Deaf Advocacy Training Initiative

In keeping with RSA priorities, the overarching purpose of the Deaf Advocacy Training is to enhance the Deaf Community's experience, effectiveness and utilization of interpreting services. The goal of DAT is to increase Deaf Community's ability to self-advocate for effective communication by participating in educational training opportunities that are culturally relevant and linguistically appropriate. The Deaf Advocacy Team fully appreciates that the expertise to carry such an initiative lies within the Deaf Community. As a result, DAT has contracted with Communication Services of the Deaf, to study and identify the most effective way to provide this type of training. In the upcoming year, DAT will continue to contract with Deaf Community entities to develop the curriculum and implement the training. The current DAT work team includes two Deaf, two hard of hearing and two hearing members. The DAT work team is seeking a qualified entity or entities to develop and implement a nation-wide education program to the Deaf Community. For more information, and to read the Letter of Invitation (LOI), please click here.