The NCIEC is investigating effective practices in Deaf Interpreter (DI) Education. A partner network of seven Deaf interpreters has been convened to inform and carry out this work.
Activities have included the following:
- Convening a forum on Critical Issues in Deaf Interpreting, June 2006;
- Disseminating at regional and national conferences;
- Compiling an annotated bibliography currently available online;
- Conducting a series of focus groups of DIs and DI educators, for the purpose of identifying current DI practices and training needs;
- Conducting focus groups of DI Educators;
- Conducting a national survey of Deaf interpreters to gather demographic and work environment data;
- Convening a collaborative Task Force to conduct a review and make revisions to the RID CDI test.
View more information at DIInstitute.org.