Name: Practical Strategies for Interpreting for the Deaf-Blind into Tactile ASL
Start: 2026-6-17T17-17-00-00
End: 2026-6-17T20-20-00-00

june, 2026

17jun5:00 PM8:00 PMPractical Strategies for Interpreting for the Deaf-Blind into Tactile ASL0.3 PS CEUs5:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT Virtual Workshop - ZoomCategory:ASLIS

Time

(Wednesday) 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT

Location

Virtual Workshop - Zoom

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ASL with Spoken English Interpretation

CEUs

0.3 PS CEUs

ASLIS is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for a total of 0.3 PS CEUs at Some Content Knowledge Level.

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Event Details

It has been estimated that as much as 90% of communication is non-verbal. Our body language and facial expressions all add meaning to our expressions. ASL uses non-manual morphemes,
spatial references, and other phonological processes. How can these visual non-manual morphemes, modulation, intonation, and spatial references be conveyed to someone with little or no vision? This workshop will review the grammatical divergence between Visual ASL and Tactile ASL.

Participants will practice research-based strategies for implementing the appropriate modifications to our sign production, effectively convey implicit and explicit visual contextual information to Deaf-blind consumers tactually.

Applying techniques learned in this workshop, we will provide the Deaf-blind with equal access to semantically rich content, increasing opportunities for fulfilling interactions and empowerment.

Educational Objectives:

As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
1) Identify visual contextual information that requires production modification for Deafblind.
2) Describe effective modification techniques when interpreting from Visual ASL into Tactile
ASL (TASL) to Deafblind consumers.
3) Produce semantically rich TASL interpretations while maintaining the spirit and intent of the source message.

Presenter Bio

Brent Tracy is a nationally dual-certified American Sign Language interpreter and the child of a Deafblind parent (CODBA). After child language brokering during his formative years, he started his professional interpreting career at Gallaudet University in 1999. Since then, Brent has supported the Deaf and DeafBlind communities wearing several professional hats including consultant, mentor, and presenter.

Currently, he works as the CEO of Equal Access Resources, Inc. a for-profit organization that leads trainings and workshops with a cognitive bias framework aimed at fostering open dialogues that galvanize stakeholders to champion interpersonal and intrapersonal growth. He also volunteers for the Testing Development Committee for the Center for Assessment of Sign Language Interpreters (CASLI).

In his leisure time, Brent enjoys spending time with his lovely wife and two amazing children, golfing, and creating unique handmade bow ties for his business KnotTied.

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