skills -- 2
hours
--- for intermediates and again advanced – by Bill Ross from North Carolina
This workshop focuses on the
development of visual receptive language skills, an often-cited concern
for
second language learners. Since the majority of interpreters for
the Deaf
today acquire American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language, the
ability to
fully understand sign language is critical to a comprehensive
understanding and
interpretation of the signed message. Focus will be on various
techniques
in developing greater receptive ability, some areas addressed: culturally
based signs, numeric recognition, fingerspelling, and interactive
behavior.
Design
Your Own Interpreter Training Program -- six hours in
three parts -- CEUs by Molly Preato
Throughout
my interpreting career, I have continually wanted to be critiqued, get
feedback, and be informed of my weaknesses and strengths.
Since I was a QA “0” and even today as a
CI/CT, that desire hasn’t changed. In recent years I have been blessed
to work
with many beginning interpreters who have wanted our mentors to do just
that,
so I created this tool to help all of us do self assessments!! Imagine, whenever you really feel like you
need a boost, a refocus, or just don’t have a workshop/class coming up,
you can
improve your skills using You-Tube or books on tape!!!
Explanation and application of this tool for
self-assessment will be broken down into 3 workshops, each examining
separate
aspects of the interpreting process that raters look for, and we will
“rate” a
tape. Come and improve your skills with us!!!
Empowerment Through Signing
Skills -- 1 hour –
intermediates – by Trix Bruce from Washington State
Get ready to face your
challenges and win! Trix’s tips empower you in building superior
signing skills.
The presenter will review regional accents and cultural perspectives.
The
presenter has worked with students, teachers, and interpreters. She’s
learned
about their challenges, and in conversation with Deaf friends, as well
as
through surveys, she has discovered ways to support signing
empowerment. She
helps workshop participants feel “on top of the world”. How do you
handle it
when someone criticizes your skills? Learn to honor yourself and your
values,
your time, and the skills that you’ve been building over the years.
English to ASL: Interpreting: Dropping the Form – 3 hours
for
advanced/interpreters – CEUs – by Shannon Simon from St. Augustine, FL
Designed for interpreters who
want to improve their interpreting skills. We will cover theory
and process,
briefly, then engage in practice using print and spoken English
to create
an equivalent ASL message. This workshop will help those who
regularly
transliterate but want to build their interpreting skills.
ETHICS
101 –
Establishing a Foundation -- 2 hours for
advanced/interpreters -- CEUs -- by Shannon Simon from St. Augustine,
Florida
Interpreters normally work autonomously
and must be able to make
decisions regarding ethical dilemmas. Knowing personal core
values can
help interpreters make difficult choices. Do you know
yours? Can
you explain the difference between moral temptation and ethical
dilemma?
Learn how they differ and explore the 4 kinds of ‘right versus right’
paradigms
identified by R.M. Kidder. Establish a foundation for ethical
decision-making.
ETHICS 102 -
Interpreting Dilemmas and Possible Solutions -- 2
hours for advanced/interpreters -- CEUs -- by Shannon Simon from St.
Augustine, Florida
What
should I do when this happens? It’s a ‘right versus right’
situation, how will I choose which “right”? Participants
will
explore possible resolutions for ethical dilemmas related to
interpreting
situations using the Code of Professional Conduct as a
guide. This
workshop will focus on situations and group discussion of possible
outcomes.
Express
Yourself -- 1 hour for beginners by Sherry Jertberg
Facial Expressions and Gesturing.
“Face-Painting” with Non-Manual
Signals in ASL-- 2
hours -- advanced/interpreters – CEUs – by Trix Bruce
from Washington State
Non-manual signals (NMS) in
American Sign Language enrich and clarify the meaning of manual signs.
Come and
learn that art of painting your face with a full spectrum of NMS colors
and
designs. Non-Manual Signals include: 1) Non-Manual Adverbs 2) Lexical
Non-
Manual Behaviors 3) Non-Manual Grammatical Markers 4) Emotional
States / Evaluative judgments
5)
Prosodic Structure 6) Discourse Structure 7) Turn Taking 8) Backchannel
Feedback 9) Grammatical
“Sound” Markers, and 10) Mouth
Movements.
