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Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

Aging and Long-Term Support Administration





* A Message from the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing*

"Serving the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened Community"




ODHH is excited to announce that A2Z and DBSC have coordinated the following Onsite Training available in Spokane, Washington

Training will be in American Sign Language.

Topic: Working with DeafBlind People (as a SSP, Interpreter, community facilitator etc)

*When:* Saturday April 29, 2023

*Time*: 9 am to 5 pm

*Location:*
Community Service Office
8517 E. Trent Ave.
Spokane Valley 99212

Flyer Text Description and Link to Flyer is available below.

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*Flyer Text Description: *A2Z Interpreting, The DeafBlind Service Center, and the Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing presents: 

Working with DeafBlind People

Understanding the Support Service Provider (SSP) role, interpreter boundaries, and the difference between an interpreter and Communication Facilitators.

Presented by Debra Kahn, DB Consultant and Jessica Phillips, SSP and CF Coordinator

This interactive, on-site training will include hands-on training and discussion regarding working with clients who are DeafBlind. Discussions will include topics such as diversity in the DB community, the importance of touch, the Protactile Movement, the roles of SSPs (Support Service Provider) and CFs (Communication Facilitator), and the requirements to partner with DBSC as a provider. Hands-on training will include guiding techniques and basic protactile techniques.

Please note:
● This workshop will be limited to 16 people and open to the public, however participants must have some signing ability.
● Anyone in the Deaf and interpreting community interested in working with DeafBlind people are welcome to join!
● Lunch will be provided.
● Workshop presented in ASL, accommodations available upon request.

When: Saturday April 29, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: DSHS building, onsite, free parking available
Spokane Trent CSO
8517 E. Trent Ave.
Spokane Valley 99212
Kalispel Room, Suite 202

Cost: No cost, this workshop is sponsored by ODHH

Questions: For questions please contact Ashley Cavallaro [email protected]

Registration: Registration required by April 21, 2023. Register by emailing [email protected] and please note any accommodation requests and dietary restrictions.

*CEUs for interpreters are pending.

This workshop is provided as an opportunity for safe, respectful learning and will not permit harassment, discrimination or horizontal violence based on another's comments, questions, schema, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or any other protected class.

Three logos, all in balck text with white background: First logo: A2Z top line, interpreting, middle line, A2Zinterpretingservices.com, bottom line, second logo, DBSC, image of a tower with a broke line at the bottom end is a dot connected to the line in front of tower, and third logo is Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, next line:Serving the Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafPlus, Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened Community, next line, Agining and Long-Term Support Administreation, next line, an image of a child and two adult, next to it in text, Washington State, next line Department of Social & Health Services, last line Transforming lives.

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