1. Deaf Advocacy Training National Association of State Agencies of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Tuesday, July 6, 2010 Lillian Garcia Peterkin

2. Who are DAT Workteam members? Alberto Sifuentes, NURIEC Rubin Latz, LPN/VR Lillian M. Garcia, NIEC Rosa Ramirez, CATIE Pauline Annarino, WRIEC Richard Laurion, CATIE www.nciec.org 1 CODA, 1 hearing interpreter, 2 hard of hearing, and 2 Deaf

3. www.nciec.org History In the summer of 2006, the NCEIC Deaf Advocacy Training (DAT) Work Team began an initiative to enhance the Deaf Community’s experience, effectiveness and utilization of interpreting services. They met in Minn several times for four years.

4. “Of, By, and for Deaf People” www.nciec.org Whose charter of bylaws describe itself as ”…of, by and for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and/or Deaf-Blind entity” Whose chief administrator or program chair is Deaf or Hard of Hearing Whose board of directors is 51% Deaf or Hard of Hearing Whose staff is 51% Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Both CSD and T.S. Writing Services are led by chief administrators who are Deaf. DAT Team’s Philosophy

5. The Process www.nciec.org

6. Phase 1 Subcontract with CSD and WOU to conduct study of current and best practices in the area of Deaf Advocacy Training What they did…. Literature Review Focus Groups with 35 deaf consumers Survey of 2,050 deaf consumers Survey of 180 RCDs Interview with 12 deaf leaders www.nciec.org

7. Results from the survey Language barrier Lack of knowledge of the law No idea of how to start www.nciec.org

8. Recommendations from the survey, interview, and literature review results Training the Trainers curriculum Self-Advocacy training curriculum www.nciec.org

9. Phase 2 Subcontracted with T.S. Writing Services to develop curricula Print and Media Materials Training the Trainers curriculum Self-Advocacy training curriculum www.nciec.org

10. Phase 3 Implementation  Master Training in Denver, CO and Washington, DC Evaluation  Pre/Post Test for Participant  Trainer Evaluation www.nciec.org

11. Denver Master Trainers www.nciec.org

12. DC Master Trainers www.nciec.org

13. Quick Glance of Modules www.nciec.org Module 1: Advocacy: An Overview Module 2: Self-Advocacy Module 3: Self-Esteem & Self-Determination Module 4: Working with Interpreters Module 5: Ethics of Working with Interpreters Module 6: Preparing for Self-Advocacy Module 7: Utilizing Resources Around You Module 8: Applying What You Have Learned

14. Deaf Self-Advocacy Training Package CD Documents Powerpoint Trainer version book Student version book DVD Movie www.nciec.org

15. Video Module 8 www.nciec.org

16. DAT Primary Contact Person Pauline Annarino, Director of WRIEC 626 339-6789 (V) 626 339-7019 (F) IP. 71.165.147.98 (VP) pgannarino@aol.compgannarino@aol.com (Email) Lillian Garcia Peterkin, Project Coordinator of NIEC 203-764-2092 (V/VP) l.garcia@neu.edul.garcia@neu.edu (Email) LGarciaNIEC (AIM) www.nciec.org