This workshop will focus on developing accurate non-manual signals and
markers
as used in ASL. Demonstrations of each category of facial behaviors and
head
movements will be shown in context. Practice exercises will be offered.
By the
end of this workshop, you’ll be an artist!
Fingerspelling
Warp: Improving Receptive Skills -- 2 hours --
intermediates and advanced (CEUs) by Bill Rennie
Some Deaf fingerspell at warp speed! In
this workshop the participant will learn
some techniques on how to improve their receptive skills!
“Getting a
Picture in Your Mind”
-- 2 hours for intermediates by Jose Granda from Miami
This workshop will help
develop strong receptive skills that will teach participants to create
a picture
and walk through the picture, this workshop will develop those
visualization
skills. The participants in challenging activities like drawing a
home floor
plan , describe a car in detail, and learn signs of characters to
interpret
children’s stories.
Handshape
Common Misuse: Really? Did I Sign That? -- 2
hours -- Intermediates -- by Trix Bruce from Washington State
The Handshape is probably the
most apparent parameter of ASL. Linguists have identified a large
number
of discrete handshapes, which the signs are most look-like. The
presenter will
demonstrate several categories that demonstrate various degrees of
similarity
for particular handshapes, which can lead to misunderstandings.
She will
also show the proper application of palm orientation, location, and
movement
for the handshapes.
"Hearing
Loss: Pathology or Challenge: Communicating with People who Have
a Hearing Loss" -- for
beginners by Mike Ernest from Virginia
The failure of effective communication with
a person who has a hearing loss is often blamed on the person with the
disability themselves. In fact, the hearing impaired person may feel
guilty and blame themselves for communication errors.
Here are some tips from people with hearing
loss as to how to take responsibility for communication by making their
needs known in an assertive and knowledgable manner.
Hearing
Jokes in ASL – two
hour for intermediates and advanced – CEUs – by
Keith Wann from Brooklyn, New York
Edutainment.
Hearing
Jokes have many words. Pretty
wordy. Loquacious at times. Many times while telling a
joke or
interpreting one we concentrate so hard
on the words and dialogue we forget to show the
characters involved.
The purpose of this workshop is for us to practice ASL
Joke signing / and interpreting. We will
use Jokes from other comedians and identify characters and how to
portray
them. Discussion include body shifting,
authority gazing and other made-up stuff from the presenter.
“Hospital
Interpreting: You Want to Be Helpful?...Are You Sure?????” -- 2 hours Advanced
(CEUs) by
Molly Preato
This
workshop, specifically created for Interpreter’s and Deaf consumers in
hospital
situations, will explore the interpreter’s role and the safest and most
appropriate things interpreters should and shouldn’t do. In the
hospital
setting interpreter’s decisions often become different than in other
situations. We will identify the models of interpreting, NAD/RID’s CPC, as well as various roles in the
hospital
to bring us to an educated discussion of various situations that have
occurred
and could occur in the hospital-interpreting setting. Hopefully we will
realize
in this setting, a “non-helpful” interpreter does mean professional
interpreter. Audience participation is welcome. Presenter has been a
professional interpreter since 1986 and a Registered Nurse since 1992.
How
do you voice that?? --
one hour for
Intermediate by Marietta Patchin from West Palm Bay, Florida
You might call
this
conceptual accuracy
in reverse, Now we are looking at ASL to English instead of
English
to ASL. What words will you use for that ASL
phrase.
Will the “hearing” understand. Am I getting the point
across? Does my voice tone match the Deaf person's sign
tones. Do I follow English word order or voice
ASL?? How important is it anyway??
How to Use Classifiers and
ASL Classifiers With movement – one hour for beginners and one
hour
intermediates by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
This
session will have the participants learn
how to use classifiers to describe things and to manipulate the classic
classifiers. The participants will learn how to
describe and
indicate more complex concepts from drawings, photos and short
narratives. There
will be some fun activities to do.
