Course Description & Objectives

This workshop will provide an opportunity to move from theory to practice, reviewing and utilizing five effective teaming processes for Deaf and hearing interpreter teams. Workshop participants will engage in deliberate practice with each process, increasing flexibility, collaboration, and confidence towards a participant-centered approach that enhances language access in medical settings. Communication within the Deaf/hearing team is essential and an “open process” has proven to be most inclusive and effective. During this application session, participants will practice utilizing an open process and employ communication cues and strategies that best fit the setting/context/goals.

Through interactive demonstrations, guided practice, and reflective discussions, participants will:

• Develop trust, rapport, accountability and flexibility within interpreting teams
• Consider power dynamics that exist within a team and how to effectively share and manage “Deaf and hearing space”
• Practice and analyze five co-interpreting/teaming processes: Consecutive, Expressive Loop, Receptive Loop, Clarification and Feedback
• Strengthen communication, inclusion, and collaboration using open process techniques