THIRD ANNUAL......

We are so excited to be hosting our THIRD annual NICE Halloween Event!!!

Please join us on Wednesday evening, October 28th at 7 pm.

Once again this year we will be making halloween goody bags for the residents of ARC. It is such a pleasure to be able to spoil these individuals on Halloween. Even though they are adults they are still child-like and love to get a surprise on Halloween!

Please bring candy donations (no nuts please) for at least 100 bags.

This year the event will be held at the new offices of The ASL Source. 718 Bridge Ave. Davenport, IA

Please RSVP to niceofqc@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you!!!

Upcoming Events

Hey Everyone!
We've had our thinking caps on and we've planned a few more events and workshops for you.

In February we will have our 2nd annual Valentines Day Card event. All the cards will go to The University of Iowa Children's Hospital. Last year the kids and staff really enjoyed it so we are happy to do it again.

In March Amber and Summer will present a workshop on designing and following a professional development plan.

And in May we will have Linda Diehl-Callaway presenting a workshop on Discourse Mapping.

Halloween Event

Our annual Halloween event will happen this year on Wednesday, October 22 at 6:30 pm. We will be making candy bags for ARC residents. All are welcome (but, please, no children), and we ask you to please bring some candy to fill the bags with. We have 75 bags to fill, so make sure you have enough for everyone! If you'd like to join us for a night of Halloween fun, please email us at niceofqc@gmail.com for directions to Amber's house. See you there!

We're BAAACCCKKKKK

Did you think you lost us? No WAY!

Summer is over! (boo hoo) but we are excited to get some great events planned for you.

Stay tuned and we'll keep you posted!

Summer Vacation

Hello Everyone!
We are very pleased with the events that NICE has held so far. We have lots more ideas and great things to come for our community. We appreciate all the wonderful feedback, support, and suggestions, we are receiving from you.

We wanted to let you know that we will be taking a little time off. Summer is a busy time for everyone so we will be back with more excitement in the fall.

Have a great summer!

SUCCESS!

Thank you everyone for a wonderful weekend of events!

Friday night was full of lively and enlightening situations. We discussed our best and worst situations and one thing was evident. Interpreters are passionate about our work!

We were especially pleased to have several out of town attendees. They really added a great dimension to the discussion. Thanks for coming!

Saturday's workshop was great! David was an exciting presenter and although his ideas may be controversial to some, it made us think about this thing we do.

WORKSHOP

David Moorman-Rice

Saturday June 21st.

Bettendorf Holiday Inn

8:00- 5:30 0.8 CEU's

Workshop Description

This workshop is intended for working interpreters wanting to improve their ASL
production. Workshop will review several grammatical features of ASL and learn
how to better handle these features linguistically. Topics will Include ASL
features such as; Topic/comment, interrogative questions, rhetorical questions,
group nouns, and discourse markers. Participants will also discuss how to
interpret with meaning and intent while leaving form behind and focusing on
function. Discussion of ASL grammar, linguistic and cultural intent, and
processing will be incorporated. Participants will have extended periods of
practice for lessons learned.