How to
Oppress Deaf People: A Field Manual
-- one hour
for intermediate and one hour for advanced (CEUs) by Mike Ernest from
Virginia
Interpreters
are often well-meaning individuals who have the best intentions to
provide equality
and communication access for Deaf people. Yet, interpreters are often
viewed
with suspicion and as oppressors by members of the Deaf Community.
Using
sociological theories of In-group / Out-group dynamics, this workshop
will
discuss the tension between interpreters and the population they serve,
and
suggest methods to improve the cooperation and communication between
the
interpreting community and the deaf community.
Humanistic
Approach to Our Profession, A -- two hours for advanced
(CEUs) by Shannon Simon from St. Augustine, FL
This workshop will examine our professional behavior and the boundaries
that have been placed on them by others. The instructor will pose
questions about behaviors that might be seen as “unprofessional” by
some. Should the interpreter assist with arranging
chairs? Is it appropriate for the interpreter to offer to get
water for others when getting it for themselves? Is it okay for the
interpreter to pass papers as the come along?
The theme will be to see if we can’t be professional and humanistic at
the same time.
Improv
Games for ASL Comfort
– two hour for intermediates and two hours for advanced – CEUs – by
Keith Wann from Brooklyn, New York
Interactive
Improv games
to improve your confidence in using everything you have to be
understood by the
other person. Hands, Arms, Legs, and those faces…just make it
up..interpreters do! Edutainment. Often
we are faced with the problem of running out of signs while we
interpret. This workshop will help the
participants feel
comfortable making up classifiers during improv games
Incorporating
Expansion Techniques in Your Interpreting -- 3 hours – Advanced – CEUs –
by Bill Ross from North
Carolina
The language differences in
American Sign Language and spoken English require that interpreters
employ
various expansion and compression techniques to achieve message
equivalency.
Expansion techniques are used in order to make implicit information in
the
source language more explicit in the target language. If an
interpreter
is unfamiliar with expansion techniques, the resulting interpretation
develops
errors, unnatural phrasing, and incorrect grammatical structures.
The
goal of this workshop is to expose interpreters to various expansion
techniques
and to begin incorporating specific techniques as found in American
Sign
Language.
Interpreting
Difficult Words in the Bible - 1 hour for
advanced -- CEUs -- by Jon Barr from Georgia
Have you ever wondered how to sign words like abased, conversation,
grace, emerods, feebleminded, and more? This practical workshop
will present numerous difficult words, their definitions, and
strategies to interpret them into today's language and culture.
There will be time for group questions and interaction.
Juggling! An art form to
improve your ASL and interpreting
skills – 1 hour for
advanced – CEUs – by Cathi Bouton from
Fairbanks, Alaska
This workshop
will look at the similarities between learning a language and learning
to
juggle and how juggling can improve your ASL and interpreting skills.
This is a
very hands-on workshop and participants WILL learn to juggle!
Legal Interpreting Track – TOTAL OF EIGHT HOURS
CEUS
APPLIED FOR
Session 1: Legal Interpreting: The Key Ingredients to a
Successful Experience -- 4 hours -- by Dr. Len Roberson
(Friday morning)
Participants will explore
foundational aspects to legal interpreting by examining the differences
between
legal, non-legal, and court interpreting while at the same time
learning
essential qualities of a legal interpreter. Various settings and
key
roles of legal interpreters will also be explored. Participants
will also
examine the legal right to an interpreter.
Session 2: W3 – The Who, the What, and the Why of
Interpreting in Court -- 4 hours -- by Dr. Len Roberson
(Saturday Morning)
In an effort to fully
understand and appreciate the varied roles and responsibilities of a
legal
interpreter in the judiciary, participants will examine key roles of a
court
interpreter, learn the essential components of Model Code of
Professional
Responsibility for Interpreters in the Judiciary, and apply the
code to
real scenarios.
