Interpreter Workshop: Doctor’s Panel, Mental and more – San Antonio

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DOCTOR's PANEL

This is the Panel You’ve Been Waiting For! 

Panelists Will Share their  perspectives about working with interpreters and give insight about  the various types of environments  in which they work and what they  think every interpreter who works in a medical setting 

Dr. Chris Moreland, Internal Medicine Faculty Physician 
Dr. Dawn Mudie, Emergency Medicine Faculty Physician 
Dr. Rachel St. John, Pediatrics Faculty Physician 
Dr. Jordan Abel, Infectious Disease Fellow 

Coming 

Friday, February 7, 2014

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Nail Technical Center, Rooms 120A & 120B

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MENTAL HEALTH INTERPRETING WORKSHOP

Saturday, February 8, 2014 
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Nail Technical Center 
Rooms 120A & 120B

This Workshop is designed to provide foundational information on interpreting in mental health settings, including gaining familiarity with mental health settings and personnel, discussing interpreting demands unique to mental health (such as MMSE), and exploring venues for safely increasing mental health interpreting, comfort and experience. It targets interpreters with no experience to some experience with mental health interpreting and interpreters in general who want more specific information on mental health interpreting. 

Participants will be able to articulate common mental health interpreting environments and what/who they involve, become more familiar with unique aspects of mental health interpreting, such as the Mini Mental Status Exam, language dysfluency issues due to mental illness and reporting personal safety issues in mental health environments. Participants will also learn where to access resources for increasing training and experience in mental health interpreting. 

The target audience includes interpreters with no experience to some experience with mental health interpreting and interpreters in general who want more specific information on mental health interpreting. The experience is interactive and participants’ understanding will be gauged in real time throughout the workshop.

REGISTRATION FEE 

$50.00 Saturday Certified Interpreter 
$80.00 Saturday & Sunday Certified Interpreter 
$25.00 Saturday – Student
$40.00 Saturday & Sunday – Student 

Each Workshop Earns .6 CEUs(Requests for Special Accommodations must be received no later than 8 days prior to the $25.00 Saturday – Student Workshop)

Dept. of American Sign Language & Interpreter Training 

MAIL PAYMENT TO: 

San Antonio College 
1300 San Pedro Avenue 
San Antonio, TX 78212-4299 
Telephone: (210) 486-1106 

(Cancellation Policy Available by Calling the ASL Dept.) 

TSID is an approved RID CMP sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for .6 CEUs at the [Some to extensive] Content Knowledge Level

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From Preschool to the Preisdent

Building Your Business Practice as an ASL interpreter

A Workshop by Rachel St. John, MD, NCC, NIC-A

Target Audience: New interpreters beginning their practice and experienced interpreters looking to develop practice or relocate.

Sunday, February 9, 2014 
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Nail Technical Center 
Rooms 120A & 120B

Dr. Rachel St. John is a board-certified pediatrician and a NIC-Advanced certified sign language interpreter through RID. She is currently the physician for the Family-Focused Center (FFC) for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children at Children’s Medical Center Dallas/UT Southwestern Medical Center. The FFC provides support for families to make informed decisions regarding their deaf/hard of hearing child, as well as provide education and collaborative support to providers caring for these patients in keeping with national standards. 

Dr. St. John also works as a health education consultant at state and national levels and is co-founder of MedTerp which provides professional development education for medical interpreters. She continues to serve as adjunct faculty in the graduate department of counseling at Gallaudet University.

Dr. St. John received her BS degree in psychology at George Mason University, completed her MD degree at the University Of Virginia School Of Medicine and then attended Georgetown University Hospital for her residency in pediatrics. She holds an MA degree in counseling from Gallaudet University and in the past, served as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the Director of the Kids Clinic for the Deaf at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC.

Establishing yourself as an ASL interpreter in the community requires flexibility and knowledge. Reputation, work ethic and business practices all play into your level of success as a working interpreter. This activity is taught through the experiences of the presenter and her relocation from the interpreting community in Washington DC to Dallas, Texas. Concepts such as pre-work investigating, getting a business mentor, working with agencies vs. freelancing, marketing and contract negotiation will be discussed. 

Participants will be able to articulate components of what defines professional reputation and feel more comfortable with strategies for engaging a business mentor and negotiating financial compensation. Participants will also be able to define common terminology such as “negligent hiring”, “hold harmless”, “rational detachment” and discriminate between the two major forms of insurance coverage for practicing interpreters..

Many aspects of the workshop are interactive, so audience engagement and comprehension is gauged actively throughout the presentation.

REGISTRATION FEE 

$50.00 Saturday Certified Interpreter 
$80.00 Saturday & Sunday Certified Interpreter 
$25.00 Saturday – Student
$40.00 Saturday & Sunday – Student 

Each Workshop Earns .6 CEUs (Requests for Special Accommodations must be received no later than 8 days prior to the $25.00 Saturday – Student Workshop)

Dept. of American Sign Language & Interpreter Training 

MAIL PAYMENT TO: 

San Antonio College 
1300 San Pedro Avenue 
San Antonio, TX 78212-4299 
Telephone: (210) 486-1106 

(Cancellation Policy Available by Calling the ASL Dept.) 

TSID is an approved RID CMP sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for .6 CEUs at the [Some to extensive] Content Knowledge Level

Lauri Metcalf
Department Chair
American Sign Language, Interpreter Training
and Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
COLLEGIATE COMMISSION ON INTERPRETER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION
EXEMPLARY PROGRAM
San Antonio College
Email: [email protected]

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