How do deaf children learn sign language? What are the milestones in sign language acquisition? Kate Rowley from University College London will elaborate on this during her webinar, also explaining the impact of late access to language on deaf children, with parallels to cases of delayed language in hearing children.

This presentation will be delivered in British Sign Language and interpreted into English. 

Structured CPD Points: 2

Lost for words from time-to-time? Find yourself repeating the same words/phrases in your interpretation whilst racking your brains for a synonym? Perhaps you’re looking for resources and tips on how to improve your English for next year’s professional development plan? This webinar will tick all your boxes, with a plethora of your colleague’s favourite idioms to boot!

During this webinar Helen will guide you through ways to actively increase your vocabulary, and get down to the nitty gritty of the English language and its grammar including identifying our passive and active vocabulary and exploring ways to extend our lexicon. Giving further attention to our English language skills is sure to improve our abilities in both voiceover and sight translation.This webinar is suitable for both American-English and British-English learners as well as spoken language interpreters seeking to improve their English.

Structured CPD Points: 2

Vicarious trauma is also referred to as compassion fatigue or secondary traumatization (Figley, 1995). When working with clients suffering trauma, we can feel an emotional residue, stress and/or weariness and lose our zest for life. Why does it happen?  As empathetic professionals, how do we protect ourselves from vicarious trauma, or minimise its effects? We’re delighted to have Wendy back to expand on her previous webinars.

Are you feeling the pressure from agencies to reduce your fees or working conditions? Does it have to be a ‘them and us’ scenario? How can we work together to ensure professional standards and a sustainable, quality service are maintained? What benefit could accreditation of agencies bring?

What better way is there to sum up this webinar than with this learner reflection:

“I think we are in uncertain times, and sometimes you have to ride the storm. We can all work together. we should all be doing webinars like this to share experiences as a collective which makes us stronger”

Join Brett and Linguistpd for constructive ways to work with agencies.

Medical interpreting is both challenging and rewarding. It’s a domain we don’t enter into lightly and there are serious consequences to our actions as professionals.

In the webinar we will be looking at some of the areas in which we can develop our knowledge and understanding to help us provide a better service. We will look at things such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and jargon, clients’ attitudes and expectations of interpreters and how we can deal with these in a sensitive and effective manner.

Structured CPD Points: 2

Clare’s first webinar, Voiceover – finding the story behind the signs, was met with rave reviews such as:

“Clare was a great presenter!” and

“Can honestly say I have no negative points to provide..all questions were answered”

So we’re really glad she’s come back to develop the subject further.

In this advanced webinar, Clare will briefly revisit the terms and language from her first webinar then build on this to introduce further tools which learners can apply to their BSL-English interpretation. This webinar is suitable for both qualified and interpreters and will assist you to build on the skills you already have.

Co-working is a regular fixture in many interpreting settings but it is not something that comes naturally to everyone. We don’t always leave bookings feeling as supported as we wished to. How can we get the best out of our co-working partnership? What strategies are available for us? Join Jill Henshaw and Linguistpd to find out.

Structured CPD Points: 2

We’re delighted to welcome Emma Gilbert, Detective Sergeant and manager of the UK’s Police Link Officers for Deaf People (PLOD) scheme, to the Linguistpd community. Her webinar was so well received and you can access the recording here.

What is interpreting like from a police perspective? What types of interviews would you be called to interpret for? What national and global issues might impact upon our future work? How does the PLOD role differ from that of an interpreter? How can both professions work collaboratively to address issues impacting on policing in the Deaf community?

Are you an ASL interpreter? This webinar qualifies for CEUS (PS & SC:L)

Structured CPD Points: 2