Making
Faces -- 1 hour
for beginners and
intermediates – by Crom Saunders
Facial
expressions are an integral part of ASL grammar. This workshop will
model some
basic facial expressions that have grammatical significance in ASL, and
help
increase natural fluency in expressive ASL.
Memory
Mats for Sign Language Concepts – 1 hour for beginners -- will be
presented twice by Renee Jackson from Jacksonville, FL
This class is
specifically designed for new and beginning sign language learners.
The
brain is a complicated element of your being…and sometimes you feel
like
learning sign language is too. Learning
sign language is not complicated.
Attend this class to understand how your brain helps you learn
best so
you can benefit the most from other teaching sessions.
We will explore various graphic organizers
that may help you memorize and retain new information about sign
language.
My
Experience With
"Deaf Rights" -- 1 hour – advanced – by Jose
Granda from Miami,
Florida
This workshop will focus on my
experience from 1950’s through present time related with
communication
systems , using interpreters, the laws, jobs, and the communication
barriers.
Also, I will discuss old technology to new technologies for
communication and
living. How did my parents communicate with me during my childhood?
Multiple
Meanings – 1 hour –
beginners – by
Patrick Fischer from Portland,
Oregon
One word equals one
sign? NO. There are several semantics signs for one English
word
depending on the content of the sentences. Students can learn to
select
right sign to match information and avoid using a wrong sign which
cause
confusion and misunderstanding. Example: My nose is running
vs Jane
is running for office. The sign for running is different for both
sentences. This is one of the most misused and misunderstood part
of our
ASL language.
Music and
the Deaf Ministry --
one hour -- topics and descriptions coming from Marietta Patchin from
West
Melbourne, Florida
NIC Interview: Give Me a
Sample Already! – 1
hour – advanced – CEUs – by Francisco Olivera
Tired of going to workshops
without seeing model answers for the NIC Interview? Come to this
workshop with
your questions and sample situations to watch a NIC: Advanced and a
NIC: Master
interpreter model how they would answer scenarios in front of a camera.
Using
Encounters With Reality,
the instructors will model possible ways to answer scenarios. Scenarios
will be
chosen at random by participants. Instructors’ answers will adhere
closely to
RID’s NIC Interview Examination Rubric Anchors.
Instructors will
also show select
scenarios using Power Point. Participants will be asked to work in
pairs and
identify the conflict found in the scenarios as well as come up with
possible
solutions.
Not All Interpreting Jobs are Created Equal-- 2 hours
for advanced (CEUs) by Molly Preato
As
our profession has increased in research and quality, as well as the
sheer
number of Professional/Certified Interpreters, the evolution of such
growth
causes specialization, similar to that of physicians’ profession. The purpose of this workshop is to examine
the genres of interpreting settings: from educational and community,
through
VRS and compare various characteristics of that genre such as, but not
limited
to: support systems available; skills needed; benefits package, pay
levels,
specialize training, etc… Come ask your
questions and get answers to questions such as: -“Why am I
told that the highest level ‘terps should be doing educational
especially the pre-k and kindergarten?”
-“
What’s it like to do shift interpreting in
the hospital? “ (go see molly’s workshop Hosp.
Interpreting)-“I’ve heard that VRS is hard, why?? It’s just phone
calls. I just got
certified, why did they suggest I get a couple of years doing community
interpreting, then come back?”-“Do you make more money doing
educational or community interpreting?”-“I’m
really scared
to
do community interpreting; I just want to do VRS.”
This
is a great time to figure out your “niche”
without trial and error.
Number Incorporation and Numbers in ASL – one hour
for beginners and one hour for intermediates by JoyAnn DiGiovanni
from
Jupiter, Florida
Numbers play an
important role in everyday life.. This session provides an informative,
positive and practical approach to numbering practice to help you learn
numbering as an integral part of ASL rather than an isolated
component.. If you
think numbers are difficult, this session gives basic information
about
how numbers are used in ASL. In Most languages, numbers are one
of the
most difficult things to learn well. The participants will learn
the
rules for numbers. Indicating money in sign language is not
difficult. There are just a few rules to memorize.The participants
will learn more about numbers tips.( time, age, sequence and so
forth) There are several ways to sign in numbers.
