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Changes as of February 13, 2012 -- Minor changes may still occur to this schedule.

THURSDAY, June 28, 2012

You can attend any workshop you wish.

Noon-7 p.m. Registration

1 p.m. to 5p.m.                     The Interpreter Guild by Paula Browning for CEUs -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students
7:00 p.m.                              ORIENTATION – Meet the presenters! -- this will be voiced and captionede via CART
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.                 Peter Cook Show – open to all
9 p.m. to 11 p.m.                 Become the Surrogate – Keith Wann (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students
10:15 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.      Francisco Olivera Show – open to all
11:15 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.      ASL Whispering by Jose Granda (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students

FRIDAY, June 29, 2012

6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration
6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Birth of a Sign by Keith Wann and Wink Smith (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students

Beginners

Location

8:00 – 9:00

9:15 - 10:15

10:30 – 11:30

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch

Your

Own

2:00-3:00

3:15 – 4:15

Salon 1

Section A

Grammar – How Do ASL and English Differ?

by Laura Lenes

Time – Past, Present and Future

by Laura Lenes

Signing to Music

by Laura Lenes (in Symposium West)

Salon 1

Section B

Making Faces

by Crom Saunders

ABC Stories

by José Granda

Polish Up Fingerspelling

José Granda

To Be Announced

by Francisco Olivera

Intermediates

Location

8:00 – 9:00

9:15 - 10:15

10:30 – 11:30

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch

Your

Own

2:00-3:00

3:15 – 4:15

Salon 2

Section A

Classifiers: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

by Paula Browning

ASL Number Rules for Everyday Use

by Sharon Hurley

ABC Stories

by José Granda

Signers vs. Interpreters

by José Granda

Salon 2

Section B

To Be Arranged

by Francisco Olivera

What the @#$! Did You Just Sign???

by Crom Saunders

To Be Arranged

by Peter Cook

Salon 3

All Spaced Out

by Jon Barr

The Eyes Have It

by Jon Barr

Empty Space …(how to make choices to present concepts using space)

by Windell Smith

Advanced / Interpreters (all for CEUs)

Location

8:00 – 9:00

9:15 - 10:15

10:30 – 11:30

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch

2:00-3:00

3:15 – 4:15

Legacy North 1

To Be Arranged

by Peter Cook

To Be Arranged

by Peter Cook

Lunch

Your

Own

Bill Nye Who? Interpreting material with scientific terminology

by Crom Saunders

Legacy North 2

Blockbuster: Cinematic ASL

by Windell “Wink” Smith

Facial Expressions in ASL:

Lingustic vs Affective
by Paula Browning

Legacy South 1

Interpreting in Judaism (6-hour track)

by Dan Parvaz

Interpreting in Judaism

by Dan Parvaz

Legacy South 2

ASL Semantics II: Form Fades, Meaning Magifies by Trix Bruce

English Equivalents II: Oh, No! Not Again! Did he make up that sign? What does that mean? How do I say this right? by Trix Bruce

Multi-Faceted ASL

by Faith Powell

Legacy South 3

Get a Grip on Fingerspelling

by Sharon Hurley

Exploring Everyday Legal Sign Vocabulary

by Shannon Simon

An Overview of Child Cognitive & Language Development

by Karin Ann Lewis, PhD

Symposium East

Broadway Musicals

by Keith Wann

Comedy Performing

by Keith Wann

Symposium West

Interpreting ASL to Spoken English: Voicing My Own Language Without Sounding Awkward by Karin Ann Lewis, PhD

He Said, She Said

by Bill Ross

6:00 -- 8:00 p.m. It's a Process: ASL to English by Paula Browning (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Son of Cromania! – Crom Saunders (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.   Tric Bruce Show for all levels
8:00 – 9:00 p.m.    Social Hour with refreshments
9:00 – 10:30 p.m.    CODA That! by Crom Saunders – for all levels
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.    Professionalism & Ethical Business Practices: The RID Code of Ethics in Varying Shades of Black by Paula Browning (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students

