Professional Development
CMP & CEU Resources
Resources for interpreters maintaining RID certification and for educators offering continuing education activities.
UTRID as a CMP Sponsor
UTRID is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education.
CMP processing is one of the many benefits of UTRID membership. Members receive complimentary or discounted processing fees, depending on the type of request.
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Earning CMP Credit
Offering Continuing Education
CMP Maintenance & Content Areas
The Content Areas in which interpreters and transliterators can receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are divided into two categories: Professional Studies and General Studies.
Professional Studies include content that directly applies to or affects the field of interpreting and transliterating. General Studies include topics that expand an interpreter’s general or world knowledge while still meeting educational requirements.
Professional Studies
A minimum of 6.0 CEUs must be completed in Professional Studies during each Certification Maintenance Cycle. Professional Studies deepen an interpreter’s knowledge, skills, and ability to provide excellence through their work.
Language, Culture & Human Behavior
Advanced studies of language, culture, and human behavior, including languaculture, intracultural and intercultural dynamics, and linguistic systems.
- ASL language and linguistic structure, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language variation, and language change
- Sociolinguistics, including language and power, language and cognition, and advanced language studies
- Advanced English, ASL, and other language development, including specialized vocabulary, grammar, and linguistic register
- Languaculture and cultural studies, including communication, group dynamics, Deaf culture, American culture, and religious studies
- Intercultural dynamics, including power, privilege, bias, social justice, cross-cultural studies, minority group dynamics, and language domination, suppression, and elevation
Theoretical & Experiential Studies
Studies that apply principles, philosophy, ideas, or concepts directly to the process of interpreting and transliterating.
- History and issues in interpretation and transliteration
- Theory of interpretation and transliteration
- Skills development in interpretation and transliteration
- Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation skills
- Professional ethics
Specialization Studies
Specialization studies build knowledge and skills in specific interpreting settings or areas of practice. Documentation must be provided showing how the activity relates to the development of interpreting skills in that field or setting.
- Educational settings, including philosophies of Deaf education and graduate research strategies
- Rehabilitation settings
- Legal settings, including courtroom protocol and mediation law
- Medical and mental health settings, including medical terminology and anatomy and physiology in ASL and English
- Substance abuse recovery programs
- Technical areas
- Ethics as applied in specialized settings
Power, Privilege & Oppression
Professional Studies may also address power, privilege, oppression, and social justice. These studies support interpreters in developing the sensitivity, competence, and knowledge needed to recognize and address individual, societal, and systemic patterns of oppression.
- Power, privilege, bias, and assumed authority
- Agent and target group dynamics
- Systems and dynamics of oppression
- Stereotyping and marginalization
- Unearned advantages and conferred dominance
- Barriers to equitable access to wealth, education, employment, and professional opportunities
- Internalized supremacy and support of the status quo
- Ability to challenge injustice and promote inclusion, freedom, and equality
- Cultural competence, identity, intersectionality, and invitational communication
- Accountability and trauma-informed approaches to interpreting
- Social justice and liberation studies
PPO-designated programming must address systems of power, privilege, and oppression and provide opportunities for participants to examine how they affect and are affected by those systems. PPO programming should move beyond sharing lived experiences and incorporate reflection, learning, and application—putting theory into practice. For additional clarification regarding Power, Privilege & Oppression CEUs, see Some Clarifying Notes about PPO CEUs.
General Studies
General Studies include topics that enhance an interpreter’s or transliterator’s base of general or world knowledge. The activity must still be a legitimate educational program with clearly defined educational goals and measurable objectives.
CEU limit: There is no minimum requirement for General Studies. However, only 2 of the 8 required CEUs will be counted toward certification maintenance.
CMP Processing Fees
UTRID members receive complimentary or discounted CMP processing fees. Current processing fees and applicable charges will be outlined here.
CMP Sponsor Information
UTRID is an approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education.
Individuals and organizations using UTRID as a CMP sponsor have responsibilities they must follow in order to receive or provide CEUs. Please submit all required information so requests can be processed in a timely manner. Missing information may delay processing.
Offering Continuing Education
Host a Workshop for CEUs
Interested in offering a workshop for RID CEUs? Complete the Continuing Education Activity Plan and submit the required information for review and approval.
PINRA
Participant Initiated Non-RID Activities
PINRA activities are educational activities that an interpreter or transliterator wishes to attend but that are not offered by an RID-approved sponsor. The activity must be sponsored by an organization with specific known standards and have a specific format, educational objectives, and purpose. PINRAs should not be used for sponsor-initiated activities or group activities.
PINRA processing is currently delayed. Please plan for additional processing time to receive approval or consider selecting an alternate RID CMP Sponsor.
Independent Study Plan
Independent Study activities may include research, curriculum development or enhancement projects, study groups, developing effective mentoring strategies or evaluation rubrics, and preparing scientific or clinical materials for publication.
Academic Coursework
Academic Coursework may qualify for CMP credit when taken from an accredited institution during the participant’s current certification cycle.
UTRID Events
Present for UTRID
If you would like to present a workshop for UTRID, please complete the presenter application.
Questions About CMP or CEUs?
For questions or help completing CMP forms, please contact the UTRID CMP team.