Q:What do all the acronyms mean? ITP,  NAD, NIC, RID, CEU's, AMP, PEP... etc.,

A: MEANINGS of Acronyms: 

ITP...Interpreter Training Program. 

CAD...California Association of the Deaf.

DBC...Deaf Bilingual Coalition

SCDBA...So. Cali. Deaf-Blind Association.

NAD... National Association of the Deaf.

NIC...National Interpreter Certificate.

RID...Registry of the Interpreter of the Deaf.

CBT...Computer Based Test, written.

CEU...Continuing Education Units.

CMP...Certification

Maintenance

 Program.

LTA...Local Test Administrator of the NIC evaluation.

NIC...National Interpreter Certification, Basic, Advanced and Masters Levels.

CI/CT...Recognized, RID no longer provides these tests. Certified Interpreter/ Certified Transliterator

SC:L... Specialist Certificate: Legal.

CDI...Certified Deaf Interpreter, Intermediary Interpreter is Deaf and works with the Hearing Interpreter.

CLIP-R...Conditional Legal Interpreting Permit, Relay.

NTS... National Testing System, is comprised of a written test and performance test. Once an interpreter passes  both  they  become  a certified interpreter.

OTC...Oral Transliteration Certification.

HOH...Hard of Hearing, not the same as old age hard of hearing.

AMP... Accelerated Mentoring Program, exclusively at Love2asl.com

PEP... Prepare to Evaluate Program, exclusively at Love2asl.com

F.I.T... Formal Interpreter Training, exclusively at Love2asl.com

B.C. before Christ.

A.D. "anno domini" in the year of our lord.

TBA... To Be Announced

VIEWS... A quarterly publication of the RID, keeping you abreast of what's important in the professional field of sign language interpreting, and is free with your RID membership.

TerpBlast... Important Interpreter workshop and training Information, exclusively from Love2asl.com.