About the Course
Starts: September 5, 2024
Course Format: Online
Duration: 6 weeks
Meets: Thursdays from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (Pacific Standard Time, PST)
Who: This course is designed as an introduction to Deaf culture, but all are welcome
Price: $39.95 ► [Register for Course]
Description: This cultural guide explores various aspects of the Deaf community, culture, and identities from a Deaf perspective. Each week includes lessons and Zoom discussions, providing a safe space for participants to ask questions and learn how to successfully navigate the Deaf community.
We will dive into:
- The Deaf Community: Defining the Ties that Bind Us Together
- Understanding the Deaf Spectrum: Physical and Cultural
- Not Just Deaf: Exploring Multiple Deaf Lenses and Intersectionalities
- Cultural Landmines: The Impact of Systemic Inequities and Trauma
- A Closer Look at Accessibility: The Impact and Role of Modern Technology
- Communication Challenges and Techniques
- Defining "Deaf Enough": Deaf Enough for What?
- and more...
Course Features
- Runs for SIX weeks
- One online unit lesson per week
- Units 1-6 with Canvas course materials and activities
- Thursday 1-hour Zoom sessions (conducted in ASL with voice interpretation provided by an interpreter)
- Personal correspondence and interaction with the instructor
- Certificate and/or CEUs
- Certificate of Completion
- CEUs (Update: Approved) Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, CMP / ACET sponsor approved activity number: 0320.0924.04 (1 RID CEU)
Course Details
Contact Information
Instructor: Bee Vicars, MFA
Email: BeeVicars (at) gmail.com (replace "(at)" with "@")
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/BeeVicars/
Bio
Bee Vicars, MFA, Deaf, has over 20 years of experience teaching a variety of ASL courses at the university level. She is also a culture researcher, consultant, and advocate, advising on topics that foster a greater cultural understanding of the Deaf community, particularly through various Deaf intersectional lenses. Presently, she serves as a moderator for several social media groups focused on supporting members of the Deaf community in developing their Deaf identity, as well as supporting Deaf consumers who use ASL interpreters.
Aslo see: https://www.lifeprint.com/bee/bio.htm