How Do the Missing Pieces of Training affect PPO with Native/Indigenous Deaf/Hearing People?
How Do the Missing Pieces of Training affect PPO with Native/Indigenous Deaf/Hearing People?
0.2 PS PPO CEUs credits
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The workshop will provide an understanding of Indigenous way of doing interpretation. The presenter will teach and guide working interpreters with accurate information and sign vocabulary using in Native/Indigenous settings. In addition, participants will learn about how PPO (Power, Privilege, Oppression) might disempower Native/Indigenous who are Deaf. This workshop is a mixture of presenting, educating, and opportunities to ask open-discussion throughout the webinar.
Educational Objectives:
- Participants will analyze how PPO (Power, Privilege and Oppression) affected from their past trainings which breeds “assumption” of Indigenous Deaf/hearing people.
- Participants will learn about Indigenous people, customs, and rules.
- Participants will learn more about Indigenous style of interpreting.
- Participants will study placements for interpreters to position themselves in Indigenous settings (Diagrams will be displayed during webinar).
- Participants will question and discuss about Indigenous topics and sign language.
- Participants will learn more about time, space and silence.
- Participants will understand our Indigenous way of explain “know the grounds that you step on”, and “know your place” in our Indigenous settings while doing interpreting assignments.
Purple Communications and Sorenson Communications are Approved RID CMP Sponsors for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program, How Do the Missing Pieces of Training affect PPO with Native/Indigenous Deaf/Hearing People, is offered for 0.2 PPO CEUs at the little/None Content Knowledge Level.
Purple Communications, Sorenson Communications, and Diversity Academy promote and support policies of non-discrimination and an environment that is mutually respectful and free from bias.
Requests for accommodations must be submitted to [email protected].
Cancellation Policy:
In the event that this webinar has to be canceled, we will notify you within 48 hours. We will provide an alternative presentation.
About Dr. Melanie McKay-Cody
Dr. Melanie McKay-Cody is a Cherokee Deaf and earned her doctoral degree in linguistic and socio-cultural anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. She has studied critically-endangered indigenous sign languages in North America since 1994 and helps different tribes preserve their tribal signs. She also specialized in Indigenous Deaf studies and interpreter training incorporating Native culture, North American Indian Sign Language and ASL.
Webinar Overview
Participants will receive a pre-assessment form with questions related to diversity topics.
Dr. Melanie McKay-Cody is a Cherokee Deaf and earned her doctoral degree in linguistic and socio-cultural anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. She has studied critically-endangered indigenous sign languages in North America since 1994 and helps different tribes preserve their tribal signs. She also specialized in Indigenous Deaf studies and interpreter training incorporating Native culture, North American Indian Sign Language and ASL.
The workshop will provide an understanding of Indigenous way of doing interpretation. The presenter will teach and guide working interpreters with accurate information and sign vocabulary using in Native/Indigenous settings. In addition, participants will learn about how PPO (Power, Privilege, Oppression) might disempower Native/Indigenous who are Deaf. This workshop is a mixture of presenting, educating, and opportunities to ask open-discussion throughout the webinar.
Educational Objectives :
- Participants will analyze how PPO (Power, Privilege and Oppression) affected from their past trainings which breeds “assumption” of Indigenous Deaf/hearing people.
- Participants will learn about Indigenous people, customs, and rules.
- Participants will learn more about Indigenous style of interpreting.
- Participants will study placements for interpreters to position themselves in Indigenous settings (Diagrams will be displayed during webinar).
- Participants will question and discuss about Indigenous topics and sign language.
- Participants will learn more about time, space and silence.
- Participants will understand our Indigenous way of explain “know the grounds that you step on”, and “know your place” in our Indigenous settings while doing interpreting assignments.
Participants will receive a Post-Assessment form that will identify their involvement and understanding of diversity topics covered in the webinar.
Participants will provide feedback via a presenter evaluation form.
This course is being offered for 0.2 PS PPO (Power, Privilege, and Oppression) CEUs: 1 hour webinar presentation & 1 hour of participation in the online community discussion forum following the webinar.
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Pre/post assessment questions
Active participation in the online discussion forum
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