Competence through Creativity: Using creative exercises to improve ASL skills

A workshop with Patty Gordon and Nic Zapko
Nov 14 - 9:30 - 4:30 pm
Peace Church - 1111 N. 11th Ave East; Duluth, MN 55805
Offered for .6 CEUs in Professional Studies

Cost: $10 for Region III/NESC interpreters; $25 for others. Questions about an whether or not you are a RegionIII/NESC interpreter?

This workshop will take participants through a series of creative exercises including improvisation, creating ASL poems, visual sculptures that represent emotions and games to improve eye contact and facial expression. Focus is on how the creative work leads to more effective use of ASL features: facial expression, use of classifiers, use of space, constructed action and constructed dialogue. Many of the activities are also used in the immersion program Story Blend each summer and will be adapted for this workshop.

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• This initiative is made possible in part by the Region IIII Low Incidence Project with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education– Grants to States.
• Sponsorship of RID CEUs provided by St. Catherine University CATIE Center. St. Catherine University is an approved RID sponsor for continuing education activities. This program is offered for .6 CEUs in professional studies and assumes some knowledge of the topic.

Objectives:

• Experience greater comfort with using the entire body when conveying a message in ASL
• Strengthen options for voice interpretation of classifiers and non-vocabulary bases signing (gestures, facial expressions, use of space)
• Develop understanding of communication options through physical stance, facial expression and gesture
• Explore the creative use of ASL to communicate abstract concepts
• Develop understanding of how a colleague’s perspective, culture and strengths can help in creating effective interpretation

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