(c) Professional development can be provided in a variety of ways, including:

1. (1) In-service training programs;
2. (2) Workshops;
3. (3) Tutoring;
4. (4) Conferences; and
5. (5) Online.

(d) Possible areas for professional development opportunities may include, but are not limited to:

1. (1) Higher certification level as an interpreter/transliterator;
2. (2) Professional interpreting knowledge;
3. (3) Knowledge in foundations of education and/or in education of students who are deaf;
4. (4) Proficiency in English, e.g., vocabulary, spelling, reading, writing, literature;
5. (5) Public speaking;
6. (6) Child growth and development;
7. (7) Language development;
8. (8) Common expressions, spoken or signed, popular in school setting;
9. (9) Deafness and its psychological, social, and cultural considerations;
10. (10) Overview of philosophies, techniques, legislation, and regulations in education;
11. (11) Speech production and speech reading factors;
12. (12) Cued speech;
13. (13) Sign systems;
14. (14) Cognitive development;
15. (15) Tutoring;
16. (16) Guidelines for professional conduct;
17. (17) Culture, multiculturalism, cultural literacy, and literacy;
18. (18) Linguistics;
19. (19) Interpreting roles and responsibilities;
20. (20) Medical aspects of deafness;
21. (21) Technology; and
22. (22) Content area terminology.

(e) Possible sources for obtaining professional development activities include:

1. (1) Arkansas Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.

   1. (A) Contact: Arkansas Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf P.O. Box 46511 Little Rock, AR 72214-6511 http://www.arkansasrid.org/
   2. (B) To access the listserv, contact John West at tsewnhoj@gmail.com;
2. (2) Outreach Program Support System for the Hearing Impaired. Contact: Outreach Program Coordinator Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind 2400 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 (501) 324-9522 http://www.arschoolforthedeaf.org/education/components/scrapbook/ ; and

3. (3) University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

   1. (A) Contact: Program Coordinator UA Little Rock Interpreter Education Program 2801 South University Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 (501) 569-3169 http://ualr.edu/care/index.php/home/programs/interpretation- education/
   2. (B) The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Interpreter Education Program provides the following:

(i) Associate of Science degree in American Sign Language Studies;

1. (ii) Bachelor of Arts degree in Interpretation: ASL/English;

   1. (iii) Sign Language Studies minor; and

      1. (iv) Educational Interpreting minor.