Calling all nurses: Are you interested in learning about communicating with people who are deaf and blind?

      

The Protactile Language Interpreting National Education Program (PLI) presents a self-directed course of study in Protactile Language Theory. This online certificate program consists of 16 hours of online content, assignments, and assessment, focused on co-navigation, Protactile language, co-presence, Protactile literature, and the Protactile numbering systems and alphabet.  

Protactile (PT) is a language that cannot be learned through visual or auditory channels. To fully acquire PT, the speaker and the listener must be in physical contact with one another.  Because of this, the PLI program of study primarily focuses on the theory of Protactile, and the certificate awarded at the completion of the program does not measure PT language proficiency. 

It is PLI’s strong recommendation that this program of study be paired with real-world experiences in the DeafBlind community, learning from and working with Protactile Language speakers. This certificate program does not replace the need for in-person language acquisition opportunities, but is meant to be a supplement and support in the language learning process. 

Visit the following web site to learn more. This is a free program.

Home - PLI (protactilelanguageinterpreting.org)

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Donna