Workshop Topics:
- Legal
- Lingusitics
- Deafhood & Deaf/Hearing Teams
- K-12/EIPA
- Licensure
Schedule at a Glance:
- Registration opens Thursday at 1pm, with workshops starting at 3:30pm
- Keynote Thursday night
- Workshops all day Friday
- Peter Cook Entertainment Friday evening *Important* Registration for the evening entertainment is separate from conference registration!
- Workshops all day Saturday & WSRID Business Meeting part 1
- Business Meeting part 2 & workshops on Sunday ending at 3:30pm
- 2.2 CEUs will be available for attending all workshops and Keynote
Full schedule:
- Thursday 3:30pm - 6:30pm
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- Carla Mathers: "Legal Interpreting Lite – An Introduction"
- Jan Humphrey: “Interpreting for Deaf Witnesses”
- Katie Roberts: "Verbing ASL"
- Thursday 8:00pm - 10:00pm
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- Trudy Suggs Keynote: “From Deaf Disempowerment to True Allies”
- Friday 9:00am - 11:00am
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- Carla Mathers: "The Path to Specialization: The SC: L -- Day 1 part 1"
- Laurie Reinhardt: “Deaf – Hearing Teams: Navigating Trust in Shared Space”
- Crom Saunders: “Bill Nye Who?”
- Friday 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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- Carla Mathers: "The Path to Specialization: The SC: L -- Day 1 part 2"
- Peter Cook: "Narrator & Character in Storytelling"
- Trudy Suggs: "Think of a Word Quick!"
- Friday 4:15pm - 6:15pm
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- April McArthur: "Educational Interpreters: How to be an Ally"
- Trudy Suggs: "Deaf Disempowerment to True Allies"
- Jan Humphrey: "Mediation & Arbitration"
- Saturday 9:00am - 11:00am
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- Carla Mathers: "The Path to Specialization: The SC: L -- Day 2 part 1"
- Mr. Shineyhead: "ASL Expansion"
- Butch Zein: "Deafhood & Allies part 1"
- WSDS/CDHL: "EIPA -- WA State Standards"
- Saturday 1:30pm - 4:30pm
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- Carla Mathers: "The Path to Specialization: The SC: L -- Day 2 part 2"
- Crom Saunders: "Can You See What I Saw?"
- Butch Zein: "Deafhood & Allies part 2"
- Paul Bert: "Science"
- Saturday 4:45pm - 6:45pm
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- Allie Joiner/ODHH/AOC: "WA State Legislative History"
- Mr. Shineyhead: "ASL Colloquialisms"
- Butch Zein: "Deafhood & Allies part 3"
- Sunday 12:30pm - 3:30pm
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- Rick Minnich: "Polygraphing"
- Mr. Shineyhead: "Communication in the Technical World"
- Alonna Watson: "Message Equivalency"
Registration Fees:
There is a full conference rate, as well as single day rates!
Registration dates:
Early: Before September 1st
Regular: September 1st - September 27th
Onsite: October 4th - October 11th
Members: Certified, Associate, Other Affiliate Chapter, WSAD members (membership will be verified for OAC and WSAD members prior to registration)
Student: Student members
Nonmember: Supporting, Organizational, Newsletter Only, anyone else
(Member / Student / Nonmember):
Early Full Conference: $250 / $165 / $335
Regular Full Conference: $300 / $200 / $400
Onsite Full Conference: $350 / $235 / $465
Regular Thursday or Sunday: $55 / $35 / $65
Regular Friday or Saturday: $125 / $85 / $170
Onsite Thursday or Sunday: $70 / $50 / $80
Onsite Friday or Saturday: $150 / $100 / $200
Language Policy:
The 2015 WSRID Conference is an "all-signing, all the time" environment, to create a Deaf-friendly environment. Please respect this policy while you are attending all conference events, including workshops, entertainment events, and in the concourse of the Lynnwood Convention Center.
CEU Policy:
CEUs are pending approval by the Western Region Interpreter Education Center at Western Oregon University,
an approved RID CMP and ACET sponsor. In order to receive CEUs for a workshop, you must attend the entirety of the workshop.
Keynote:
The Keynote presentation on Thursday evening is available to any registered Conference attendee, regardless of which day(s) you have paid for.
Sponsors:
Thank you so much to our generous sponsors! This conference would not have been possible without their donations!