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SATURDAY, June 30, 2012

6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration
6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Birth of a Sign by Keith Wann and Wink Smith (CEUs) -- designed for interpreters / advanced linguistic students

Beginners

Location

8:00 – 9:00

9:15 - 10:15

10:30 – 11:30

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch

2:00-3:00

3:15 – 4:15

Salon 1

Section A

Buffet of ASL

by Windell “Wink” Smith

ASL Grammar

by Sharon Hurley

Lunch

Your

Own

Trix Upon a Time: An ASL Storytelling Handbook

by Trix Bruce

Salon 1

Section B

Children’s Book Storytelling

by Keith Wann

To Be Arranged

by Peter Cook

Non-Manual Markers and Mouth Morphemes

by Laura Lenes

Intermediates

Location

8:00 – 9:00

9:15 – 10:15

10:30 – 11:30

11:45 – 12:45

Lunch

2:00-3:00

3:15 – 4:15

Salon 2 Section A

Semantics in Fingerspelling

by Sharon Hurley

Music Videos in ASL

by Keith Wann

Lunch

Your

Own

I Need My Space!

by Crom Saunders

Salon 2 Section B

ASL Extreme Makeover: The Art of Personification

by Trix Bruce

Visible Words: The Art of Storytelling With Classifiers

by Trix Bruce

Do You See What I See?

by Faith Powell

Salon 3

Cities, States and Countries Signs

by José Granda

Polish Up Your Fingerspelling and Numbers

by José Granda

Challenge of Classifiers

by José Granda

Forum West 1 and 2

Understand HUH?

by Rey Vega

Analyzing Patterns of ASL Parameters

by Rey Vega

Advanced / Interpreters (all for CEUs)

Location	7 8:00 – 9:00		8 9:15 – 10:15	9 10:30 – 11:30		10 11:45 – 12:45	Lunch	11 2:00-3:00	12 3:15 – 4:15
Legacy North 1	Interpreting the Medical World: Through The Eyes of a Deaf Doctor and a Medical Interpreter by Mike McKee, MD and Melani Crosby						Lunch On Your Own	Medical Interpreting (continued) 2:00 to 6:15 by Mike McKee, MD and Melani Crosby
Legacy North 2	Interpreting Stand Up Comedy by Francisco Olivera							Interpreting Stand Up Comedy (cont.) by Francisco Olivera
Legacy South 1	Interpreting in Islamic Settings by Dan Parvaz							Interpreting in Islamic Settings (cont.) by Dan Parvaz
Symposium East	Sign to Voice: Guided Practice Using the Consecutive Mode by Shannon Simon							To Be Arranged by Windell “Wink” Smith
Legacy South 3	Self Care and the Psychology of Sleep by Karin Ann Lewis, PhD				It’s Like Falling Off a Log to use ASL Idioms by Paula Browning			Parameters of Ethical Debriefing: Options for Decompression Following Stressful Interpreting by Karin Ann Lewis, PhD
Legacy South 2		Semantic Clusters I by Faith Powell			Semantic Clusters II by Faith Powell			Take Off by Jon Barr
Symposium West		Incorporating Expansion Techniques in Your Interpreting by William Ross						Music That is Seen: A Spritual Interpretation By William Ross

SUNDAY, July 1, 2012

Post conference workshops specifically for advanced / interpreters though all levels can attend.

Will not be voiced as the Silent Weekend “no talking” rule is in effect until 1:15 p.m.

Location

8:30 – 9:30

9:45-10:45

11:00 - noon

12:15 – 1:15

TBA

A Humanstic Approach to Our Profession

by Shannon Simon for CEUs

Earning CEUs: The Scoop

by Shannon Simon for CEUs

Soup to Nuts: The Credential Smorgasbord

by Shannon Simon for CEUs

TB A

Receptive Skills Development

by William Ross for CEUs

Voicing

by Faith Powell for CEUs

Legacy?

Making Yourself Valuable: I Heard It, I Said It, but I Don’t Know What It Means

by Jon Barr for CEUs

Here is a list of all topics

Archived Schedule from 2011