Location
College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center (map link)
Description
Working the 12 Steps can mean the difference between life and death for a person with an addiction. One reason Deaf people suffer is because they cannot get access to this potentially life-saving message. This workshop is designed to introduce interpreters to the 12 Steps found in the Big Book of Alcoholic Anonymous, chapter 5, “How It Works.”
Set in a Nida & Taber’s framework of achieving dynamic equivalence when translating frozen texts, we will analyze ideas from the Big Book such as alcoholism, powerlessness, Higher Power, moral inventory, making amends, and having a spiritual awakening.
Additionally, the role of oral tradition in 12-step meetings will be discussed to familiarize participants with common approaches to telling one’s story. Participants will practice translating the steps into ASL for clarity and accuracy of meaning.
Topics we will cover
- Describe alcoholism as presented in the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
- Explain the ideas of powerlessness, Higher Power, moral inventory, making amends, and spiritual awakening found in 12-step texts
- Produce eective descriptions of the above concepts in ASL
- List the common elements of a 12-step talk
CEUs
This workshop is approved for 1.4 RID Professional Studies CEUs requiring some content pre-knowledge.
Partial RID CEUs will not be awarded for this event. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the workshop.
CEUs are being processed by Massachusetts Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (MassRID) at no cost to MassRID members in good standing. All others, please add $10.00.
Audience
Interpreter practitioners (Deaf, hearing, coda) wanting to or already engaged in interpreting in 12-Step settings.
Presentation language
This workshop will be presented in ASL without interpretation.
Registration
A rare opportunity, registration for this workshop is discounted from $250.00 to only $35.00 because of support from The Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS) and The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH)!
Deadline: To be guaranteed workshop materials, registrations must be received by November 7, 2014. No on-site registration will be allowed.
Payments
Make checks for registration ($35.00) and CEUs ($10.00 for non-MassRID members) payable to MassRID.
Cancellation policy
No refunds will be issued after November 7, 2014.
Contact
Nathan Fowler, fowler.nathan@gmail.com.