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The concept of Deaf mentors arose from many discussions about the lack of inclusion of the Deaf perspective in mentorships. Having a Deaf mentor as a member of a mentoring team will provide a whole perspective and guidance embracing a bi-lingual and bi-cultural approach. This workshop discusses the qualifications, skills, expectations, etc. of a Deaf mentor as well as the advantages of a Deaf/hearing team and will be of benefit to interpreters interested...
50) Our colors
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"Set in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda: a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synaesthetic hues of blues and reds, and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His best friend and childhood confidante Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should...
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Britt-Marie can't stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a...
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"Older women ... are to teach what is good, and so train the young women ... that the world of God may not be reviled." Wolgemuth uses the words of Titus 2 to provide a roadmap for women to experience the kind of community and influence God designed you to have in the church and the world. The result will be mutually strengthening, glorifing God, and making His truth believable to our world. -- adapted from page [10] and jacket.
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Amish widow-turned-newlywed Emma Yoder Miller has been teaching several quilting classes alongside her husband, Lamar, who has a knack for creating unique quilting patterns. But as sign-up for this new class is slow and only three people have responded by the class date, they start to think they should take a break. That is, until God sends them some last-minute students who are in special need of the friendship and wisdom that Emma and Lamar have...
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"Diane Tavenner, founder of Summit Public Schools, offers a blueprint for a better way to educate our children, based on the revolutionary lessons, insights, and methodology she and her faculty developed over 15 years at their famously successful charter schools in California and Washington, which she is now introducing to public school systems across the country that Summit is partnering with to transform education and better prepare our children...
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Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in with Lionel Sweeney. Sweeney is an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century. Diane's strange, new world unlocks her deepest secrets, awakens her remarkable artistic genius, and launches her path to becoming the artist she is meant to be.
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The goal of this project is to gather, share, and disseminate information and teachniques regarding deaf persons serving as mentors for interpreter trainees. Disc 1 provides definitions for persons and processes involved in mentoring; shares a secon on characteristics of ASL including deomonstrations of the various questions types, conditionals, directives, and classifiers; and closes with a self-evaluation form and ideas for practice assingments....
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