Poetry Development in ASL –
1 hour – for advanced – by Bill
Rennie
from Anaheim, California
Use your imagination and express
yourself without worries or stress of "am I doing it right?" Instructor
will guide you through the process.
Polish Up on Fingerspelling and Numbers – 1 hour – for intermediates – by Jose
Granda from Miami,
Florida
Participants will learn
how to recognize the correct way of fingerspelling and using numbers.
Demonstrate
proper handshape to make concept clear to the Deaf reader. Categiories
covered will be money , measurements, height, ages, sports, etc.
Religious
Songs – 1 hour for beginners and intermediates
by Renee Jackson from Jacksonville, Florida
Description coming
Religious Signs
-- two hours for all levels by Bonnie Rennie from Anaheim,
California
In this workshop, you'll learn over 150 religious signs.
Whether you are involved in a Deaf Ministry or interpret or want
to interpret services for the Deaf, this will be a helpful resource.
Scholar-Apprentice:
A New Look at Mentoring
-- 2 hours –
advanced – CEUs – by Bill Ross from North Carolina
Mentoring is a vital tool for
those in the interpreting profession. A mentor provides feedback
and
guidance to those in want of such a model. How that mentor
provides
feedback, and the language used by the mentor can encourage, or
discourage, the
“apprentice” (mentee). There are specific terms and phrases that
can be
used to depersonalize feedback to encourage growth. This approach
and
terminology will be presented along with an overview of the history of
mentoring. The Self Guided Approach and Guided Approach will be
introduced and clarified. Peer Mentoring will be discussed as a
possible
alternative.
Scripture
Analysis Workshop -- one and a half hour for
each Intermediate and
Advanced (CEUs offered) by Renee Jackson from Jacksonville,
Florida. This will be one and a half hours.
This workshop is designed
for interpreters of traditional religious groups. Understanding
the five types of scriptures
(expository, theological, devotional, ethical and practical),
participants will
obtain new skill sets to transliterate scriptures.
The instructor will explain the features of
each type of scripture and use active protocols to stimulate
participants to
practice transliterating each type of scripture.
Scriptural
Concepts.
Open to all levels. (CEUs) by
Marietta Patchin from West Palm Bay, Florida
How many concepts are
there in the
scripture for the word “glory”? Are you using the same sign
for all
of them? What about phrases like: “the carnal mind”, ‘without a
vision
men parish” or “be ye not unequally yoked together” How many
concepts
for simple words like sleep, dead, or though can you find in the
scripture? We will examine words and biblical phrases in this
class
keeping them in context with the verse. We also will look at
various
passages and consider the entire meaning, then put it into a visual
picture.
Knowing and understand scriptural concepts is vital for those who want
to give
a clear message. As the scripture says, “If the trumpet give an
uncertain
sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle”. If you want to
"tune up your trumpet" this is the class to take.
Setting
Boundaries:
Reality for the Emerging Interpreter – 1 hour for advanced – CEUs --- Mike
Ernest
from Virginia
When making the
transition from signer/interpreter training student to
working interpreter, one of the greatest challenges is setting
boundaries. Your
personal and professional behavior as an emerging interpreter can set
the tone
with consumers for an entire career. This workshop will define a number
of
boundary-setting strategies used by experienced interpreters. The
attitude of
Deaf Consumers to these strategies will also be discussed. Interactive
participation is expected!
Show Me the ASL – 1
hour – for beginners and/or intermediates by JoyAnn DiGiovanni from
Jupiter, Florida
This
workshop will have the participants
learn how to sign in ASL and learn how to be more comfortable with
ASL Will have the opportunity to look at the
sentences and
decide how to sign in ASL.
