efsli Training on Demand

From 3rd to 5th November 2017

In cooperation with
DODIR – Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons

This training will be exploring interpreting with Deafblind people.

Trainers will focus on various aspects of deafblindness and interpretation.

The following topics will be discussed:

• various aspects of deafblindness
• terminology and Deafblind identity
• communication limitations of the Deafblind
• deafblind interpreting and different interpreting methods
• SL interpreter vs DB interpreter
• definition and role of deafblind interpreters
• guiding the Deafblind
• visual description – what kind of information does the Deafblind wish to receive
• interpretation processes – communication indications during Interpretation
• the importance of Ethics and its basic Principles when working with the Deafblind

Blindfolded and with earplugs, participants will be guided and interpreted to for a while, which will give them an insight of the huge difference that the level of skill on part of the deafblind interpreter is. Participants will switch roles to experience both being deafblind and acting as a deafblind interpreter.

Address of the training venue: 

Medulićeva 34, 10 000 Zagreb (Croatia).

Training Schedule

Sanja Tarczay, PhD. (Croatia)

Sanja Tarczay was born in Zagreb, as a deaf child in a deaf family and later became Deafblind.
In 1994, she established the Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons – Dodir – where she currently serves as President. She is the creator of a Croatian Sign Language course, courses for Service Support Providers (SSPs), courses for Sign language interpreters and Deafblind interpreters and the founder of the Croatian Sign Language Interpreting Centre. Since 2008, Sanja has been the practicum leader for a module on Deafblindness at the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, and a lecturer on Sign Language at the University of Applied Health Studies in Zagreb. She has also lectured at numerous other universities at home and abroad as a guest lecturer. She has published several expert and research papers, both as a sole contributor and as co-author and has participated in 40 conferences at home and abroad. In 2013, she was elected President of the European Deafblind Union. Sanja earned her Doctorate degree in 2014; her thesis was titled, ”Meeting Challenges – Deafblind Interpreting From a User’s Perspective.“ She is fluent in five Sign Languages including: Croatian Sign Language, British Sign Language (BSL), International Sign Language (ISL), Swedish Sign Language and American Sign Language. She received the “Award for the Promotion of Rights of the Child” in 2016 from the Croatian Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Welfare for “outstanding achievement in protecting the welfare, rights and interests of children.”

Sanna Paasonen (Finland)

MAIN WORK: Teacher of Sign Language, Finnish and communication supporting methods, Evantia Oy
OTHERS: Keyperson of the domestic violence work, freelance trainer (e.g. the Sign Language interpreter training program in Finland) and estate agent.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES: Trained first Bulgarian interpreters for Deafblind persons for four years ago, had a presentation about the Deafblindness on the WFD conference a year ago and based with ms Angela Pimpinella the Deafblind Women´s Forum of EDbU for four years ago, leaded the ERCW and EDbU conference in Finland. Cooperating as an expert with the Threehold to the Ethiopian Deafblind Association many years.
MAIN EDUCATION: Education of Master (the classroom teacher training program), University of Jyväskylä. PRO GRADU: “10 Golden Rules” – views of Deafblind persons from different countries how to face a Deafblind person.
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS MOMENT: The Finnish Deafblind Association (board), The Deaf Club of Mikkeli (president), The Mikkeli Council on Disability (board), ESTERY – supporting federations of the social and health fields in Southern Savo (board). The National Disability Forum of the Employment (member).

Deaf and hearing sign language interpreters interested in this topic with none to medium experience in the field of deafblind interpreting.

Important

Your place on the course will be confirmed by email.