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Interpreter Webinar
Sponsored by the New Mexico Translators and Interpreters Association (NMTIA)
Court Interpreter Ethics in Remote Settings
Saturday, March 27, 2021 – 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Zoom
Session Description:
The face of court interpreting is changing. In a world in which a global pandemic has caused most industries to drastically alter the way they do business to adapt to safety protocols and social distancing requirements, judicial interpreters now find themselves tasked with providing high-level services in a multitude of virtual settings using a diverse array of remote technology. Although the judicial interpreter’s professional responsibilities haven’t changed, the dynamic nature of the virtual environments within which interpreters now work often times presents previously uncontemplated ethical challenges that must be understood and, ultimately, overcome to safeguard the integrity of the judicial process. The main focus of this 2-hour webinar will therefore be to provide pragmatic knowledge and skills to practicing and aspiring court interpreters alike to assist them in making sound ethical decisions while plying their trade in a variety of unpredictable remote settings. During the live session, attendees will not only collaborate with the instructor to analyze the judicial interpreter’s ethical responsibilities in virtual settings, but will also apply what they learn by participating in numerous skits and hands-on exercise.
Presenter: Joshua C. Elliott, Executive Officer, Office of Language Access, Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts. Joshua is a Federally and State Certified Court Interpreter with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from Murray State University and a Master of Arts degree in Spanish from the University of Louisville. He has also been certified as a medical interpreter through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters.
NMTIA is waiving the workshop fee for signed language interpreters, but registration is required. To register for the workshop, follow the link below. Be sure to register with the name and email address that you want to appear on your Certificate of Completion. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87105418260?pwd=K2xFT1d3dm9Ra242eWcrcGRVSVdkQT09
The webinar will be presented in spoken English and signed language interpreters will be provided.
NMTIA promotes an environment of mutual respect free of discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or any other protected class.
The University of New Mexico is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for .2 Legal CEUs at the Little/None to Extensive Content Knowledge Level.

Webinar flyer: NMTIA Webinar – Court VRI Ethics with RID CEUs

Join our April Member Meeting using Zoom

​Elaine McCaffrey will be presenting

Hospital Safety for those with Hearing Loss

Elaine has been a member of the HLAA Board of directors since 2020 and has been President of the HLAA Chicago North Shore Chapter since 2016. She also spear- headed the Chapter’s “Panel Discussion: Hospital Safety for People with Hearing Loss Program” from 2016 to 2020. Elaine is the current chair of the HLAACommunication Access in Health Care Program. Elaine’s advocacy passion is hospital safety for those with hearing loss. In October of 2020 she spearheaded the sixth annual hospital safety program with multiple Chicago area hospitals and hospital systems. In this presentation Elaine will go over tips and suggestions for hospital advocacy, how the Chicago HLAA chapter began their Hospital Safety Program and the importance of self-advocacy. This presentation will allow you to be better prepared to advocate for yourself or for your loved one in a hospital or medical setting – You never know when you will need it.

​Meeting starts at 10:00 am MST

• You can join at 9:45 am MST for a Zoom tutorial with informative instructions to make sure you can view the presentation material, the presentor, captioning, and sign language interperters at the same time.
• Live captioning will be provided on Zoom.
• Sign language interperters will be available on Zoo

The link for the Zoom meeting is in the April newsletter on the hearinglossabq.org webpage.  I will also be mailing a reminder of the meeting again the day before the meeting and that email will also contain a link to the Zoom meeting.

We will be having a COVID-19 Vaccine and Individuals with Disabilities Town Hall virtual event on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
We know some of you have questions about COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Vaccine. So, we reached out to our community to find experts and community members to have them share their stories and expertise with you. We hope that with this event we can answer your questions and help clarify any misunderstandings, misinformation, mistrust, or anxiety about getting the vaccine.
The event will be done on Zoom and shown on Facebook Live. We will be posting a flyer and the link soon.
View the vlog here: https://youtu.be/yVNQYnUMGG0.

A vaccine event with full access for the Disability Community will happen on April 26 and 27 from 10am to 5pm in Albuquerque. The event specifically for our Deaf, Hard of Hearing, DeafBlind, Deaf Plus, and Deaf Senior Community will be on Tuesday, April 27th. It will be at the Berna Facio Professional Development Center at 3315 Louisiana Blvd NE. on the southwest corner of Louisiana Blvd and Comanche Rd. The event will be a drive-through only event – you will remain in your vehicle the whole time. There will be another vlog on the process of the drive-through soon.

Interpreters will be on site Tuesday only, and assistive technology will be available both days, including FM Systems. The vaccine provided will be the Moderna vaccine, so you will receive an appointment to return on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 to get the booster vaccine.

The event is open to everyone.  To participate:
Register at www.VaccineNM.org and use these event codes –
For Monday, April 26th use event code: IPSLPPW
For Tuesday, April 27th use event code: AWCRZAW

Please contact Corina or Myra if you have any questions, concerns, or need more information.
Corina Gutiérrez – corina.gutierrez@cdhh.nm.gov – 505-435-9241 (VP)
Myra Sandoval – myra.sandoval@cdhh.nm.gov – 505-273-3516 (VP)

See the vlog for all of the details in ASL: https://youtu.be/p8Y1ngggWrE.

These vlogs explain the process for both days, and the consent form that will be provided and must be completed before you receive the vaccine: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK3-i4djsMSSKEBjEEL3-UC-uiYafCxMj. 

Virtual Town Hall Meeting. Zoom Link below:

https://zoom.us/j/98333080690

For more information:

May22ZoomTownHallMeeting – YouTube

There will be another one-day vaccine event on Monday, May 24 at the Berna Facio Professional Development Center. If you got your first Moderna shot on April 26 or 27, you’ll get your second on May 24. The J&J vaccine will also be offered for those who haven’t been vaccinated at all yet. ASL interpreters and FM systems will be available all day. View the vlog here: https://youtu.be/ITEQ1tQ1Q7Y

Location TBD

COVID Vaccine & Youth with Disabilities Town Hall Thursday, June 10, 2021 – 6pm to 7pm. Watch live with interpreters and captioning on the UNM Center for Development & Disability page: facebook.com/unmcdd. Send advance questions for panelists to Travis.Davis@cdhh.nm.gov.

The HLAA ABQ June Meeting on Zoom will be Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 10am. The presenter is Renee O’Connell, a Music Practitioner, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. The Zoom link and June Newsletter can be found on their website: www.hearinglossabq.org.