These programs are offered for FREE to interpreters who reside in Greater MN. The goal is to provide greater access to interpreting services in areas without sufficient supply and build the base of service providers across the State.
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These programs are offered for FREE to interpreters who reside in Greater MN. The goal is to provide greater access to interpreting services in areas without sufficient supply and build the base of service providers across the State.
*Greater Minnesota refers to the area outside the seven-county metro area. The counties that are excluded from being recognized as Greater MN are: Anoka, Scott, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Hennepin, and Washington.*
The 12 Step program coordinates access to interpreting services for 12 Step program meetings for consumers in Greater Minnesota, including access to virutal meetings, Deaf 12 Step mentoring, and an intensive 12 Step interpreter training.
No Deaf/DeafBlind/hard of hearing individual should go through the frustration of getting a last minute interpreter while grieving. No one also should shoulder the burden of worrying about paying for an interpreter while handling the funeral arrangements of their loved ones.
Need an interpreter for a funeral taking place in Greater Minnesota?
Regional Interpreter Support Program is our flagship program. This is how ASLIS directly grows the professional standards of Minnesota’s interpreting industry. Under this program, we provide the following: workshops, Medical Training, and Mental Health Interpreting training.
We tailor this program to fit the needs of each four Greater Minnesota region.
Improve communication access by supporting interpreter services in 12 step program meetings.
If you would like assistance with requesting an interpreter, please contact us.
Improve communication access by supporting interpreter services at funerals (visitation, wake, or memorial service).
If you would like assistance with requesting an interpreter, please contact us.
Do you have an appointment, but no interpreter? VRI may be a solution when not enough interpreters are available to cover all the needs.
Need an alternative solution to no interpreter? Contact us to learn more about VRI and VRI equipment.
We provide a path for aspiring certified interpreters in the Greater Minnesota area with our Interpreter Certification Preparation program.
Improve communication access across Greater Minnesota! Interpreters are paired with an experienced mentor to focus on increasing the interpreters’ confidence and skills when accepting a wide variety of community assignments.
Interpreters will be provided with opportunities to meet with their mentor to exercise a variety of interpreting skills through virtual mentoring sessions.
Protactile is a method of tactile communication that allows an individual who is DeafBlind/ deafblind to have more reliable information about the visual elements of their environment (people smiling/nodding). Protactile allows people to establish tactile communication channels in different ways.
These programs are provided by ASLIS and are supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.