Positioning and autonomy in mainstream classrooms

This family and practitioner brief addresses the role of interpreters and deaf students’ autonomy in mainstream classrooms. It explores deaf individuals’ and interpreters’ perspectives on the interpreters’ role, approaches to working together, and students’ autonomy, which were taken from individual and group interviews. The brief will conclude by sharing strategies for supporting student autonomy and enhancing communication and collaboration between deaf students, interpreters, and educational team members.