Pollen Series: Three Summer Workshops for Maine ASL Interpreters
August 31 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
$20
Join us for the Pollen Summer Series, a three-part professional development workshop series for Maine interpreters and members of the Deaf community. These workshops will explore interpreting frameworks, ethical decision-making, collective care, and tools to strengthen professional practice. Summer is a great time to refresh interpreting theory and deepen connections within the interpreting and Deaf communities.
CEUs: 0.3 CEUs (3 contact hours) at the “some” content level for each workshop
June 22, 5:30 PM–8:30 PM
Role-Space Theory Refresher with Polly Lawson
Review Role-Space Theory and explore interpreter behavior, decision-making, participant alignment, and interaction management through case studies and discussion.
July 27, 5:30 PM–8:30 PM
DC-S and Case Conferencing with Elaine Williams
Examine Demand Control Schema and its application to reflective practice, ethical decision-making, and case conferencing.
August 31, 5:30 PM–8:30 PM
Enacting Our Collective Care and Ethics with Tristen Evah Hellewell
Explore collective ethics, care work, solidarity, and restorative practices through activities and group reflection.
-Suggested donation: $20 per workshop (or pay what you can)
-Additional $10 processing fee for non-MeAD members seeking CEUs
-Registration fees are non-refundable
-Workshops will be presented in ASL without voice interpretation.
-Accommodation requests may be sent to elaine@deafmaine.org.
-This workshop series is a fundraiser supporting ASL Health Science Weekend. MeAD/MeSLIC is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities.