National Task Force on Deaf-Blind Interpreting (NTFDBI)

• Download an Annotated Bibliography on Deaf-Blind Interpreting here! (opens a PDF document)
• 100+ copies were printed and bound and distributed to NCIEC center offices, NTFDBI members and during several regional conferences.
• 15 hard copies were auctioned off at the CIT conference to raise awareness
• Hard copies are being mailed out to each Interpreter Education Program across the country.
• Information Gathering Sessions held during the 2008 Region II and Region V conferences and at CIT in 2008.
• An electronic survey was distributed to educators and administrators in the field of interpreting. Due to low response, the NTFDBI redistributed it in March 2009. Results of the survey will be used to determine next steps of NTFDBI.

• Presentations given at CIT in October 2008 and at RID in 2009 on the results of the national survey regarding infusing deaf-blind interpreting into pre-existing curricula.

• Download the Curriculum Guide for Infusing Deaf-Blind Interpreting Throughout an Interpreter Education Program here! (opens a PDF document)

For more information, contact Richard Laurion at rlaurion@stkate.edu.