Alabama Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf EVENTS

Strengthening YOUR Success (01 Jun 2012)

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:30:00 GMT

"Strengthening YOUR Success"

2012 ALRID Biennial Confernce & General Business Meeting

Embassy Suites, Montgomery, AL

June 1 - 2, 2012

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Join us for the 2012 ALRID Conference & Business Meeting which will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Tallapoosa Street in Montgomery, AL.

"Strengthening YOUR Success" will feature skills-strengthening workshops:

“The 5th Parameter" by Dr. Byron Bridges

and

“Resources and Directions to Promote Legal Interpreting Competency” by Dr. Laurel Standley.

Friday, June 1: 11:30pm to 6:30pm (.3 CEUs)

Saturday, June 2: 8:30am to 5:00pm (.5 CEUs)

Total CEUs: .8

Registration:
COSDA & Part 1 of Dr. Bridges' Workshop	$50
ALRID Combo (COSDA & All ALRID Workshops)
ALRID Member:	$75
Non-ALRID Member:	$100

To register by mail, please complete a registration form on-line and print it. Mail the completed, printed, form along with your payment to:

ALRID 2012 Conference
c/o Susan Gordon
Po. Box 1610
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-1610

For more information, including a detailed schedule, please visit the ALRID 2012 Conference webpage.

Accomodations: Interpreters will be provided for each event/workshop. Any other accommodation request should be sent to administrator@alrid.org.

Cancellation Policy: Sorry, but absolutely NO refunds will be given for cancellations. cancellations. Refunds will not be given for "no shows". For more information, please contact us at administrator@alrid.org.

RID Region I 2012 Conference (26 Jul 2012)

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Region I 2012 Conference

July 26-29, 2012
Sheraton Atlantic City, Atlantic City, NJ

For more information visit the RID Region 1 page: http://www.rid.org/conferences/calendar/index.cfm/AID/187

RID Region II 2012 Conference (02 Aug 2012)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

The 2012 RID Region II Conference will be held August 2-5 at the Hilton Ft. Lauderdale Marina in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

For more information, please visit http://www.rid.org/conferences/calendar/index.cfm/AID/188

We hope to see you at the conference!

General Information

Conference Chair: Belinda Milligan - milliganbee@yahoo.com

Interpreter Coordinators:
Emilia Lorenti Wann - emydelsol@gmail.com
Windell "Wink" Smith - wink@winkasl.com

RID Region II Representative: Lisa Schaefermeyer - region2rep@rid.org

For more information please visit: http://www.rid.org/conferences/calendar/index.cfm/AID/188

2012 Mental Health Interpreter Training Program (06 Aug 2012)

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Save the Date!

Alabama’s Mental Health Interpreter Training Program has been scheduled for August 6-10, 2012, at Troy University in Montgomery.

MHIT is a 40-hour course designed to provide a sound basis for interpreters to work effectively in mental health settings as part of a professional team.

The course includes: Mental health systems and culture, Sources of Communication Breakdown Associated with Mental Illness and Treatment, Interpreters' Roles, Tools, and Resources, Severe Language Dysfluency and Visual Gestural Communication/CDIs/Interpreters who are Deaf, Psychiatric Emergencies, Confidentiality Ethics and Laws, Support Groups and Community Mental Health Services, Psycholinguistic Errors and Demand Control Schema for Interpreting Applied to Mental Health.

PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

Bob Pollard, Robyn Dean, Roger Williams, Steve Hamerdinger, Charlene Crump, Brian McKenny, Shannon Reese, et. al.

A MINIMUM OF 4.0 RID CEUS WILL BE OFFERED.