0.4 Professional Studies (PS) CEUs - RID HQ is an approved sponsor of RID CEU activities. This training is designed to help build interpreters’ core skills and familiarity for those interested in working in domestic violence advocacy and supporting trauma survivors in Washington and beyond. As a result of the training, the interpreters will have a better understanding of how traumatic experiences can impact the individual, how trauma manifests in people and how to present information in a variety of ways that uses a trauma-informed lens. This information will help interpreters become survivor-centered, more compassionate and help mitigate the chances of triggering their clients.

0.2 Professional Studies (PS) CEUs - RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.2 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. Join us on October 23rd for an engaging webinar in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Together, we’ll explore the critical issue of domestic violence, focusing on the unique challenges faced by Deaf individuals, who experience domestic violence at disproportionately higher rates. Discover how interpreters can serve as vital advocates within the community, and gain insights through powerful lived experiences shared by those affected. This is an opportunity to deepen your understanding and learn actionable strategies to support and empower survivors. Don’t miss this important conversation—together, we can make a difference!

This webinar will be recorded for asynchronous viewing, however it must be viewed and completed no later than December 15, 2024 to earn credit. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.2 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. In third grade, we dug through the soil in search of earthworms and watched caterpillars morph into butterflies. By 12th grade, we were reading from textbooks and connecting scientific concepts with big words. Over the years, we have transitioned from being tactile and creative to passive and regimented. As a result, science has lost its vitality within many of us, and it has carried over in our interpretations. This workshop will provide a series of hands-on, interpreter skill-building activities focusing on: 1. developing scientific thinking skills for comprehension of new science content; 2. applying these skills for conceptualization of content; 3. choosing appropriate signs and expanding the ASL science vocabulary repertoire; 4. delivering science concepts in an engaging, accurate, and relatable manner. The presenters, two deaf scientists, will also discuss how several elements of education and language may have helped or hindered their journey to becoming scientists. Along this vein, we will discuss how we, as educators and interpreters, can work together to re-frame inner bias toward science, and re-breathe tactility and creativity into science through interpreting. The goal of this workshop is to cultivate confidence in understanding, developing, and interpreting engaging science-related topics through creative and collaborative language play.

0.6 Professional Studies (PS) CEUs - RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program series is offered for 0.6 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. Webinar 1 - ​Suicide is a topic that we aren't comfortable talking about until we have to. It is a reality that does not discriminate; it doesn't care who you are or what you do, it can affect anyone. Presented by an interpreter sibling suicide loss survivor, this workshop will be an open honest conversation about what interpreters need to know about suicide: the facts, statistics, appropriate language (ASL & English), warning signs, risk factors, terminology, myths, and prevention. We will also talk about different kinds of pain, where conversations around suicide show up in our work, and strategies for safely and effectively working with suicide loss and attempt survivors. Webinar 2 - With suicide deaths still on the rise, interpreters need to be prepared when faced with this topic in their personal or professional lives. In this workshop, we will do a brief overview of part 1, and then dive deeper into other aspects of suicide that interpreters need to know: performing sight translations of suicide screeners, interpreting calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, discover a new discussion board/forum style website that encourages and teaches members how to take their own lives, identify risk factors & warning signs in Deaf senior citizens and Deaf youth, and increase knowledge and confidence on how to provide (or interpret) a skilled suicide intervention i.e. you ask someone if they’re thinking of suicide and they say yes; what do you do? Presented by an interpreter sibling suicide loss survivor, and certified deaf interpreter, this workshop will continue our open and honest conversation around suicide, and how to safely and effectively apply it to our work as interpreters.

0.3 Professional Studies (PS) CEUs - RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. With suicide deaths still on the rise, interpreters need to be prepared when faced with this topic in their personal or professional lives. In this workshop, we will do a brief overview of part 1, and then dive deeper into other aspects of suicide that interpreters need to know: performing sight translations of suicide screeners, interpreting calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, discover a new discussion board/forum style website that encourages and teaches members how to take their own lives, identify risk factors & warning signs in Deaf senior citizens and Deaf youth, and increase knowledge and confidence on how to provide (or interpret) a skilled suicide intervention i.e. you ask someone if they’re thinking of suicide and they say yes; what do you do? Presented by an interpreter sibling suicide loss survivor, and certified deaf interpreter, this workshop will continue our open and honest conversation around suicide, and how to safely and effectively apply it to our work as interpreters.

0.3 Professional Studies (PS) CEUs - RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. Suicide is a topic that we aren't comfortable talking about until we have to. It is a reality that does not discriminate; it doesn't care who you are or what you do, it can affect anyone. Presented by an interpreter sibling suicide loss survivor, this workshop will be an open honest conversation about what interpreters need to know about suicide: the facts, statistics, appropriate language (ASL & English), warning signs, risk factors, terminology, myths, and prevention. We will also talk about different kinds of pain, where conversations around suicide show up in our work, and strategies for safely and effectively working with suicide loss and attempt survivors.

This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.3 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we’d love for you to join us on May 29th to learn more with us! We’ll delve into a few mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorders, and discuss what resources and support might entail. While this webinar will begin with a general overview of each disorder, participants will learn vicariously through lived experiences of consumers and apply learned skills by analyzing case studies in breakout rooms. We can’t wait to see you on Wednesday, May 29th!

RID HQ is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.4 PS CEUs at the little/none Content Knowledge Level. The target audience: sign language learners and interpreters, novice and seasoned professionals How can we gently alleviate chronic or acute pain? Can we prevent repetitive motion injuries? What about posture? Many interpreters are seated for prolonged periods of time - whether during travel, at their workstations, or within certain job environments. This webinar offers an exciting exploration of somatic movements tailored to be performed independently, whether seated or standing. Through these practices, interpreters can proactively enhance their well-being, ensuring longevity and effectiveness in their profession.

As part three of a three-part series, this workshop series will conclude with the Beyond the Spectrum: Community Voices with Deaf neurodivergent individuals sharing their experiences and perspectives as consumers, interpreters, and educators through a facilitated discussion. This webinar has been approved for 0.2 PS PPO RID CEUs at the Little/None content knowledge level.

This webinar seeks to break old assumptions and beliefs about the roots of deaf interpreters. Did you know that… Deaf interpreters are not a recent development. Their work has evolved over centuries, and this workshop demonstrates how the DI role emerged with separate historical foundations from their hearing counterparts. Understanding our origins from different and complimentary centers is critical to unpacking stereotypes, challenging assumptions, and moving forward as a profession. Deaf interpreters do have historical evidence. This workshop reveals inspiring accounts about centuries of DIs from documented court cases. Participants will recognize themselves as they explore centuries-ago creative interpreting strategies under pressure in working with deaf witnesses, victims, and defendants – both with and without hearing interpreter teams. Deaf interpreters were not begun only in the United States. Though we use different signed languages, we share substantial intersectionality with BSL interpreters, through our common past of older educational and especially legal access in the United Kingdom. This webinar has been approved for 0.3 PS PPO RID CEUs at the Little/None content knowledge level.