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The Free Monday Night ASL classes are free of charge. You are not required to pay the one-time registration fee per semester but we would greatly appreciate a suggested amount of at least $30 if you can afford it. This will help us offer more people the opportunity to learn. This program has high overhead expenses. We never want to turn anyone away. We are thankful that you can join us!
Monday Night ASL Classes *FREE* - Donation, nor payment is required.
REGISTER AND PAY FOR THE "WHAT DO I DO?' WORKSHOP HERE
LRID MEMBERS $50, NON-LRID MEMBERS $65, STUDENTS $35
Now What Do I Do? Setting Goals to Ensure Compliance with the New
Requirements for Interpreters: A 5-Year Plan (0.4 CEUs)
Saturday, December 13, 2025
9am – 1pm
Canal Blvd Baptist Deaf Church at 5324 Canal Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124
LRID Members - $50 Non-LRID Members - $65 Students - $35
This workshop will take a deep-dive into these new requirements to provide a thorough understanding of what is needed and the timeframe to establish and implement goals by developing a 5-year plan to ensure compliance. LCD has given Notice of Intent to enact Louisiana Administrative Code 46: LXXII (which provides new registration guidelines with new qualifications and renewal requirements for Generalist and PreK-12 Interpreters’ requirements).
Participants will be able to describe the applicability of LAC 46: LXXII to interpreters in Louisiana; including, types of registration and apply the available provisional types within each registration, qualification and renewal requirement for each type of registration, periods of validity for each registration (and applicable extensions or exemptions). Participants (those just entering the profession to become a Registered Generalist Interpreter and/or a Registered PreK-12 Interpreter) will be able to apply the timelines and create their personal 5-year plan to ensure compliance.
Presenter: Codie Sullivan, MA LING, MA ROML -- the Mentoring Program Coordinator at New Orleans Sign Language Services (NOSLS). He oversees the administration of the program to ensure quality mentoring services and mentees’ progress towards meeting their goals, qualification, and requirements for interpreting in Louisiana. He holds a Masters in Linguistics, a Masters in Romance Languages, and a Bachelors in Spanish. His area of interest includes ASL/English comparative linguistics, ASL sociolinguistics, language variation and change, and language acquisition (first and second language). He is in the process of submitting a research paper for publication on language variation within compound signs in ASL. He is also part of a research team related to ASL/English and trilingual interpreting; also preparing to submit for publication on interpreter strategies to handle codeswitching in trilingual interpreting settings. He is presently interpreting professionally in education and community settings.
Presenter: Barbara Lovas, ThD, CI/ CT, NAD IV, LCD V, MO Licensed -- the founder of NOSLS, has been interpreting since 1982.
She was included in the first group of interpreters to be certified by the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf in the state of Louisiana. She is nationally certified, licensed, and registered in several registries: including the Louisiana Supreme Court. She maintains all her certifications and credentials until present. In effort to be proactive, recognizing the marginalization of the Deaf and hard of hearing, NOSLS provides free mentorship and paid internship to the Deaf and hard of hearing community, free ASL classes online via Zoom, and free mentorship and internship program for interpreters.
For more information contact NOSLS:
Email -- Info@NewOrleansSignLanguageServices.com / Cell/Text -- 504-722-2967
Register online at New Orleans Sign Language Services http://www.NewOrleansSignLanguageServices.com
This workshop is sponsored by Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, a chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
LRID is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities and New Orleans Sign Language Services. This Professional Studies (GS) workshop offers a 0.4 CEUs for target audience being all interpreters providing services in Louisiana and those studying to join the profession with Little to Some Prior Knowledge of topic content.
CEUs, CMPs and certificates are only provided to those who attend the whole workshop. The workshop atmosphere will promote an environment of mutual respect, nondiscrimination and free from bias. Special accommodation and interpreter requests must be submitted no later than November 15, 2025. Registration is fully refundable up to 2 days prior to the event.
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