Interpreter Resources
Our values act as a compass, guiding us through personal and professional choices. Anytime you need to make a decision, your values can help ensure your actions reflect what’s most important to you. Click here to complete this Values Sort activity. Click here to learn more about how values-aligned behaviors can increase resilience for interpreters.
This resource by My Deaf Therapy provides mindfulness, breathing and meditation exercises in ASL, offering accessible tools for grounding, emotional regulation, and stress management. For interpreters, practicing these skills can support nervous system regulation, increase present-moment awareness, and provide practical ways to reset during or after demanding work.
A body scan can help interpreters reconnect with their physical and emotional experiences. These type of activities build awareness of tension and stress in the body allowing for earlier emotion regulation. It supports presence without becoming overwhelmed or disconnected. Check out our Instagram page for more interpreter tools!
A container activity can help interpreters create separation from emotionally intense material by intentionally setting aside difficult thoughts, images, or emotions after a challenging assignment. Rather than suppressing the experience, it offers a temporary regulation strategy: I can set this down for now and decide when and how to process it later.
We’re curating a set of resources and research articles that are grounded in the lived experiences of sign language interpreters and reflect current trends and realities we’re observing across the field.
Click here to see the resources we have gathered so far, and reach out to us if you’d like to pass along a resource that has been helpful for you!