Eileen Forestal

New Jersey

Workshop Topics: Deaf Interpreters, Discourse, Interpersonal Dynamics and Teamwork, Language Enhancement

Workshop Titles:
• Mentoring for Deaf Interpreters
• Basics of Deaf Interpreter Training Workshop
• more...

For the past 25 years, Eileen has been the Coordinator and Professor of the ASL, Deaf Studies and ASL-English Interpreting Programs at Union County College in New Jersey. She holds a B.A. degree in Sociology (University of Missouri), a M.Ed. in deaf Education (Western Maryland College), and a Certificate in Teaching ASL/Interpreting from (University of Colorado). She Completed Project TIEM.Online's Master Mentor Program, fall 2003. She is a national consultant, trainer, and performer on ASL and interpreting related topics. Her article "The emerging Professionals: Deaf interpreters, their views and experiences on training" will be published in Interpreting and Interpreter Education: Directions for Research and Practice, Oxford University Press.

Workshop Titles (continued from the top):

• Advanced Deaf Interpreter Training Workshop
• Perspectives on Deaf Interpreting & Deaf-Hearing Interpreter Teaming
• ASL Discourse for Interpreters
• Introduction to the Use of Deaf-Hearing Interpreter Teams
• Protocol of Deaf-Hearing Interpreter Teams
• Dynamics of Deaf and Interpreter Relations and Working Together