Interpreters are traditionally trained to read, process, and produce adult language. Yet, ASL interpreters find themselves in settings with children. Not singular to K12 settings, interpreters must be prepared to work with children in medical, mental health, legal, and a host of other community settings. Explore the children here and dive into the breadth of communication and language variation in hereunto to our work.
Elementary: 7-Year-Old Deaf Child
Want to prepare for the Sign-to-English portion of the K-12 educational assessment? Need to understand Deaf children’s sign communication better? Increase your success with an articulate seven-year-old willing to give you an eyefull. Precious and precocious, ...
Elementary: 10-Year-Old Deaf Child
Want to relieve your stress about understanding Deaf children's signing? Would you like to go into your performance assessment confidently? Practice with Derek, a bright and linguistically advanced 10-year-old with signing that will teach you about ASL gramm...
Middle School: 12-Year-Old Deaf Child
Here’s your worry-free chance to hone your skills for interpreting in middle school or for children via VRS. Lydia gives you a rare opportunity to practice sign comprehension and interpreting for a 12-year-old client, raised in a mainstreamed setting. She...
Middle School: 13-Year-Old Deaf Child
Accept this assignment to enhance your skills and gain confidence interpreting for a mainstreamed, middle school client. Kuualoha’s language samples are representative of what you can expect to face in your educational performance assessment, with VRS cli...
Middle School: 12-Year-Old Hearing Child
Be fully prepared for the English-to-sign portion of your Educational Assessment! Don’t mistakenly limit your skill development to only D/deaf children in the school setting…practice understanding the speech (and thought) patterns of their hearing clas...
Educational Interpreting Demonstrations
Deaf Children Signers: Sign-to-English
10-Year-Old Storyteller
Gain confidence understanding children’s signing and presenting English equivalents! This series provides a variety of deaf children signers for ideal practicum. To support your growth, interpr...
Educational Interpreting Demonstrations
Deaf Children Signers: Sign-to-English
Deaf Children Signers-23 Stories
Gain confidence understanding children’s signing and presenting English equivalents! This series provides a variety of deaf children signers for ideal practicum. To support your growth...
Educational Interpreting Demonstrations
More Deaf Children Signers
Deaf Children Signers: Sign-to-English
Gain confidence understanding children’s signing and presenting English equivalents! This series provides a variety of deaf children signers for ideal practicum. To support your growth, inte...
Educational Interpreting Demonstrations
Deaf Children Signers: Sign-to-English
Even More Deaf Children Signers
Gain confidence understanding children’s signing and presenting English equivalents! This series provides a variety of deaf children signers for ideal practicum. To support your growt...
Educational Interpreting Demonstrations
Deaf Children Signers: Sign-to-English
Still More Deaf Children Signers
Gain confidence understanding children’s signing and presenting English equivalents! This series provides a variety of deaf children signers for ideal practicum. To support your growth...
Fingerspelling: Comprehension in Context
Improve fingerspelling comprehension! Do you ever feel “the fingers move quicker than YOUR eyes?” This new DVD set has a unique option for “PACE ASSISTED FINGERSPELLING TM.” The signing stays at a natural pace, but you are given a hand with the fingerspel...