June 2008Check out our complete listing of events on our calendar. Future events can be accessed at our calendar of events link.
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| FROM JOY THOMASSEN AT THE DODHH:
This
year the DODHH office will be testing with the Quality Assurance test
in seven different locations: Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Livonia,
Muskegon, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, and Lansing. Please share with
your students and interpreters about these options. We hope to include
a location in the Upper Peninsula within the next year as well.
Also,
scheduling for EIPA testing is now being handled by the Michigan
Department of Education-Low Incidence Outreach (MDE-LIO) office.
They can be contacted at either: 810-760-2736 or 888-760-2206
Thank you for passing this information along.
Joy Thomassen, NAD IV, CI/CT
Michigan State Interpreter Coordinator
State of Michigan - DLEG
Commission on Disability Concerns
Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing
201 N. Washington Square, Suite 150
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: 517-335-6004 (V/TTY)
Fax: 517-335-7773
E-mail: thomassenj@michigan.gov
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We are not lending out any books,
tapes or other materials from the Resource room right now. We are
doing inventory and are waiting on all materials to be returned. If
you have items please return immedidately. Thank you.
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Deaf Blind Camp
Please see the attached flyer for an exciting opportunity for DeafBlind teenagers who are considering college.
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QA Boot Camps
Our boot camps have changed! Come join our practices on Thursday nights from 4pm to 7pm. QA CEU's are available. Show up any time and work on your interpreting skills.
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All SLS classes and workshops are approved for either direct or indirect QA continuing education units.
Please get verification sheets before leaving the event.
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TutoringTutoring available for anyone interested in learning sign language, for Interpreters, and for Deaf students
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Scholarships available
Looking for low income families with Deaf or Hard of Hearing children
in Macomb County. Click link for details.
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NAD Board of Directors
Approves New ASL Position Statement
To view the full position
statement in ASL and English, visit www.nad.org/ASLposition.
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Boom Boom Gear Survey
Move over iPod, Boom Boom Gear could be the next hot gadget!
You're invited to participate in a survey for a product in process of
development.
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DLEG News
DLEG Bureau of Fire
Services Teams Up with Detroit Red Wings to Distribute Smoke Detectors to Low
Income Metro Detroit Families
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Testing DelaysRID is currently experiencing testing delays. Read the full story.
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SLS is Michigan's first and only RID testing supersite.
Testing is available 7 days a week with no waiting list.
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Interpreter Discussion Group
We will discuss Interpreting situations and proposed actions. Demand Control Schema techniques will be applied. This group will benefit new Interpreters and
seasoned Interpreters.
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Internships, Hands on Interpreting for ITP StudentsSLS
offers Mentoring, Internship, Observation and some hands on
Interpreting for ITP Students. Please contact Jessica Spearman, SLS
Student Outreach Coordinator at: 586-634-9218 or jspearman@signlanguageservicesofmichigan.com
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