Acronyms Definitions Flashcards
Organized in 1890, its main goal is to aid schools serving hearing-impaired students in their effort to teach oral-aural commu nication skills; i.e., speech, speechreading, and use of residual hearing. Its publication is the Volta Review
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (AGB)
To promote the development and expansion of rehabilitation services for Deaf and hard of hearing adults
American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA)
An organization whose main purposes are to evaluate and certify sign language instructors. Formally known as Sign In structors Guidance Network (S.I.G.N.)
American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA)
Comprehensive civil rights legislation that prohibits dis crimination on the basis of employment, public services, transporta tion, public accommodations, and telephone services. Affects inter preters by creating a greater demand for their services.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
A national independent body to support and maintain standards, to promote excellence, and to provide accreditation to professional programs in interpretation. Established July, 2006.
Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE)
The first official sign language development and in structor program of the National Association of the Deaf, Inc.
Communication Skills Program (CSP)
A non-profit organization under the umbrella of Catholic Com munity Services of Tucson, Arizona. Encourages local individuals to become involved in their own community services. Albuquerque branch also.
Community Outreach Program for the Deaf (COPD)
An organization of hearing-impaired persons in the U.S. and Canada, founded in 1850. Its publication is the American Annals of the Deaf.
Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID)
Founded in 1979 to provide professional development opportuni ties for educators and instructors of interpreters for deaf people
Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT)
Made up of representatives from the Alexander Gra ham Bell Association for the Deaf (AGB), the Conference of Execu tives of the American Schools for the Deaf (CEASD), and the Conven tion of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID). Established in 1960, the CED certifies teachers of deaf persons, and lobbies for the educational needs of deaf persons.
Council on Education of the Deaf (CED)
A process designed to evaluate the interpreting skills of in terpreters who work with children. Centered in Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.
Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA)
In 1975 PL 94-142 was passed by the U.S. Congress requiring that all children with disabilities, including those who are deaf,be educated in the “least restrictive environment”. This is often interpreted to mean the regular classroom. In 1990 congress reauthorized this law and changed its name
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
An individual written plan of instruction for a handicapped child. IEP was developed with the passing of Public Law 94-142 (IDEA) in 1975
Individual Education Program (IEP)
The organization was founded in 1901, with a goal of providing low cost insurance benefits for Deaf and hard of hearing persons.
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf (NFSD)
Located at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., it is funded jointly by Gallaudet and the NAD. Its goal is to provide le gal services for Deaf and hard of hearing individuals in a manner that will assist the population as a whole.
National Center for Law and the Deaf (NCLD)
A federally funded program from 1973-1978. Its five goals were 1) to train beginning interpreters 2) to upgrade in terpreters’ skills 3) to help establish interpreter training pro grams 4) to provide curriculum for interpreter training programs and
5) to provide consumer education. NITC sponsored regional inter preter training through workshops, seminars, and dissemination of materials.
National Interpreter Training Consortium (NITC)
Located in Rochester, New York, it is a federally funded pro gram for deaf and hard of hearing students. Founded in 1968, it is one of the ten colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
Founded at the O’Neill Theatre Center at Waterford, Conn. in 1967. Its purpose was to create a new theatre form based on visual language. NTD is composed of hearing as well as Deaf actors.
National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD)
In 1977, Chicago, Illinois, was the location of the first for mal national gathering of linguists and teachers of signed lan guages. Since then, many national forums on signed language research and teaching have been conducted in the United States.
National Symposium on Sign Language Research and Teaching (NSSLRT)
Established in 2005 as a state-wide program designed to sup port the professional development of working signed language inter preters. Mentors guide the mentees through an individualized and structured curriculum.
New Mexico Mentoring (NMM)
An affiliate of the AGB, ODAS is composed of hearing-impaired adults. The primary goal is to demonstrate through membership and statistics that oral hearing-impaired persons can be successful.
Oral Deaf Adults Section (ODAS)
Its original purpose was to help prepare interpreters for the RID certification evaluations, and to provide information to DVR agencies regarding the skill level of non-certified interpreters.
State screening of interpreters.
Quality Assurance (QA)
Established in 1964, its purpose is to provide national evaluation of interpreters, to help pass laws involving use of in terpreters, to provide a code of ethics for interpreters, and to hold a convention every two years. Publications are the VIEWS, and RID Journal of Interpretation.
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. Inc. (RID)
Provides the RID membership opportunity to address concerns or file complaints regarding the quality of interpret/transliterator services through policies set by the mediators and adjudicators of the Professional Standards Committee (PSC).
Ethical Practices System (EPS)
Responsible for confirming and revoking certification and for reviewing appeals. National Testing Board (NTB}: Establishes the policies and procedures necessary for administering the RID National Testing System (NTS} which trains and monitors the performance of the Local Test Administrators (LTA) and Raters.
National Certification Board (NCB)
The joint NAD and RID NCI was established to raise the ASL/English interpreting/transliterating standards by producing the NIC examina tions of interpreting skills and knowledge that shows an individual has passed a test with both interpreting and transliterating ele ments, as opposed to one or the other
National Council on Interpreting (NCI)
Founded in 1964. Its purpose is to coordinate the dis tribution of teletypewriters (TTYs) and establish standards for com patibility. The newsletter, GASK, publishes information about tele communication devices for the deaf (TDDs).
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. (TDI)
Established in 1980 under the auspicious of NMRID; closed in the fall of 1993. Served as the first state-wide interpreter refer ral agency and information center until the state assumed responsi bility
The Interpreting Center, Inc. (TIC)
A national consumer based organization. Often promotes the use of different types of technical devices to ensure that various envi ronments will be accessible
Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH)
A communications service used by deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired persons. An interpreter interprets between a signed language user (viewed on a TV} and a person who uses spoken English, or vice-versa. Sorenson established this service in New Mexico in July, 2005
Video Relay Service (VRS)
