Course Description
Course is designed to equip professionals to work with Deaf and hard of hearing individuals with significant learning and communication challenges including deaf-blind, autism, and developmental disabilities. Prerequisite: SES 204; IDEA major.
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Define various cultural identities, experiences, and identities that interpreters may encounter with diverse Deaf, HoH, Deaf Blind individuals.
- Identify diverse populations and discuss strategies to develop intercultural fluency to expand the individual interpreter’s framework regarding perceptions and understanding of other cultures. These populations include, but are not limited to race, immigration status, socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, disability, language, educational, attainment, etc.
- Explain the purpose, protocol, and procedures for working with a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) or a Deaf Interpreter (DI).
- Examine your own perspectives and relationships with diverse communities in order to become more effective in creating spaces that promote accurate and effective communication for all consumers.
Course Grading Information:
| Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
| Video Analysis | 10% |
| Guest Speaker Questions | 10% |
| Weekly Journals | 20% |
| Book Reports | 35% |
| Final Paper | 25% |
Attendance/Participation:
Attendance/participation is not a graded component included in the student's final grade for this course.
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
- Wright, M. H. (2019). Sounds like home: Growing up black and deaf in the South, Twentieth anniversary edition. Gallaudet University Press.
- Sjunneson, E. (2022), Being seen: One deaf blind women’s fight to end ableism. Simon Element.
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.