Language First Learning Library

Course description: This workshop addresses the role of interpreters and Deaf students' autonomy in K-12 mainstream classrooms. This workshop explores Deaf individuals' and interpreters' perspectives on the interpreters' role and approaches to working together, which were taken from individual and group interviews. This workshop highlights issues interpreters and Deaf students face, such as role confusion and conflict. Strategies for enhancing interpersonal communication and collaboration between interpreters, Deaf students, and educational team members will be discussed and shared.

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Agenda:

20 minutes: Research on the interpreter's role & deaf students' autonomy in mainstream classrooms 

20 minutes: Significance for the educational team 

20 minutes: Strategies for collaboration & enhancing autonomy 

20 minutes: Next steps & discussion 

Learner outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

1. Define role confusion

2. Identify at least two strategies to encourage and enhance Deaf students' autonomy in the classroom

3. Identify at least two strategies to enhance interpersonal communication and collaboration with interpreters, Deaf students, and educational team members