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Workshop Description:
Inspired by conversations with colleagues, Amanda will be facilitating this four-session supervision series that is especially tailored to neurodivergent interpreters. With each session focusing on a specific category— environmental, interpersonal, paralinguistic, and intrapersonal— participants can discuss the unique demands that they experience and generate innovative controls to address demands ethically and effectively. Participants are also invited to present case studies to analyze using Demand Control Schema as a framework as we engage in community and reflective practice.
This session is specifically for interpreters who identify as neurodivergent. Self-diagnosis is valid in this space. Enhancing Reflective Practice: A Demand-Control Schema Review for Peer Supervision is not a prerequisite for joining the supervision group, however, participants should have some knowledge about Demand Control Schema.
Educational Objectives:
At the conclusion of this series, participants will be able to:
Discuss peer case studies and apply Demand Control Schema in order to identify main and concurrent demands that occur as part of the interpreting work.
Evaluate the environmental, interpersonal, paralinguistic, and intrapersonal demands experienced by neurodivergent interpreters and generate innovative controls to address demands ethically and effectively.
Presenter Bio:
Passionate about accessibility, inclusion, and collaboration, Amanda Kennon (she/her), MA, NIC, VQAS CLT I wears many hats as an ASL-English interpreter, Cued Language Transliterator, mentor, educator, consultant, parent-advocate, and ally.
She graduated from Maryville College with a B.A. in Sign Language Interpreting & ASL/Deaf Studies, then completed her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies at George Mason University, pursuing an individualized program focused on ethics and interpreting. With nearly two decades of experience, Amanda has worked in various settings as a staff and freelance interpreter; served on an affiliate chapter board; published in the VIEWS; and presented locally and nationally. In collaboration with Dr. Laura Polhemus, she provided interpreter training in Singapore and is engaged with innovative research to explore neurodiversity in the interpreting profession. To learn more about their work, visit @SLIneurodiversity on FB/IG.
Disclaimer:
Should you require any accommodations, please contact us at kayla@signlanguagestudiosllc.com. This event upholds nondiscriminatory practices and encourages a learning environment of mutual respect and free from bias. Sign Language Studios is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This program will offer 0.6 PS CEUs, at the SOME Content Knowledge Level.
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