Culture, Not Biology Shapes Language
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From Us To You-15 minute movie…Worth the watch!!
From us to You
by Ted Evans
I made this voluntary film, in the little spare time I had, to help inspire young deaf people. When you are young it’s sometimes hard to find role models and with this project I wanted to bring some role models to the screen for the young people to see.
Cued Speech…Some things you may not know
SignMark gets an international recording contract
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (WIAT) – His real name is Marko Vouriheimo and he hails from Finland. But he’s best known as SignMark, the deaf rapper.
http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Deaf-rapper-gets-recording-contract/yWlkgtMlPEqigY_5BsLZcQ.cspx
Bruce Springsteen and ASL interpreters
Bruce Springsteen joins ASL signers on stage at New Orleans Jazz Fest
http://mobile.nola.com/advnola/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=cKE9YCMy&full=true#display
Good Resource for Country Signs
When I need to know country signs, this is the first place I go….
ASL Program in Early Childhood Education
Great video on early childhood language.
California School for the Deaf teaches ASL as a content area even with young kids…This is truly how it should be.
Deaf Inmate Sues Oregon Department of Collections
Deaf inmate sues Oregon Department of Corrections, says sign-language interpreter wasn’t provided for medical visits, AA meetings
Aimee Green, The Oregonian
Posted: 04/24/2012 12:22 PM
D-PAN’s new video from Video Music Camp
James Brown’s “I feel good”
Mental Health Interpreting Workshop
Alabama’s Mental Health Interpreter Training Program has been scheduled for August 6-10, 2012 at Troy University in Montgomery.
A 40-hour course designed to provide a sound basis for interpreters to work effectively in mental health settings as part of a professional team. The course includes: Mental health systems and culture, Sources of Communication Breakdown Associated with Mental Illness and Treatment, Interpreters’ Roles, Tools, and Resources, Severe Language Dysfluency and Visual Gestural Communication/CDIs/Interpreters who are Deaf, Psychiatric Emergencies, Confidentiality Ethics and Laws, Support Groups and Community Mental Health Services, Psycholinguistic Errors and Demand Control Schema for Interpreting Applied to Mental Health.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
Bob Pollard, Robyn Dean, Roger Williams, Steve Hamerdinger, Charlene Crump, Brian McKenny, Shannon Reese, et. al.
http://www.mhit.org/