Alabama Mental Health Interpreter Training Series

CDI Training: Performance Improvement for Interpreters who are Deaf
with Carole Lazorisak

Hands on practice for interpreters who are Deaf who wish to improve
their communication and interpreting skills.



Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority

Montgomery, Alabama

111 Coliseum Blvd

Montgomery, AL 36109



May 23-24, 2008

Friday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.



Carole Lazorisak; MA; RID: CDI, RSC; ASLTA: Professional

Carole is a native New Yorker with cultural diversity background. She
holds a BA from Gallaudet University, an MA from New York University,
and worked toward her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia
University. She holds two national certificates; Registry of
Interpreters for the Deaf (RID): Certified Deaf Interpreter and American
Sign Language Teacher Association (ASLTA): Professional. Carole
completed her Master Mentor studies at University of CO and Northeastern
University. She is a tenured faculty member of Human Services at
LaGuardia Community College/CUNY in Queens, NY. Carole has been an
educator, a consultant, an interpreter and a trainer for at least 30
years in the following areas: communication, language and cultural
studies, interpreting, language and interpreter assessment, human
relations, and professional and teacher training. New York Cable TV
selected Carole as New Yorker of the Week and she was featured in the
national arts and entertainment magazine Biography. She was awarded a
Humanitarian Award from St. Croix Deaf Coalition, VI for her community
work in March, 1999, has worked as a Visiting Professor at the
University of the Virgin Islands, and as a consultant for the past
several years. Additionally, Carole gives presentations regionally,
nationally and internationally and serves on several Advisory Boards.
Carole worked in Puerto Rico for the past few years as a trainer and a
mentor. Carole and her daughter co-authored The Complete Idiot's Guide
to Conversational Sign Language, including a DVD, 2004.



Checks should be made out to: AL-ASLTA

For more information or to Mail registration to:

AL-ASLTA

Charlene J. Crump

PO Box 301410, Montgomery, AL 36130

334.353.4703 Voice/ 334.353.4701 TTY

charlene.crump@...



RID CMP/ACET Activity # 0263.0508.0X. This activity has been approved
for a total of 1.1 CEUS (.55 daily) in the area of Professional Studies
by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and has a Content Knowledge
Level of "Some."



Among the one in five Alabamians who will need mental health services in
their lifetimes are more than 39,000 people who are deaf or hard of
hearing. Because deafness or hearing loss pose their own challenges in
coping with risk factors and accessing and receiving treatment services,
the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation has
established an Office of Deaf Services to break down the barriers that
inhibit the department in its mission to enable Alabamians to live in
recovery.







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