Signs of
Sexual
Behavior – 2 hours –
advanced – CEUs – by José Granda from Miami
(Informal and
Formal ) Multitudes of activities to
assist you in using the appropriate signs of sexual behavior in your
casual
signing and interpreting. You will be exposed to the actual signs along
with
explanation for their usages. The activities will teach how to
accurately use
the sign in natural conservation or interpreting settings. Even
church interpreters need to know these signs because of interpreting
marriage counseling by the Pastor or priest or rabbi.
Sign Mime -- 3 hours – advanced – CEUs – 3
hours
repeated for intermediates – by Patrick Fischer from Portland, Oregon
Sign
mime uses non-conventional signs and is all
mimed. Classifiers, gestured movement, and visual
emotions/expressions
are used to perform in sign mime. Inspirations are from movies,
cartoons,
scripts, books, and your creativity. The benefits of using sign
mime are
the ability to tell a story either through scripts or imagination that
is
wholly visual, ability to imitate expressions and emotions, and
enrichment in
descriptive skills. Develop your storytelling skills in showing
you how
to use classifiers, gestures, and visual signs. All will have a
“hands
on” learning experience in different areas of Sign Mime’s techniques
which
are: Body Classifiers, Body Part Classifiers, Instrument
Classifiers,
Locative Classifiers, SASS, Point of Views, Abstract, and Split Screen.
Song Point What? - Interpreting
Church Music - 2 hours
for intermediates and advanced -- CEUs-- by Jon Bar from Georgia
Making church music
meaningful and interesting for Deaf people can be quite a challenge,
especially
when the music does not contain a strong beat.
This workshop will help church signers and interpreters
understand the
elements of music and how to communicate the message of church songs
and hymns
in a more meaningful way.
Sunday
Choir Practice – 1 hour for everyone who plans to stay
for Sunday morning. This will be offered by Renee Jackson from
Jacksonville, FL This will be
offered Saturday afternoon. Description coming.
Sunday
School for Deaf Aduls, Some Great Tips -- 1 hour Sunday morning
post conference by Marietta Patchin, CEUs -- for all levels
This class session will focus on effective ways to teach
Sunday School to Deaf Adults and their perspective
of the Bible and bible concepts.
Take your client from “Huh???” To “Ohhh I See!“
Transliterating Vs Interpreting --
1 hour –
advanced – CEUs – by Molly Preato
We hearing
consumers often look at the interpreting/transliterating process as how
WE got
it out; but we really need to construct our message to benefit the
perspective
of our D/HH consumers. Did we give them the message in the easiest way
for THEM
to comprehend? Let’s analyze transliterating and interpreting and try
to break
the process down to its most pure message equivalence.
We will formulate the language continuum,
analyze similarities and differences of each process/language, and then
apply.
In the application process we will take one source message;
transliterate,
analyze, interpret and analyze! What a difference we will see in a back
to back
setting!! WOW!
Task-Based
Language Teaching and ASL – 2 hours for advanced -- CEUs – by Cathi
Bouton
Conference
participants will be provided a brief overview of the theoretical
principles of
TBLT and guided through the process of creating lesson plans based on
these
principles. Geared for ASL teachers
<>Theatre
Interpreting (called
"Getting Dramatic
about Interpreting") -- 2 hours for advanced/interpreters – 2 hours –
advanced – CEUs – by Crom Saunders
Signing for the theater is a
different style and presentation than signing for the classroom or
conversationally. This workshop is for
those who would like to
interpret for theatre, or to sign with “stage presence”. Participants
will
learn techniques and ways to hone skills to that will them be more
expressive,
and a more streamlined part of theatrical interpreting work. These
techniques
also help interpreters in other work environments in terms of clarity,
role
assignment, and reducing lag time.
Time X Ten – 1 hour – beginners and
intermediates – Mike Ernest
Vertical time,
horizontal time, calendar time and sun time? Time is
managed in ASL in a variety of creative visual ways, using space,
movement,
direction and non-manuals. Here is a workshop that describes and allows
practice for ten variations in time for beginners and advanced students.
