Recorded training

The World Wide Web — Interpreting with Web Designers & Developers

Cost from £35

Are you entangled in the world wide web when interpreting for web designers/developers? Interpreted for clients who are are back-end or front-end developers, web designers or digital content editors and would like to understand a bit more of the terminology they use? Want to pick up some tips for your setting up/enhancing your own website?

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Interpreting on the ward

Cost from £40

What do we need to consider when interpreting for Deaf patients on a hospital ward? How about interpreting for Deaf medical professionals and their colleagues? What are some of the challenges and rewards of working on the ward? How can we best prepare for these types of assignments? How can you accurately represent the professional client as well as the patient, whilst dealing with the demands of a busy hospital?​ What about interpreting a birth? What’s involved there?

Structured CPD Points: 2

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Educational Interpreting

Cost from £40

-Does the role of a CSW differ from that of an Educational Interpreter?

-What strategies can you employ for the seemingly endless jargon and subject-specific terminology that comes your way?

-How do you model good boundaries with your student and what do you do when those are pushed?

Structured CPD Points: 2

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Business Clinic

Cost from £35

So you’re a great interpreter but how hot are your business skills? Are you challenged by a competitive climate? How do you handle negotiations with agencies or clients? Sue shares her years of experience as a lawyer linguist as well as some insights into the spoken language interpreting profession in this webinar.

Structured CPD Points: 2

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Autism and Deafness – Children

Cost from £40

We’re delighted to welcome Vicci Ackroyd and her colleagues from the Leeds and York Partnership NHS to train interpreters on aspects of Autism in Deaf Children You’ll also learn about autism assessments, the Diagnostic Instruments for Autism in Deaf Children (DIADS) project and how interpreters can work with clinicians during the diagnostic process.

Structured CPD Points: 2

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An Introduction to Mental Health Interpreting – Children & Adolescents

Cost from £40

How do you prepare yourself to work in a CAMHS setting? What kind of language will you come across? How do you know if you’re suited to this domain? … All these questions and more were answered in our lively webinar. Watch Rob’s presentation and hear how he answers your colleagues’ questions. They loved it and we’re sure you will too!

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Advancing the work of personal reflection – looking after your limbic system

Cost from £40

Dr McIntosh continues her series of webinars with Linguistpd by addressing our body’s reaction to stress. How can our limbic system help us take care of ourselves at work? What is compassion fatigue and how do we address it?

If maintaining your wellbeing is one of your priorities, you won’t want to miss this specialist webinar!

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‘I was only joking!’ – Interpreting humour in workplace settings

Cost from £40

As one of Dr Dickinson’s research participants notes, ‘The ‘…quick jokey comments, ‘in- jokes’ and asides’ are ‘…a vital part of making the Deaf person feel a part of the team’.  Workplace humour can make relationships, enhance career opportunities and make the 9-5 that much more pleasurable.

However, it’s not easy to interpret. What strategies can we employ to deal with the differences between Deaf and Hearing humour? What is the play frame and how do we communicate that to our Deaf client? Dr Dickinson covers this and so much more in her 2 hour webinar.

Structured CPD Points: 2

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