Enrollment is now open This course opens for enrollment on July 1, 2025 and closes on July 31, 2025. This module is closed. We will offer this opportunity in 2026. Description: This webshop explores the complicated and nuanced work of working as a designated/preferred interpreter for Deaf Professionals within healthcare settings. This work will be examined through two frameworks: bioethics and empowerment of practice professionals. This webshop is recommended for interpreters who are considering starting working in healthcare settings with Deaf Professionals. Learning Objectives:  Recognize multiple approaches to matching Deaf healthcare professionals' interpreting needs Apply bioethics framework to [...]

Enrollment is now open This course opens for enrollment on July 1, 2025 and closes on July 31, 2025. This module is closed. We will offer this opportunity in 2026. Description: The following modules provide an introduction to health inequities within the deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing (D/DB/HH) communities through an intersectional framework. The module examines various contributors to health inequities, including racial disparities in health and health care and the impact of COVID-19. It explains ways to promote health equity through community-driven actions, including the role of sign language interpreters. Learning Objectives:  Participants will analyze different contributors to [...]

Enrollment is now open This course opens for enrollment on June 1, 2025 and closes on June 30, 2025. This webshop is closed. We will offer this opportunity in 2026. Description: In a world marked by diversity and individuality, understanding sexual identity, types of attractions, and relationships has become more crucial than ever. Our workshop, designed to be an enlightening exploration of these vital topics, invites you to embark on a journey of self-discovery and empathy. By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed a deeper appreciation for the diversity of sexual identities, attractions, and relationships, [...]

Enrollment is now open This course opens for enrollment on June 1, 2025 and closes on June 30, 2025. This module is closed. We will offer this opportunity in 2026. Description: The ability to describe varying kinds of medications as well as  human anatomy are foundational skills for ASL/English interpreters to work effectively in healthcare settings. This 20 hour module is an introduction to pharmacology and how medications impact the body. It also addresses terminology origins, medical roots, suffixes, and prefixes, and  applies those terms to the body systems which they affect. Medication dosing will provide interpreters with [...]

Enrollment is now open! This course opens for enrollment on May 1, 2025 and closes on May 30, 2025. This module is closed. We will offer this opportunity in 2026. Description: Despite the enormous similarities in our work, sign language and spoken language interpreters often have minimal professional interaction with each other. While co-teaming is more common in some settings, such as medical environments, opportunities for spoken language interpreters and sign language interpreters to team together can be rare. When they arise, both interpreters may be unfamiliar with the co-interpreting process and expectations of the other. This webshop [...]

Enrollment is now open! This course opens for enrollment on April 1, 2025 and closes on April 30, 2025. This module is closed. We will offer this opportunity in 2026.   Description: Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) has become a standard method of service delivery in healthcare settings. This webshop offers you the chance to learn the basics of what is needed to be an interpreter in VRI healthcare settings.  It will discuss equipment needed, software platforms, as well as teaming techniques to improve deaf patient's experience in healthcare settings. Learning Objectives:  Identify environmental requirements to have a home VRI set [...]

Enrollment is now open! This course will become available in 2025. Course Date: November 1-30, 2024   The first training of its kind developed in partnership with Deaf Dentists in ASL.  This module is to introduce you to fundamentals of oral healthcare; anatomy, conditions, treatment & procedures, medications and lastly preventative care.  This module exposes you to information that might be necessary when working with patients in oral healthcare settings. Learning Objectives: identify the most common diagnosis and subsequent treatments and procedures understanding specific jargons and concepts related to oral healthcare be able to match salient terms to definitions [...]

Program Details The Cohort Track will accept 35 certified interpreters every year for five years. Participants will apply and once selected will work through the online educational and induction phases as a group with expert facilitators, mentors and supervisors. Application is closed. The application process opens on Monday, November 11, 2024. The deadline to submit your application is Monday, November 25 at 5pm CST. Individuals selected for the program will be notified by email on December 6, 2024. An announcement will be posted on our website once all participants have been confirmed. The [...]

Interpreting for individuals who have experienced Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (DVSA) requires specialty knowledge and skills. Interpreting skills includes knowledge of trauma-informed care, how trauma impacts language use, as well as additional self-care for interpreters. The information in this webshop, developed in collaboration with Deaf-centered DVSA service providers, will help you determine if this work is right for you now or in the future.

This course will be available October 1-31. Interpreting for individuals who have experienced Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (DVSA) requires specialty knowledge and skills. Interpreting skills includes knowledge of...