Greetings! I’ve just learned that HB 1144 will be signed by Governor Inslee on May 7^th, at 1:30 at the Governor’s Conference Room in the Capital Building. David

(They will provide interpreters)

David Brenna
Senior Policy Analyst
Professional Educator Standards Board
360-725-6238
www.pesb.wa.gov

Joshua Jones came up with this spontaneous idea and it is taking off like wild fire!!!

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Happy First Day of May ;) THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!

Robbi Crockett MA, MS, NIC-A, NAD IV
Executive Director
RID CMP Sponsor
PO BOX 17414
Seattle, WA 98127
206-527-9555 Fax: 206-527-9557
VP: 75.160.97.53

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We are looking for male Deaf leaders who want to work as Senior Counselors for Deaf Teen Leadership (DTL) camp.

The roles and responsibilities include but not limited to are to:

-Assist Team Leader on challenge course when needed

-Work with Team Leader to provide leadership activities throughout the day

-Supervise campers in dorms

-Establish common ground rules with campers

-Provide support to campers when needed

-Attend to staff meetings

-Be a role model for Junior Counselors

-Other duties as assigned

DTL camp is from June 27 - July 2.  DTL staff will start working one day prior to camp (June 26) and have a wrap up meeting after the campers leave.

If have any questions, please contact DTL Director, Maria Christianson at " href="http://www.aslnetwork.com/">.

If interested, please send a letter of interest and a resume to " href="http://www.aslnetwork.com/"> by May 1.

Maria Christianson, DTL Director

ODHH, WSAD< and WSRID are sponsoring the community forums.

Click links for more information:

htpp://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/HRSA/ODHH/ann/MITF%20Friday%20Forums%20for%20Deaf.pdf

http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/HRSA/ODHH/ann/MITF%20Friday%20Forums%20for%20Deaf.txt

http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/HRSA/ODHH/ann/MITF%20Saturday%20Forums%20for%20interpreter.pdf

August 5 – 9, 2013

at Troy University in Montgomery

We are pleased to announce the Mental Health Interpreter Training sponsored by the Alabama Department of Mental Health, ADARA and Troy University.

The interpreter Institute is a 40 – hour course designed to provide a sound basis for interpreters to work effectively in mental health settings as part of a professional team.  It includes lectures, demonstrations, exercises, evaluation and discussion to develop knowledge, skills and resources to ensure that services are linguistically and culturally appropriate.

It will include introductions to:

• Medical and mental health systems and culture,
• Sources of communication breakdown associated with mental illness and treatment,
• Interpreters’ roles, tools, and resources,
• Severe language dysfluency and Visual – Gestural Communication,
• Psychiatric emergencies,
• Support groups and Community Mental Health Services, and
• Demand-Control Theory applied to mental health interpreting

Full details and registration information is now available at www.mhit.org

Mayra Salazar
Public Affairs Specialist
Social Security Administration
www.socialsecurity.gov
(866) 312-575-4057

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/reports/interpreterServices.pdf

By federal law, DSHS is required to remove communication barriers by providing services and resources to allow deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind people equal access opportunities to effective communication with DSHS employees. ODHH has played a vital role in ensuring DSHS meets its communication access obligations through two programs, the Sign Language Interpreter Management (SLIM) which administers contracts for sign language interpreter services and the Assistive Communication Technology (ACT) which provides assistive listening device systems and resources for real-time captioning services.

Due to upcoming budget reductions, ODHH will be combining a vacant position with another existing position to save money and minimize the impact on services. Accordingly, the SLIM and ACT programs will merge to become one program. This new program will have a new name, to be announced later. The new program will focus on streamlining the provision of DSHS accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act to close the communication gap between state employees and people with hearing loss.  

Eric Raff, ODHH Director, is pleased to appoint Berle Ross, ACT Program Manager, to run the new program. If you have questions, please feel free to call Berle at 360-339-4559 VP or email her at " href="http://www.aslnetwork.com/">.