Fall Conference

SATURDAY WORKSHOP

LYNETTE REEP

Creativity, Courage and Collective Power: Combating the "Warm Body Syndrome"

In a warm and collegial atmosphere, Deaf and hearing interpreters will explore the issues inherent in accepting and declining interpreting assignments. A mixture of large group lecture and discussion, detailed handouts, and small group activities make for a fast-paced and stimulating program. Attendees are encourage to see themselves as part of a larger community of stakeholders, encompassing the interpreting profession, the Deaf community and beyond, and to consider what constitutes ethical behavior on an individual and a collective basis; to recognize our responsibilities to the profession and the community and to begin to see ourselves as agents of change.

LYNETTE REEP, CI and CT has taught workshops on the Use of Discretion in more than a dozen states and Canada since 2004. She attended Northeastern University's "Basic Interpreter Training Program" before the wide-spread advent of four-year training programs, and credits her current abilities as well as her emphasis on collegial support and collaboration to the extensive informal mentoring she received from experienced interpreters and Deaf consumers early on. A strong believer in the importance of drawing upon the experience of both internal and external resources, her teaching strives to recognize and support at every level of experience.

SUNDAY WORKSHOP

LINDA DIEHL-CALLAWAY

Adding Discourse Mapping to your Interpreting Toolbox

Interpreting between languages is challenging. Using Discourse Mapping as a tool can enhance one's interpretation. During the workshop Linda "D-C" Diehl– Callaway will guide participants through the process of Discourse Mapping. Participants will analyze an English source test, incorporate prediction skills and content mapping, indentify linguistic features and vocabulary choices, consider the form and function of the source text, and learn how t integrate an English source text's content and context into an ASL target text.

LINDA DIEHL-CALLAWAY, Linda "DC" Diehl-Callaway has completed the Master Mentor Program through Northeastern University in Boston, MA, is nationally certified by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) in interpreting (CI) and transliterating (CT), and has a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Linguistics and Spanish. Linda has provided numerous workshops for sign language interpreters and taught ASL at Northeast Iowa Community College for several years. She currently works full time as Coordinator of the Video Interpreter-Provisional Program for Sorenson Communications' Davenport, IA site. She also mentors interpreters, presents workshops, serves as a consultant to several school districts, and does freelance interpreting.

CEU SPONSORSHIP

CEUs have been approved and will be provided through Deaf Services Commission of Iowa (DSCI). DSCI is approved by the RID CMP to sponsor Continuing Education Activities (sponsor #0236).