Name: Becoming a Holistic Practitioner: Firing the Negative Committee
Start: 2020-8-19T17-17-00-00
End: 2020-8-19T20-20-00-00

august, 2020

19aug5:00 pm8:00 pmBecoming a Holistic Practitioner: Firing the Negative Committee0.3 Professional Study CEUs5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Virtual Workshop - Zoom

Time

(Wednesday) 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

Virtual Workshop - Zoom

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Presented in

English

CEUs

0.3 Professional Studies

ASLIS is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for a total of 0.3 CEUs at Some Content Knowledge Level.

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Event Details

In our daily practice, we often give ourselves negative messages about our work and (more importantly) about ourselves. Often referred to as the Negative Committee, this detrimental self-talk impacts us physiologically, elevating our sympathetic nervous system response, putting us into a fight-flight–freeze response; mentally because we can’t think clearly when cortisol (a stress hormone) is being released; and spiritually because we feel unworthy as people. Unsurprisingly, these messages prevent us from working as effectively as we could.

There is good news: with relatively little practice we can learn to replace the negative, self-defeating messages with affirming ones to positively affect our bodies, minds, and spirits! To get a baseline, we will interpret an ASL text and record specific responses. Then, affirmations will presented along with guidelines for creating effective statements. We will interpret again and note differences in our internal and external responses.

Educational Objectives

Recognize and record one’s own negative, self-defeating messages
Describe qualities of effective affirmation statements
Generate at least one positive affirmation for each negative message
Counter detrimental self-talk with affirming messages about one’s self and work

Presenter Bio

Image of David Evans wearing a grey suit jacket and maroon dress shirt smiling at the camera. David N. Evans is a student of the Integrated Model of Interpreting (IMI), which allows practitioners to view and analyze their work in holistic and non-evaluative terms, and is dedicated to the practice of reflective dialogue at the Etna Project: A Community of Reflective Practitioners (ask about it). A nationally-certified practitioner providing ASL–English interpretation and translation services since 1987, David works extensively in conference and platform arenas, 12-step/recovery, performance, and community settings.

Educating interpreters since 1992, David’s sessions are interactive, entertaining, and informative—creating an inclusive, relaxed, and safe environment for all audiences. Accomplishments include presenting three keynotes, two National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI) conferences, one National Association of the Deaf (NAD) conference, and five national RID conferences (once with a record attendance of over 1,250 participants in his session), numerous regional and state conferences, as well as local seminars and workshops. David established Bridge Communications in 1996 to further his goals of providing skill-building and video materials for interpreters.

When not on the road presenting or interpreting, David makes his home in Minneapolis where he owns a beautiful 1911 house with a cozy fireplace. He loves playing Frisbee, is a voracious reader, roller skates, dances, loves disco, and walking around the city’s many lakes.

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