Saturday, May 16, 2020 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM Via GoToMeeting Special Guest: Carolyn Ball, PhD, RID Affiliate Chapter Liaison Maine RID Board Nominations Maine RID 2020 Betsy Reifman Award Presentation And More!
Medical Interpreting Workshop 2019
To view the flyer, click below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6UONfoi90wZc2xrdVJSU0lYWTNhdEh5WWt0bGI5SHVUOUM0/view?usp=sharing MEDICAL INTERPRETING: FOR ALL LANGUAGES (ASL AND SPOKEN) Sponsored by: Bangor Chinese School Instructor: Meryl Troop, CI, CT, SC:L Date: November 23, 2019 Time: 9:00a to 4:00p Location: St. Joseph’s Hospital, Bangor, ME Fee: $65 Note: For those who want to receive RID CEUs for ACET need to…
Betsy Reifman Award 2019
Congratulations to Polly Lawson, recipient of the 2019 Betsy Reifman Award. Polly is one of the great unsung heroes of MERID. She graduated in 1982 with Associates Degree in ASL/English Interpreting from Merrimack Community College in Manchester, NH. After returning to Maine to begin her career, she discovered that Maine had not had an active…
Maine’s New ASL Interpreting license law has gone into effect!
You can read the text of the new law here:http://legislature.maine.gov/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1246&item=3&snum=129 You can apply for an interpreting license here: https://www1.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/licensing/begin.pl?board_number=4073 –Limited licenses will no longer be issued. Renew and pay on time, acquire continuing education as required, and your limited license will still be good. New Conditional License requirements: §1524-C. Requirements for licensure; conditional interpreter and…
A Whole Lotta Workshops!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz6odAa1tgQ7ck5Rc2xhU2lkekhlcTJkVGY2U2NZVV9kb1ZR/view?usp=sharing JOIN ALEK LEV FOR A WHOLE LOTTA WORKSHOPS. 3 DAYS. 6 WORKSHOPS. 2.4 CEUs. 1 VERY CAFFEINATED PRESENTER. 10/18 – 10/20 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday • 9:00 am – 6:00 pm daily University of Southern Maine • Portland, Maine $300 for 2.4 CEUs • EARLY BIRD: $275 until August 20th Questions: workshops@aleklev.com To learn…
*FULL!! Fall Workshop: “Interpreting: Source Language ASL/Target Language English”
—THIS WORKSHOP’S REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL; THERE IS A WAITLIST REGISTRATION POSSIBLE. ANOTHER WORKSHOP IS BEING PLANNED DUE TO HIGH RATE OF INTEREST.— Interpreting Workshop! Take Two! Bangor, Maine! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz6odAa1tgQ7M3YwdzBBOTdCNnRSU3NfbWl4WXJDcHNwRmYw/view?usp=sharing Use the above link to view the flyer. Instructors: Anna Perna and Margaret Haberman Dates: October 26 and 27, 2019 Time: 9:00AM to 4:00PM Saturday…
ASADS Signs of Mental Health April 2019 Issue.
Check out this wonderful newsletter, there’s a write up in there by one of our own! http://mhit.org/assets/Winter_2019.pdf
Massachusetts Medical Interpreting Training
Registration is Now Open! Paving the Way to Health Care Access Conference 2020An exciting two day event, jam-packed with workshops, awards, networking & fun! Friday, June 5, 20209 – 9:00 am – 4:30 pmSaturday, June 6, 2020 – 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Live Streaming Click here for additional information and registration! Supported by Mass Health and the MassAHEC Network, a…
Betsy Reifman Award Information
In honor of Betsy Reifman, our beloved colleague, Maine RID has established the Betsy Reifman Leadership Award. This award is presented annually to a Maine RID member who exhibits the qualities that Betsy embodied and that we all admired: leadership within Maine RID, active participation in the interpreting community, dedication to ethical decision-making and supportive of the profession’s growth. Nomination Process:…