april, 2026
Time
(Saturday) 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CT
Location
Virtual Workshop - Zoom
Presented in
ASL with No Spoken English Interpretation
CEUs
0.4 PS
ASLIS is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for a total of 0.4 CEUs at Some Content Knowledge Level.

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Event Details
During this presentation, ASL Expansion Techniques will be discussed and utilized in practice. All of the seven techniques will be unpacked and applied to
Event Details
During this presentation, ASL Expansion Techniques will be discussed and utilized in practice. All of the seven techniques will be unpacked and applied to participants language and interpreting.
Educational Objectives:
- Attendees will be able to recognize the seven (7) techniques when seen in video samples
- Attendees will be able to, from the provided English texts for each of the (7) techniques, complete the translations, at the end of each section, conveying equivalent meaning, using the appropriate ASL Expansion Techniques.
- Attendees will be able to, from (1) English source audio text and 3 other partner activities, incorporate the ASL Expansion
- Techniques into their interpretations and signing, using their own feedback and partner feedback.
- Attendees will be able to discuss (once) after each of their interpretation or activity, the use of these techniques and the ramifications of what they have learned and how it improved their interpretation and language use.
Presenter Bio
Jon Shive, a native North Carolinian, holds a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics from Georgia State University; his undergraduate work was in Special Education and minored in ASL Interpreting. Formerly, Jon was a faculty member for 10 years at Georgia Perimeter College in their Interpreting Training Program and is currently a part time instructor at Georgia State University. Jon has been teaching 26 years and interpreting for more than 36 years and is certified with RID (CI/CT) as well as EIPA: level 5. He has been in membership with several affiliate chapters of RID – GA, NC and FL. Also, as a member of Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT) and American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA). He is the CEO of Shive Solutions LLC, focusing on ASL Interpreting, mentoring and training. He is the co-author, of “Processing and Receiving Fingerspelling and Numbers and Processing Time: Developing the Interpreter Muscle”. His experiences have included educational, freelance, platform, medical/mental health, vacation and video relay interpreting and video remote interpreting. He lives with his 2 hounds, a 5 year of pit bull, Ruckus, and her brother Rowdy, pure bred mutt, who both definitely keeping him busy.
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