This four-week group email seminar welcomes community members, educators, interpreters, administrators, SSPs, parents, and anyone interested in learning more about the Protactile movement.

For interpreters, it is an RID CMP and ACET Activity, and 2.0 CEUs in the category of Professional Studies will be offered by the DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center, an approved CMP and ACET sponsor.

Here are some things that participants from the previous seminars have said about their experience:

“THE MOST enjoyable seminar I’ve ever taken online”
“insightful, invigorating and fun!”
“a great jumping off point for me”
“a warm, safe, and welcoming space”
“a safe space where people were willing to share their processes of learning, including unlearning”
“This class exceeded my expectations”
“such an immersive and enriching seminar”
“immersive and engaging and exciting”
“phenomenal!!!”
“model for how to teach online, and how to teach, period”
“you were like, right there with an answer for everything”
“the quick responses were amazing!”
“so generous with your thoughts”
“I feel much more confident now with the theory surrounding the Protactile movement”
“I learned so much and recognize I have much more to learn!”
“I LOVE this format!”
“I didn’t expect a listserv to be so effective”
“one of the best courses I have ever taken”
“I learned so much better on it than I have ever done from an online course”
“you adapted the materials to match our current understanding”
“you encouraged us, individually, to think deeper”
“you honored the contributions we were able to make”

Title: Introduction to Protactile Theory

Instructor: John Lee Clark

Dates: October 13-November 8, 2019

CEUs: 2.0 (20 hours, 5 per week, no partial CEUs are awarded)

Registration fee: $200 (PayPal or check)