WWU Provides Training for Rural Interpreters

6/30/2011 Mary Ann Beahon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (573) 592-1127

 

American Sign Language educational interpreters working in rural K-12 schools will be on the William Woods University campus in July for three weeks of training.

The Rural Educational Interpreter Skill Enhancement Training is co-sponsored by WWU and the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) and paid for by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The training involves 25-30 interpreters and runs July 5-22.
 
Workshops will be taught by Dr. Barbara Garrett, professor of ASL interpreting at WWU and a member of the Missouri State Committee of Interpreters (SCI), and Bethany Peterson, student life director at Missouri School for the Deaf.
 
Sessions will include language development in Deaf and hard of hearing children, the role and responsibility of educational interpreters and self-assessment in interpreting, as well as in-depth concentration on ASL vocabulary.

CUTLINES:
Carrie McCray, assistant professor of ASL interpreting, teaches a class during the 2010 workshop.

Dr. Barbara Garrett, professor of ASL interpreting, will be the instructor this year.