When: Wednesday, January 28, 2026 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, PST
Where: Zoom
Workshop description: After hosting the very popular But I Don't Do Mental Health Interpreting workshop for WAVLI in June, 2024, Roger Williams is back with his workshop on dysfluency!
For a variety of factors, ranging from educational deprivation to co-occurring disabilities to substance abuse, linguistic heterogeneity is much greater in the Deaf community than in the hearing community. Interpreters in community settings including healthcare and social services encounter clients who demonstrate some type of dysfluency on a daily basis, yet often lack the tools to respond to the challenge in an effective manner. This workshop will provide a framework to understand and describe different types of dysfluency as well as provide an overview of available tools to deal with these situations.
ASL-English Interpreter & Associate Member – $40.00
Deaf Interpreter & Student Member – $35.00
Non-Member Registration – $50.00
This workshop will be held remotely via Zoom (link will be provided prior to workshop), and facilitated in ASL. Registration will be limited to 100 participants.
Presenter Bio
ROGER C. WILLIAMS
Roger Williams is the owner of Hands On Interpreting, LLC, a private practice specializing in consulting and training related to the needs of deaf adults in the mental health system. Until his retirement in 2023, he was employed as the Executive Director of the Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center with the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. He received his B.S.W. from the Rochester Institute of Technology, his M.S.W., specializing in community mental health, from the University of Illinois and completed coursework towards a doctorate at the University of South Carolina, College of Social Work. Mr. Williams is licensed in Florida and South Carolina as a Licensed Independent Social Worker – Clinical Practice/Supervisor and holds an RID Certificate of Transliteration and an SCAD/NAD IAP Level 5 and has been recognized at the state and national level for his leadership in mental health services within the Deaf community.
