Acronyms & Schools Flashcards
NAD
National Association of the Deaf
NTD
National Theatre of the Deaf
NTID
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
NIC
National Interpreter Certification
PSE
Pidgin Signed English
SEE I
Seeing Essential English
SEE II
Signing Exact English
SIG
special interest group
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
ASL
American Sign Language
CASE
Conceptually Accurate Signed English
CC
Closed Captioned
CCIE
Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education
CODA
Child(ren) of Deaf Adult(s)
CSUN
California State University at Northridge
FRAT/NFSD
National Fraternal Society of the Deaf
GUAA
Gallaudet University Alumni Association
HI
Hearing Impaired
IEP
Individualized Education Plan
ITP
Interpreter Training Program
JRNAD
Junior National Association of the Deaf
LOVE
Linguistics of Visual English
MCE
Manually Coded English
MSSD
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
TDD
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf
TTY
Teletypewriter
VP
Videophone
VRI
Video Remote Interpreting
VRS
Video Relay Service
WFD
World Federation of the Deaf
HHS
Texas Health and Human Services
DHHS
The Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
BEI
Board for Evaluation of Interpreters
TEP
Test of English Proficiency
TSD
Texas School for the Deaf
TSID
Texas Society of Interpreters for the Deaf
CTD
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities
TEA
Texas Education Agency
TRC
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
VR
Vocational Rehabilitation
NEAD
Northeast Association of the Deaf
ACAD
Alamo Community Association of the Deaf
SAC
San Antonio College
ASLIT
American Sign Language Association for the Deaf
DNO
Deaf Night Out
MMH
Methodist Mission Home
SHHH
Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
TRC
Texas Rehabilitation Commission (S.S.)
DHS
Texas Department of Human Services
DAW
Deaf Awareness Week
CSD
Communication Services for the Deaf
DIS
Deaf Interpreter Services
VS
Vital Signs
TIF
Texas Interpreter Fellowship
VCS
Visual Communication Services
RID
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
CIDT
Conference of Interpreter Trainers
TSID
Texas Society Of Interpreters For the deaf
RCID
River City Interpreters for the Deaf
DAD
National Association Of the Deaf
TAD
Texas Association of the Deaf
Alabama Institute for the Deaf & Blind
Talladega, Alabama
Alaska State School for the Deaf
Anchorage, Alaska
American School for the Deaf
Hartford, Connecticut
Arizona School for the Deaf
Tucson, Arizona
Arkansas School for the Deaf
Little Rock, Arkansas
Austine School for the Deaf
Brattleboro, Vermont
Beverley School For the Deaf
Beverly, Massachusetts
California School for the Deaf
Fremont, California
California School for the deaf
Riverside, California
Central Institute for the Deaf
St. Louis, Missouri
Central North Carolina School for the Deaf
Greensboro, North Carolina
Clarke School for the Deaf
Northampton, Massachusetts
Colorado School for the Deaf
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Eastern North Carolina School
Wilson, North Carolina
Evangelical School for the Deaf
Luqillo, Puerto Rico
Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
St. Augustine, Florida
Gallaudet U
Washington, D.C.
Georgia School
Cave Spring, Georgia
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
Portland, Maine
Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind
Honolulu, Hawaii
Idaho School for the Deaf
Gooding, Idaho
Indiana School for the Deaf
Indianapolis, Indiana
Iowa School for the Deaf
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Illinois School for the Deaf
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jane Brooks School for the Deaf
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Kansas State School for the Deaf
Olathe, Kansas
Kentucky School for the Deaf
Danville, Kentucky
Lake Grove School for the Deaf
Lake Grove, New York
(The) Learning Center for Deaf Children
Framingham, Massachusetts
Lexington School for the Deaf
Jackson Heights, New York
Louisiana School for the Deaf
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Margaret S. Sterck School for the Deaf
Newark, Delaware
Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf
Trenton, New Jersey
Maryland School for the Deaf
Columbia, Maryland
Maryland School for the Deaf
Frederick, Maryland
Michigan School for the deaf
Flint, Michigan
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
Faribault, Minnesota
Mississippi School for the Deaf
Jackson, Mississippi
Missouri School for the Deaf
Fulton, Missouri
Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Washington D.C.
Montana School for the Deaf
Great Falls, Montana
Nebraska School for the Deaf
Omaha, Nebraska
New Mexico School for the Deaf
Santa Fe, New Mexico
New York State School for the Deaf
Rome, New York
New York State School for the Deaf
White Plains, New York
North Carolina School For the deaf
Morganton, North Carolina
Ohio School for the Deaf
Columbus, Ohio
Oklahoma School for the Deaf
Sulphur, Oklahoma
Oregon School For the Deaf
Salem, Oregon
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island School for the Deaf
Providence, Rhode Island
Rochester School for the Deaf
Rochester, New York
South Carolina School for the Deaf
Spartanburg, South Carolina
South Dakota School for the Deaf
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
St. Josephine Institute for the Deaf
Universal City, Missouri
St. Mary’s School for the Deaf
Buffalo, New York
St. Rita School for the Deaf
Cincinnati, Ohio
Tennessee School for the Deaf
Knoxville, Tennessee
Texas School for the Deaf
Austin, Texas
Utah School for the Deaf
Ogden, Utah
Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind
Staunton, Virginia
Washington State School for the Deaf
Vancouver, Washington
West Tennessee School for the Deaf
Jackson, Tennessee
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
West Virginia School for the Deaf & Blind
Romney, West Virginia
Wisconsin School for the Deaf
Delavan, Wisconsin
Wyoming School for the Deaf
Casper, Wyoming
4 C’s
Context
Configuration/Coarticulation
Closure
Confidence
8 Phonological processes are:
Deletion or Reduction of Letters
Location Change
Handshape Change
Movement Added
Palm Orientation Change
Reduplication of the Sign
Second Hand Added
Grammatical Information Included
5 Language Registers
Formal
Informal
Intimate
Consultative
Frozen
Language register learned in this class
Formal
Fingerspelling (Noun)
to manually produce letters and/or
numbers using American Sign
Language to represent individual
units or in conjunction with others
to make larger units of meaning.
Fingerspelling (Verb)
to express fingerspelling and
numbers as a sender using accuracy,
clarity and fluidity including
appropriate mouth movements
Context
refers to the topic or subject;
the signs and phrases that appear and
after a fingerspelled word
Configuration/Coarticulation
refers
to the shape of the fingerspelled word
including the transition from one letter to
the next
Closure/clozure
using both context
and configuration/coarticulation to fill in
any missing gaps to give meaning to the
fingerspelled word
Confidence
when articulating the
fingerspelled word… Say it Loud! Say it
Proud!
Lexicalized words are written how?
CAPITALLETTERS (i.e. #WHAT)
TH stands for
English’s “st, rd, th” 42th (ASL) = 42nd (English written)
Cardinal Convention
a numbering convention that includes
the system of counting numbers. As
an example, in English we recognize
cardinal numbers as 1, 2, 3, 4, …
Ordinal Convention
a numbering convention that includes
the system of listing and ranking. As
an example, in English we recognize
ordinal numbers as 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th…
