Deaf Students' and Interpreters' Positioning in Mainstream Classrooms: A Collaborative Approach

$39.00

This webinar will be hosted via Zoom for national and international attendees on Sunday, March 30, 2025 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm ET.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial disclosures: Dr. Prinzi is receiving an honorarium from Language First for presenting.

Nonfinancial disclosures: Dr. Prinzi has no relevant nonfinancial disclosures.

Course Description:

This workshop addresses the role of interpreters and Deaf students' autonomy in K-12 mainstream classrooms. This workshop explores Deaf individuals' and interpreters' perspectives on the interpreters' role and approaches to working together, which were taken from individual and group interviews. This workshop highlights issues interpreters and Deaf students face, such as role confusion and conflict. Strategies for enhancing interpersonal communication and collaboration between interpreters, Deaf students, and educational team members will be discussed and shared.

Agenda

1:30-1:40: Introductions

1:40-2:00: Research on The Interpreter's Role & Deaf Students' Autonomy in Mainstream Classrooms

2:00-2:10: Significance For the Educational Team

2:10-2:30: Breakout Room Discussions

2:30-3:00: Strategies for Collaboration & Enhancing Autonomy

3:00-3:15: Next Steps & Discussion

3:15-3:30: Q&A

Learner Outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

Define role confusion
Identify at least two strategies to encourage and enhance Deaf students' autonomy in the classroom
Identify at least two strategies to enhance interpersonal communication and collaboration with interpreters, Deaf students, and educational team members

Registration information:

This is a digital purchase only; no physical ticket is provided. A form will populate for you to complete your registration and then your purchase will be added to your cart in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate as well as a Google Calendar invite with the Zoom link one week prior to the event. Registration ends one day prior to the webinar. All registrants will receive a copy of the presenter’s PowerPoint and the presentation recording. Please email info@language1st.org with any questions.

Quantity:

COntinuing Education:

This event is offered for 0.20 ASHA CEUs and 0.20 RID CEUs. Only participants who attend the live event will receive a certificate of attendance. Participants who attend the entire webinar and fill out the self assessment form will be considered eligible to earn ASHA CEUs.

MassRID is an approved continuing education activity sponsor, and this event is being offered at 0.2 Professional Studies CEUs at the "some previous knowledge" content level. Attendance during the entire workshop is required for earning CEUs. A certificate is provided to those who request CEUs via the given link to a Google Forms document.

Accommodations:

This event will be in English with ASL interpreters and captions. Please email info@language1st.org with requests for additional accommodations at least 14 days prior to the event.

course availability:

This course will be available in the Language First Learning Library after the live event is over.

Cancellation/Refund Policy:

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