• 2010-2015 Grant Goals
• Annual Silent Weekend
• Deaf Self-Advocacy Training
• National Task Force on English/Spanish/ASL Interpreting
• Interpreting in Vocational Rehabilitation Settings
• Discover Interpreting
• Mentorship Program
• Outreach to the Pacific Rim
• Deaf-Blind Outreach & Service Learning
• WRIEC and NCIEC Sponsored Workshops

Deaf Self-Advocacy Training

Collaborative project of the NCIEC led by WRIEC

Effective advocacy for interpreting services has been a long-time concern of Deaf Community leaders. With RSA funding support from 2005-2010, the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers (NCIEC) developed a specialized curriculum devoted to teaching deaf individuals to self-advocate for effective interpreting services. The content of the curriculum includes concepts of self-esteem and self-determination, ethics of working with interpreters, preparing for self-advocacy, and how to effectively tap resources.

The curriculum was first unveiled in 2010. Thirty master trainers were prepared to teach from the curriculum. They, in turn, provided training to more than 600 deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind consumers. The evaluation of these trainings will inform refinement of the curriculum during the 2010-2015 grant cycle. Consumer education activities continue through the Consortium Regional Centers.

 

Over the past three years, the National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers Deaf Self-Advocacy work group has been reporting on the activities of the Deaf Self-Advocacy Training (DSAT) Initiative. More information on the effective practice strategies and DSAT data findings can be found in this article.

Consumer Deaf-Self Advocacy Training Opportunities

A number of trained DSAT Trainers are available to provide training to your local community.
The Directory of DSAT Trainers can be found at http://www.interpretereducation.org/dsat/find-a-trainer/. Many of these individuals are available to provide training upon request, which is often taught in a six to eight hour blocks of time or longer. While the Directory groups the trainers according to the NCIEC region in which they reside, they may be available to travel outside the region. Please contact them directly to learn of their availability and service fees (if any). Also, please note that those without contact information are not available for training.Or feel free to contact Pauline Annarino at deafselfadvocacy@gmail.com to locate a trainer or sponsor a DSAT consumer training.

 

Becoming a DSAT Trainer

DSAT is always looking for new consumer trainers.The project’s Master Trainers are available to conduct Train-the-Trainer workshops in your community.They are listed in the Directory of DSAT Trainers.Please contact them directly to learn of their availability and service fees (if any).Or feel free to contact Pauline Annarino at deafselfadvocacy@gmail.com to locate a Master Trainer or to sponsor a DSAT Train-the-Trainer workshop.

 

Obtaining a Copy of the Curriculum

That DSAT curriculum is free.To request a copy, please send your contact information, to deafselfadvocacy@gmail.org.While the curriculum is available to all, please recognize that the curriculum is designed as a Deaf peer to peer training.

 

The curriculum is described in detail at deafselfadvocacy.org.You can also view a DSAT overview webinar on the National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials website.

 

For more information, please contact Pauline Annarino at deafselfadvocacy@gmail.com.

 

DSAT Master Trainers (2011)