Tips
for Teaching Bible Study for the Deaf -- for all levels,
CEU -- Marietta Patchin
This class session will focus on the need to
understand Deaf
Culture, the Deaf mind-set, and the Deaf perspective of the Bible in
order to
“teach” bible concepts to Deaf individuals.
I will describe reality experiences
observed over and 18
year period that will demonstrate the need for a more specialized
teaching
technique in the Deaf bible class.
Trilingual Interpreting: A
Basic Overview on Working Through
Multiple Languages – 1
hour – advanced --- CEUs – by
Francisco Olivera
Working from ASL to English
and back is hard enough. What happens when you add another language
into the
mix? Curious about how the process is different, if at all? Maybe
you've had
questions about the work of juggling three cultures at once. Maybe
you've been
apprehensive about walking into a workshop labeled "For Trilingual
Interpreters." If that's the case, this workshop is for you. Bring your
inquiries!
Instructor will discuss a brief
history of trilingual interpreting and will list several trilingual
interpreting “hotspots.” Instructor will also summarize the trilingual
interpreting process.
Instructor
will review with the
participants several simple phrases from languages other than English.
He will
then present these sentences as stimulus and ask volunteers to
interpret said
sentences into ASL.
Instructor
will then present the
same sentences as stimulus and will ask volunteers to transliterate
said
sentences, keeping the spoken language clear on the mouth while trying
to use
the appropriate signs that match the words.
Using ASL to Sign Songs – four hours for intermediates and
advanced
– CEUs – by Keith Wann from Brooklyn, New York
Edutainment.
Discussing the use of ASL and how it applies to sign
choices for songs. Discussion and hands
on practice to define the meanings of the song and how to portray it as
either
a character or classifier influenced theme to show meaning and
intention of the
artist and/or the listener.
Many workshops on this subject
have talked about singing
choices without taking into consideration the cultural impact that is
involved
or even missed when the song itself is not consider including the
artist’s
intention and his/her story behind it.
Popular culture will be also discussed in how the listener
expects
certain frozen register to help identify the song.
The workshop will
involve some comedy as performance
pieces from the show “My Experience…Different” are analyzed along with
other
popular songs.
What
really is Involved in Deaf Ministry ??? Am I
called??
for all levels by Marietta Patchin from West Palm
Bay, Florida
This class will either move you or anger you.
I will share with you some facts that have been confirmed to me by both
the Lord and my experience of 28 years in this Ministry. If
you feel like you are spinning your wheels and getting no where in your
ministry this class is for you. It will answer question
like: How do the Deaf view the
church????
What is Ministry?? What constitutes DEAF
MINISTRY?? How do I go from Sign Ministry to SUCCESSFUL DEAF
MINISTRY??!!
WOW
The Message! - Interpreting Emotional
Content
1 hour for advanced -- CEUs -- by Jon Barr from Georgia
Have you ever seen
an interpreter produce all of the content on their hands, but miss the
emotion
of the message? Conveying the emotional
content can be the most difficult part of interpreting.
This session will provide practical ways to
“own” the message and let the emotional content flow through the heart
to the
hands.
SUNDAY
MORNING POST CONFERENCE
Sunday Mornng
Deaf
Church
– 3 hours for advanced – CEUs applied for -- free for registered
participants
Post-conference special by
three presenters involved in various deaf ministries ... may include
conceptually
accurate songs, Sunday School lessons and the deaf, and interpreting a
deaf
religious service. No voicing will be provided to ensure Silent
Weekend experience.
"Congregational
Worship Songs"
For all levels Sunday morning (CEUs) by Marietta
Patchin from West Melbourne, Florida
Teaching
Bible Study to the Deaf – (CEUs)
I started teaching
bible study to Deaf
individuals 18 years ago and during those 18 years the Deaf have taught
me as I
taught them. In this class I will be sharing with you what both
God and
the Deaf themselves have taught me.
Such as:
1. How the Deaf view the bible.
2. Tips on teaching Deaf bible study.
3. Necessary tools you can’t do without.
This class is a must for those who work in Deaf Ministry