This page outlines local resources for educational and community interpreters.

Educational Interpreters

To learn more about the Idaho Educational Interpreter Act, click here.  The following is a list of resources to assist educational interpreters with skill development.

Local Education Programs

Idaho State University

• Offerings: A.A. degree in Sign Language Studies & B.S. in Educational Interpreting
• Web site
• Contact: Emily Turner

Private Tutors

Home-study Materials

Coeur D'Alene Public Library

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for borrowing

• Contact: Russ Patterson

Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for borrowing

• Web site

• Contact: Cindy Schreiner

Dawn Sign Press, Inc.

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for sale

• Web site

Idaho Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (IRID)

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for members to borrow

• Web site

• Contact: Kelley Southworth

Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind Lending Library (EIIC & IRID)

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for IRID and K-12 interpreters to borrow

• Contact: Dorothy Ogden or Jo Ann Shopbell

Meridian Public Library -- Linda Bove Collection

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for borrowing

• Web site

National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials

• Federally funded ASL and interpreting materials for borrowing

• Web site

Signs of Development

• Offerings: ASL and interpreting materials for sale

• Web site

Community Interpreters

• Idaho Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (IRID) - more>>