ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM, AND DECISION-MAKING FOR SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS: A Pragmatic and Thoughtful Approach

Ethics, Professionalism, and Decision-Making for Sign Language Interpreters-A Pragmatic and Thoughtful Approach, focuses on the ethical, practical and application of moral and ethical frame works that are mandatory for working in a venue that is a "hands on" profession and can and does effect deaf peoples' lives. The importance of being ethical and moral is of utmost importance for the interpreter who works with the deaf individual. This book approaches practical and clearly defined potential outcomes and approaches to scenarios provided. Several moral and ethical frame works are provided and identified, strategies and discussion, and objectives are included in each lesson plan. The pedagogy of applying ethics in other professions are also explored. Laws and mandates are provided to help the teacher and student understand the foundation and history of this profession and how these decisions impact the consumer and the practitioner. In addition to the excellent and easy to follow structure of the chapters and topics, scenarios and "Things to Consider" are provided to help guide discussions and research. Real-life scenarios provide and give the readers much to consider and possible application to explore personal, moral, and ethical principles. This book is a necessary text for teachers to use for training interpreters in their classroom, ITPs, online, introductory and advanced courses. Individuals will find this text an important part of ethical development that leads to strong decision-making abilities.