Upcoming Events

*Occurs the 4th Friday every month!*

ASL & family friendly!

Come and enjoy on an outdoor patio with delicious drinks!

This ASL social is open to ALL ASL levels from student learners and beginners, to advanced and professionals!

Come one, come FUN, COME ASL!

Enrollment for the 2017-2018 Fiesta Especial Royal Court program is NOW OPEN! Deadline to enroll in this FREE Leadership and Life Skills development program is Friday, August 25th.

Sign-up now for a program overview! Children and adults, ages 10 years and older, who have a physical, cognitive or sensory disability are encouraged to enroll.

http://www.fiestaespecial.com/royal-court.html

Please come join us for lots of fun, laughter and to make some new friends. Need to practice, or just want to learn? This is the place to be!

All ASL levels welcome - new or fluent!

This event takes place the 2nd Sunday of every month. Dates include:

• 7/9
• 8/13
• 9/10
• 10/8
• 11/12
• 12/10

For additional information or directions, please text our host, Sher, at 210-387-9328.

Program Description: If you are looking for worthwhile workshops, great entertainment, and a chance to sharpen your skills, then this immersion experience is for you! This will be the 9th year of the Silent Weekend.

This is a skill development activity over three days, conducted completely in ASL. in 2016, this event brought over 225 participants from Canada and all over the US--even Puerto Rico!

Who Should Register: Everyone! Deaf community members, ASL students, interpreting students, pre-certified and certified interpreters, ASL teachers and interpreter educators.

Pre-requisites: Recommended ASL fluency at 2 years or more of study.

RID CEUs: 1.9 CEUs will be offered in the categories of Professional or General Studies by the Regional Resource Center on Deafness at Western Oregon University, an approved RID CMP and ACET sponsor.

To register, click here. 

Webpage in progress. All info can be found at registration link here.

Program Facilitator: CM Hall

Questions? Contact CM Hall or call 503-888-7172.

San Antonio Summer Institute: July 30 - August 4, 2017
Registration Fee: $100.00

Area of focus: interpreting ASL to English skill development Participant criteria: pre-certified interpreters who have (1) already passed the Test of English Proficiency (TEP), and (2) have come close, but not yet passed, the BEI Basic (score between 44 and 65)

To register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SummerInstitutes2017

Houston Summer Institute: August 14 - 17, 2017
Registration Fee: $100.00

Area of focus: interpreting skill development
Participant criteria: pre-certified interpreters who have either (1) graduated from an ITP program and taken the TEP, OR (2) taken, but not yet passed, the BEI Basic (score between 44 and 70)

To register: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SummerInstitutes2017

Entry Fees: 
None.  This event is FREE and Open to the Public

Event Topic Areas: 
1) Benefits Management / Financial Planning, 2) Community Education & Public Awareness, 3) Education, 4) Employment, 5) Faith & Spirituality 6) Legislative & Legal, 7) Health & Nutrition, 8) Residential Options, 9) Support Services,  10) Recreation-Socialization, 11) Transportation, 12) Therapy & Rehabilitation, and other areas of interest as they are identified.