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Professional
Development
MAPSLI's professional
development committee is a group of volunteers committed to actively
pursuing and sharing skill development opportunities with visual language
interpreters
The committee investigates opportunities for sign language interpreters
to learn the finer details about American Sign Language (ASL), team-building
skills, Deaf Culture, medical interpreting, legal interpreting, stress
management skills, interpreting ASL into English, etc.
Current initiatives include:
- Contacting
presenters inquiring on their availability to conduct workshops
in Nova Scotia (more details).
- CES Workshops
- two workshops offered annually - Interpretation of Interactive
Interviews on April 25 &26, 2009 and Interpretation of Narratives
on November 7 & 8, 2009 (more
details)
Completed projects
include:
- Developed
a Certificate of Completion for participants who attend workshops
hosted by MAPSLI.
- Prepared
a list of books & videos available through the Halifax Regional
Library (more details).
- Prepared
a list of books and videos available through the Nova Scotia Community
College (more details) .
- Purchased
new books and videos from various retail outlets and donated these
resources to the Nova Scotia Community Library.
- Developing
standardized Policies & Procedures.
- Hosted discussion
groups for sign language interpreters (more
details).
Workshop archives:
- MSL Workshop
- Betty MacDonald
- Interpreting:
A Deaf Perspective with Nigel Howard
- Message Analysis
Workshop Series
- Using Non-Manual
Signals
- Small Business
Seminar for Interpreters
- AVLIC's "Popcorn
and a Movie" by Dr. Terry Janzen
- Preventing
Repetitive Strain Injury (AGM 2005)
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