ASL Monday Night classes starts again on Sept 12th (the Monday after Labor Day)!!!

Get ready!!! ASL Monday Night classes are starting again soon! Woohoo!!!

If while we are on break you need to find summer classes, tutoring or summer programs, contact me at 504-722-2967.

Barbara:)

Filling-out Necessary Paperwork

Are you planning to be an interpreter? Are you just starting out as a new interpreter? … Or have you been interpreting for a while but have not really been sure about what you are supposed to be doing related to record keeping and official business practices? If so, this workshop is for you!!!

April 9, 2016

10am -- 5pm

5324 Canal Blvd, NOLA, 70124

(Enter the side door, downstairs, facing Hawthorne Place)

LRID Members -- $45

Non- LRID Members -- $55

ITP Students -- $30

Deaf -- Free

(Pay at the door)

. This workshop will focus on keeping up with filling out, processing, submitting and filing standard paperwork related to freelance interpreting and helpful tips to keeping yourself organized and most importantly keeping yourself out of trouble. Topics will include new HIPPA regulations for 2016, filing taxes (w-2s, 1099s, exemptions and tax write-offs), how to incorporation of your business or name, getting interpreters’ insurance, professional memberships, certification and licensure, business bank accounts, proper billing & invoicing, contracts, job applications, record keeping, electronic submissions, organizational apps, computer programs, and protecting all modes of business communications. Hands-on practices, break-out groups, techniques, resources, and study aids will also be provided to participants. .6 CEUs will be provided.

PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING THEIR LAP TOPS

For more information: Barbara Lovas at

bblovas1@yahoo.com http://www.neworleanssignlanguageservices.com/ 504-722-2967 cell/text/facetime

This workshop is sponsored by Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, a chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and co-sponsored by Canal Blvd Baptist Deaf Church

Church Interpreting PART 2

This workshop will focus on church interpreting

January, 23, 2016

10am -- 4pm

5324 Canal Blvd, NOLA, 70124

(Enter the side door, downstairs, facing Hawthorne Place)

LRID Members -- $30

Non- LRID Members -- $35

ITP Students -- $20

Deaf – Free

Church Interpreters -- Free

(Pay at the door)

Dr. Barbara Lovas will focus on church interpreting basics: Emphasis will be placed on religious vocabulary, terminology, ethics, and Deaf empowerment as it relates to church settings. Local Deaf will also share their feelings related to ethics and Deaf empowerment. Glossing and presenting a song will be included. Hands-on practices, break-out groups, techniques, resources, and study aids will also be provided to participants. .5 CEUs will be provided.

For more information:

Barbara Lovas at bblovas1@yahoo.com

http://www.neworleanssignlanguageservices.com/

504-722-2967 cell/text/facetime

This workshop is sponsored by Louisiana Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, a chapter of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and co-sponsored by Canal Blvd Baptist Deaf Church