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Deaf Self-Advocacy Training: A Resource for Rehabilitation Counselors & Counselors-in-Training. Monday, September 26, 2011. Lillian Garcia Peterkin NIEC Communication & Outreach Coordinator.
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Deaf Self-Advocacy Training: A Resource for Rehabilitation Counselors & Counselors-in-Training Monday, September 26, 2011 Lillian Garcia Peterkin NIEC Communication & Outreach Coordinator
www.interpretereducation.org U. S. Department of EducationRehabilitation Services AdministrationTraining Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind
www.interpretereducation.org 2010 – 2015
www.interpretereducation.org Goals • Enhance Interpreting Education Program Outcomes • Enhance Interpreters’ Skills and Knowledge • Improve Consumer Utilization of Interpreters • Make Available Resources, Outreach, Information, and Technical Assistance (Web, CEUs, Certification Testing) • Optimize Available Expert, Fiscal, & Leadership Assets Through Coordination and Collaboration
www.interpretereducation.org Collaborative Activities • Interpreting in Vocational Rehabilitation Settings • Deaf Self-Advocacy Training Initiative • Trilingual Interpreting Initiative • Deaf Interpreter Initiative
www.interpretereducation.org 2010 – 2015Deaf Self-Advocacy Training Workgroup Lillian Garcia Peterkin NIEC Pauline Annarino, WRIEC Beverly Hollrah GURIEC Alberto Sifuentes NURIEC Richard Laurion CATIE Anna Witter-Merithew MARIE
www.interpretereducation.org Qualified InterpreterYour definition???
www.interpretereducation.org ADA defines….Title III regulation “An Interpreter who is able to interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially both receptively and expressively, using any necessary specialized vocabulary”
www.interpretereducation.org Deaf Self-Advocacy Training In the summer of 2006, the NCIEC Deaf Advocacy Training (DAT) Work Team began an initiative to enhance the Deaf Community’s experience, effectiveness and utilization of interpreting services.
www.interpretereducation.org DSAT History
www.interpretereducation.org 2005 – 2015DSAT Workteam members Alberto Sifuentes, NURIEC Rubin Latz, LPN/VR Lillian M. Garcia, NIEC Rosa Ramirez, CATIE Pauline Annarino, WRIEC Richard Laurion, CATIE
www.interpretereducation.org “Of, By, and for Deaf People” DAT Team’s Philosophy • Whose charter of bylaws describe itself as ”…of, by and for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and/or Deaf-Blind entity” • Whose chief administrator or program chair is Deaf or Hard of Hearing • Whose board of directors is 51% Deaf or Hard of Hearing • Whose staff is 51% Deaf or Hard of Hearing. • Whose master trainers is 99% Deaf or Hard of Hearing. • Both CSD and T.S. Writing Services are led by • chief administrators who are Deaf.
www.interpretereducation.org The Process
www.interpretereducation.org Phase 1Subcontract with CSD and WOU to conduct study of current and best practices in the area ofDeaf Advocacy Training What they did…. • Literature Review • Focus Groups with 35 deaf consumers • Survey of 2,050 deaf consumers • Survey of 180 RCDs • Interview with 12 deaf leaders
www.interpretereducation.org Click and download www.interpretereducation.org/dsat/dsat-curriculum/ Publication of Phase 1 Findings
www.interpretereducation.org Certified VS Licensed InterpreterWhat is the difference?
www.interpretereducation.org • Certification: Passing tests to show specific skills • Licensure: Meeting state requirements, such as certification, attending classes or other training
www.interpretereducation.org Phase 2Subcontracted with T.S. Writing Services to develop curricula Print and Media Materials • Training the Trainers curriculum • Self-Advocacy training curriculum
www.interpretereducation.org Curriculum CD/DVD Set available at no cost Trainer & Student Version
www.interpretereducation.org Quick Glance of Modules • Module 1: Advocacy: An Overview • Module 2: Self-Advocacy • Module 3: Self-Esteem & Self-Determination • Module 4: Working with Interpreters • Module 5: Ethics of Working with Interpreters • Module 6: Preparing for Self-Advocacy • Module 7: Utilizing Resources Around You • Module 8: Applying What You Have Learned
www.interpretereducation.org Phase 3 • Implementation – Late Winter 2010 • Master Training in Denver, CO and Washington, DC • Evaluation • Pre/Post Test for Participant • Trainer Evaluation
www.interpretereducation.org Denver Master Trainers
www.interpretereducation.org DC Master Trainers
www.interpretereducation.org What we did • Conducted 45 trainings (38 plus 7 self-reported) • To an estimated 600 individuals (670 DVDs sent plus some self-reporting) • Obtained information on 267 individuals (those who completed both pre/post tests and able to make a match)
www.interpretereducation.org Who Trained
www.interpretereducation.org Where Trainings Occurred
www.interpretereducation.org Our Participants
www.interpretereducation.org Our Participants
www.interpretereducation.org Type of Participants • Professionals • Transition students • Grass-roots deaf • VR clients • Immigrants • RCDs
www.interpretereducation.org Few examples of questions on Pre/Post Test
www.interpretereducation.org Question 1
www.interpretereducation.org Question 6
www.interpretereducation.org Outcomes
www.interpretereducation.org NCIEC Plans for 2011 - 21015 • Develop new modules • Create a Second Edition Deaf Self-Advocacy Training Curriculum • Continue to conduct consumer trainings through the NCIEC Regional Centers • Design and disseminate train-the-trainer curriculum • Conduct train-the-trainer workshops • Expand the NCIEC DSAT website • Add Master Trainer Directory at DSAT page
www.interpretereducation.org Our Current DSAT Master Trainers
www.interpretereducation.org Comments from the Trainers • PAH! This material is great. • The materials can be modified to fit the participants. • Well structured and organized! • A great tool! • Once participants know how to self-advocate, reduce burdens on RCDs and Deaf/HOH Service Providers!
www.interpretereducation.org Deaf Self-Advocacy Training Package CD Documents • PowerPoint • Trainer version book • Student version book DVD Movie
www.interpretereducation.org Video 3.1 A Bad Day at workVideo 3.2 Making A Request
www.interpretereducation.org Question/Answer
www.interpretereducation.org http://www.interpretereducation.org/dsat/dsat-curriculum/ For more information about DSAT curriculum, go to the NCIEC DSAT page at
