This workshop is 0.25 CEUs in the category of General Studies (GS) and is presented at the Some Knowledge level. This webinar is designed for professionals who work with the Deaf community: CDI's, Hearing Interpreters, Deaf Ed paraprofessionals, as well as instructors. Health literacy is a broad domain that encompasses knowledge most people glean through incidental learning. The United States in particular provides very little direct K-12 instruction in sexual health as it is rooted in sociopolitical taboo. Yet, sexual health is vital for mental health, physical health, relationships, and child-rearing -- all arenas that are significant contributions to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Here, we explore how this limited form of literacy for Deaf and hearing people impacts access to communication, understanding, and the promotion of public health literacy. We will walk through data-driven information based on what we know of literacy, what has been found in terms of sexual health literacy, and how we can steer both populations towards the overarching goal of public health literacy and advocacy. *This recording is a bit lagging for the beginning ten minutes. Thank you for your patience as you view this webinar.*

This webinar is 0.25 Professional Studies CEUs and is presented at the Little/None 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 strategies for safely and effectively working with suicide loss survivors, attempt survivors, and individuals calling the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Let’s talk.

This webinar is 0.3 Professional Studies-Legal CEUs and is presented at the Some Knowledge level. Deaf people navigating the legal system may, depending on their primary method of communication, rely on the conduit of interpretation. This session, facilitated by a Deaf attorney and a legal interpreter, will explore views on the ways interpreters can improve the process for Deaf people attempting to access the legal system. Using curated clips from interviews with deaf and hearing attorneys and professionals working with deaf clients in legal contexts; we will explore what these practitioners wish interpreters knew to be more effective.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Some Knowledge level. This presentation explores the lived experience of a Black CODA and the various cultural intersections that defines her identity. The workshop will also examine her journey to becoming a professional interpreter and how the path can be made easier for the next generation.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Stakeholder Panel ~ All of us are stakeholders of RID, but some are positioned in unique ways that allow them to serve as bridges — Bridges to other organizations, bridges to various communities, and bridges to our past and future. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to see a facilitated dialogue by Treasurer Yakata Nichols on how some stakeholders view RID in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, in light of unpacking our relationship to audism, our current process of transformation, and what it means to transition into an organization that more fully aligns itself with our mission and vision.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Legal and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Participants will explore minimum standards for legal/court credentialing within a professional certification organization. A review of the necessary elements of credentialing as RID transitions forward will be provided. Discussions and presentations will focus on the elements of equity and access to training, specifically for entry level opportunities for BIPOC and Deaf interpreters. Project CLIMB will explore audism, racism, within the legal justice system and how it affects entry to practice for BIPOC and Deaf interpreters. Participants will explore the proposed portfolio approach as designed by the RID Legal Credentialing Task Force as well as have the opportunity to engage in lively group discussions led by LIMS.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Contextually, we have been through a whirlwind of various leadership styles and approaches over the last several years- from our government at the macro level to our national organization at the mezzo level, and our affiliate chapters at the micro level. What ways can organizations model responsive leadership? What does responsive leadership entail in terms of action? In this session, Shana, Traci, and Christopher will share what it takes to engage in responsive leadership, and what we might do to elicit our innate and given abilities to engage one another out of inaction and into action.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Many interpreters - whether they have been working for many years, or are still studying for their certification exam - have questions about how to engage in professional development effectively, and some even ask why they should. What creates an effective learning environment? I am already certified; why do I have to take more workshops? I have seen it all; how can I find educational activities that are worthwhile? What distinguishes Professional Studies from General Studies programs? Why can I not carry over my excess CEUs to the next cycle? What can I do if I find an RID-sponsored educational activity ineffective? I want to see changes in the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP); what should I do? And there are many, many other questions. In this session, the PDC will solicit questions about continuing education, CEUs, certification maintenance, and the role of the PDC, among other related topics. The PDC aims to identify and respond to common areas of confusion, and to provide some guidance on effective ways of engaging in continuing education. The PDC hopes to leave participants with the sense that learning can be relevant, worthwhile, and even fun. The PDC will also collect concerns and suggestions from participants for future consideration by the PDC.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. While 2020 and 2021 has brought on a unique experience of interpreters shifting much of their work to an online environment, video interpreting has been around for years and continues to serve as a necessary component to the work we do as interpreters. For this session, VIMS leadership has curated a special selection of expert and experienced leaders to talk about audism and intersectional isms and oppressions that exist in the provision of video interpreting work. Please attend ready to consider what happens when marginalized identities appear in the realm of video interpreting, and what we do with this in terms of our current transformation and subsequent transition into a professional certification organization.

This webinar is 0.2 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies (PS) - Power, Privilege, and Oppression (PPO) and is presented at the Little to None Knowledge level. Society is experiencing a major shift at the macro-, meso-, and micro- levels within our structures, systems, and individual consciousness. While there is a need to explore justice within our organizations, such as RID, we must pay special attention to the individuals and their consciousness that constitute RID. This plenary provides participants an opportunity to authentically explore their personal role and responsibility in justice and the ways in which we tackle the societal isms that live within us.