Webinar: Identifying hearing ASL - English Interpreter's current practice in determining the need of Deaf Interpreters for court proceedings
Dates and times: Monday August 3, 2016
7 - 8:30 pm EST, 6 - 7:30 pm CST, 5 - 6:30 pm MST, 4 - 5:30 pm PST
 
Location: Online

Presenter:  Christopher Tester, MsC, CDI, SC:L, is Deaf and a consultant, educator, interpreter and trainer. A seasoned presenter, he specializes in workshop and seminar facilitation on topics (not limited to) disability rights and laws, Deaf and hard of hearing awareness, and interpreting. He currently is an adjunct faculty member of the CUNY's ASL/English Interpreter Education Program. He has interpreted for several off and on Broadway shows, National and International conferences, at the United Nations and specializes in legal interpreting.
Chris received Masters in Science and Communication at Heriot Watt University and received his Bachelor's degree at the College of the Holy Cross. Additionally, he received his Professional Certificate from the CUNY's ASL/English Interpreter Education Program. He resides in Manhattan. ( www.ChristopherTester.net)

Description:  This webinar will be a presentation of Christopher Tester's MA Thesis, titled: How American Sign Language-English Interpreters Who Can Hear Determine Need for a Deaf Interpreter for Court Proceedings. This study investigated how and when hearing interpreters in the United States decide there is a need for a Deaf interpreter for court proceedings. Previous publications have strongly suggested that it is best practice to work with a Deaf interpreter for specific situations (NCIEC, 2007). The author utilized two frameworks: Brennan & Brown's (1997) Equality before the Law, and Mathers' (2009) Deaf interpreters in court: an accommodation that is more than reasonable to design a study that will bring to light the criteria used by hearing ASL-English interpreters to determine when a Deaf interpreter should be utilized. This research also explored the hearing interpreter's view of the Deaf interpreter and allowed for discussion of experience of working as the hearing member of a Deaf-hearing team in the courtroom.
   
Cost:  Free!

Who should register: Interpreters working within legal system and other interested stakeholders
                                                                                                   
Registration: Registration is currently open

Note:   
Our webinars are a great resource for online learning and therefore are very popular.  Because the webinars are produced with grant funds, we do not charge for the viewing or the associated CEUs.  Our goal is to make the webinars available to the broadest number of individuals possible.  However, the platform that we use for our webinars only allows for 200 participants.  Over time, we have noticed a pattern of some individuals who registering but then not attending the live webinar event.  This pattern is unfortunate because it prevents other individuals from registering [as the registration limit fills very quickly--typically within 24-36 hours of release] or participating in the live webinar event.  
 
In seeking resolution to this pattern, we have asked that once people know they cannot attend to immediately cancel their registration, allowing others to have a slot.  Although we notice some people doing this, it is not enough to rectify the situation.  So, we are implementing a policy. Effective March 1, 2016, if an individual registers for a webinar on two different occasions and doesn't show up for the live events, we will no longer allow them to pre-register for the live webinar event.  However, they can still access the webinar after-the-fact because all of our webinars are recorded and available a week after the live event on the MARIE Center's archived webinar page. Thanks for your cooperation in helping us engage the largest amount of individuals possible for these events.

Webinar Cancellation Policy:
  • If the MARIE Center needs to cancel a webinar, then an email will be sent out to all registered participants. In addition, a message will be posted on the MARIE Center's website.
  • If a registered participant needs to cancel attending a webinar, then the participant needs to send an email to the MARIE Center coordinator at [email protected] as soon as possible so that individuals on the waiting list can be added to the live viewing.
Accommodations: Webinars are presented in ASL. Sign Language Interpreters and captioning are streamed live. Additional reasonable accommodations can be requested by contacting Carrie Woodruff at [email protected]  prior to the webinar date.

For more information on MARIE Center webinars, please visit the MARIE Center webinar page.

CEUs: 0.15 PS
Content level: Some prior knowledge of the topic.

The DO IT Center is an approved RID sponsor for continuing education activities.

 

 

 

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