pd4me
This website is a professional development resource, supporting the development of interpreters in the UK, and worldwide, through the sharing of knowledge, skills and experience.How this site started
What this site is for
This site is intended as a professional development and support resource which encourages knowledge sharing. There are a few areas of the site where information is provided directly from pd4me but many of the areas present information that has been submitted by users of this site.
Recent developments
In October 2008 the Scottish Government approved SASLI's £1.5m Building Bridges funding proposal. This will significantly help to deliver a long-term strategy to improve linguistic access to services for the Scottish Deaf Community through Registered BSL/English interpreters.
The Building Bridges partnership was set up in 2007 to foster collaboration, now and in the future, between key national organisations working in the field, namely SASLI, Heriot-Watt University, the Scottish Deaf Association (SDA) and the RNID.
To this end and others, the Scottish Government commissioned the partnership group to deliver the outcomes in the project proposal which include:
- the development of an undergraduate degree in BSL/English Interpreting
- a second graduate diploma course for Deaf tutors of BSL
- the development of a SASLI section of the PD4Me website to include the creation of a new section for all partners in PD4Me called "My Portfolio"
- an Apprenticeship scheme to train ten BSL/English Interpreters. The Apprenticeship also provides a unique opportunity for deaf and hearing people to train together as BSL/English interpreters/translators.