LIRID & Mill Neck Services

                                                       are proud to present

                                               How Do I Interpret This and That?

                                                 Presented by
                                                 Jimmy Beldon
                                             Saturday, January 30th
                                                9:00am-4:00pm

Workshop will be held at Nassau County Community College, One Education Drive, Garden City, NY,CCB Bldg, Room 252. Directional Signs will be posted at entrance. Contact Judy Sweeney at 631-965-7125 or Kristin Connolly at 631-379-1376 for more information. The workshop will be conducted in American Sign Language. At the request of the presenter, voice interpreter services will not be available.

Jimmy Beldon, CDI, MA, has been a professional involved in the interpreting field on many levels. He currently teaches in the Interpreter Training Program at St. Catherine University in St. Paul Minnesota. Mr. Beldon received his master's degree in Deaf Education with an ASL Specialty from Western Maryland College. He is a nationally renowned interpreter educator. He is a popular presenter requested to travel across the United States giving workshops on a variety of topics and has served as vice president for RID. Mr. Beldon and his family currently reside in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Over View
This workshop is designed to provide participants with an in-depth and practical understanding of important skills to be effective interpreters for both languages: ASL and English. The participants will role-play activities pertaining to different settings. The participants will see many examples from both ASL and English and will make the most effective choices in their interpretation. The participants will get direct feedback and tips on more effective interpreting choices from the Deaf expert presenter..

Target Audience
This workshop is designed for working interpreters.
Mill Neck is an approved RID CMP sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.6 CEU's at the some content knowledge level.
Reasonable accommodations available upon request.
Registration Deadline: January 16th
Please send checks payable to:
LIRID
PO Box 3039
Garden City, NY 11531-3039
Attn: PD Committee
$50 for LIRID members/$75 non-members
Breakfast and Lunch Included
Compliments of LIRID
*Cancellation policy available upon request