Career questions tagged american-sign-language
How long would I have to go to college for if I'm interested in American Sign Language interpretation?
I am interested in a career involving ASL, particularly being a translator or working in Deaf Education. How many years would I have to go to college? I researched it a bit and came up with about twelve years. This isn't an automatic deal breaker for me, but that is a very long time, and I want to consider it before applying to colleges. I am a high school junior by the way.
Is it possible for me to go to college to be a ASL translator if before college I only have very, very basic ASL knowledge ?
I have always been very interested in being an ASL translator. However, my family has been unable to afford programs to teach me. I have learned a little through online courses, but my knowledge is limited. And I am not even sure if what I do know is correct. I really want to enhance my signing abilities, but I will not be able to take a sign language course before college.
What are some jobs that are similar to elementary education, but involve more individual work with students?
I would prefer to work in a one-on-one setting where I could better help the student, and connect with them. I would also love something that relates to ASL.
What should I do if I feel like my dream career is too specific?
My goal is to become a counselor specifically for deaf and hard of hearing patients. I don't want to have to give up either aspect of the sign interpreting or the psychology but I'm not sure how to go about doing both. I'm already a senior in high school so I feel like my time is running out to pick one or magically find a way to do both #psychology #american-sign-language #counseling
What is a good career choice for a person with a natural ability for learning foreign languages?
In addition to excelling in English throughout high school, I also have a passion for Spanish and American Sign Language. I would love to get input from others regarding a career choice that would allow me to use this strength. #foreign-languages #language #communication #spanish #american-sign-language
How can I be an SLP that incorporates ASL in my practice?
Hi there! I've studied ASL all through high school and college (I'm a senior in college now), originally double majoring in ASL and speech pathology - now just majoring in SLP and minoring in ASL. I desperately want to incorporate ASL into being an SLP, but I've had professors tell me it's impossible/too rare of a circumstance to make a career out of. My question(s): Is it really impossible? What can I do to be able to to both in the future? I've been told to just say that I'm "deaf friendly" to patients, but what area of SLP would that fall into? My original thought was to offer ASL or re-learning spoken speech to those who lose it from trauma, like severe Dysarthria, but that's where I was told it wasn't 'a thing'. Does anyone have any input or advice? Thanks! #ASL #SLP #american-sign-language #speech-language-pathology
Did you ever teach friends sign language when you were growing up?
I want to see how people tried to spread the word about deaf culture. #american-sign-language #british-sign-language #deaf-education
If you teach sign language professionally, do you also do other work outside of sign?
I'm interested in sign professionally. How much do you care about sign? Is this something I would have to focus all of my attention on all the time? #american-sign-language #british-sign-language #deaf-education
When did you find your love for sign language?
I am asking this question because I want to understand how other people fell in love with sign language like I did and around the age #classes #family #interpreter #languages #american-sign-language #british-sign-language
What is Speech-Language Pathology Career like?
I'm interested in the Speech-Language Pathology career and I want to specialize in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing so I can work with kids. #teaching #speech-pathology #american-sign-language
What's the best part about being a sign language interpreter?
I'm planning on studying to be a sign language interpreter. I'm curious about what I can look forward to. #american-sign-language
In which career in the psychology/therapy fields would ASL and foreign languages be most valued?
I speak 2 languages (including English) fluently and 3 more at varying degrees of functional fluency. One language I know that I think is particularly unique is American Sign Language, which I learned in school and at an academic summer camp. Now that I'm thinking about potential career choices in the fields of psychology and therapy, I wonder where my language skills would be most valued. I mean this in the sense of the value of being able to help a community with less resources available to them, and also in terms of the financial value this career path would have to me. Especially, I wonder if I could make a big difference by working with people in the Deaf community--are there already a lot of people doing that? I really want to work in therapy much more than in psychology, as far as that makes any difference in answering this question. Thanks in advance! #psychology #language #social-psychology #child-psychology #school-psychology #languages #moral-psychology #american-sign-language