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P.O. Box 25102
Colorado Springs, CO 80936
(719) 599-4517 V/TTY
(866) 599-4517 V/TTY Toll Free
(719) 531-7841 Fax
Website - signlanguagenetwork.com
Email - SLNetwork@aol.com
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"Who Needs A Qualified Interpreter For The Deaf"
Our Services
We provide Interpreting, Transliterating and Oral Interpreting in these settings :
 Social Services
Computer & Technical, Medical
Mental Health
Private Business
Educational ~ All levels thru post-secondary
Judicial
Government Agencies
Religious
Theatrical & Performing Arts
Conventions
Job Interviews
Training. . .and more!
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.
Code of Ethics
- Interpreters* shall keep all assignments strictly confidential.
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Interpreters shall render the message faithfully, always conveying the content and spirit of the speaker using language most readily understood by the person(s) they serve.
- Interpreters shall not counsel, advise or interject personal opinions.
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Interpreters shall accept assignments using discretion with regard to skill, setting, and the consumers involved.
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Interpreters shall request compensation for services in a professional and judicious manner.
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Interpreters shall function in a manner appropriate to the situation. Interpreters shall strive to further knowledge and skills through participation in workshops, professional meetings, interaction with professional colleagues, and reading of current literature in the field.
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Interpreters, by virtue of membership in or certification by RID, Inc., shall strive to maintain high professional standards in compliance with the Code of Ethics.
*The term Interpreter also pertains to Transliterators
Other Services
 Assist businesses with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance
Resource Referral For People with Hearing or Speech Disabilities-
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Telephone Amplifiers |
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Captioning |
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Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf |
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Telecommunication Relay Services |
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Assistive Listening Systems |
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Interpreters |
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Computer-Aided Real-Time Reporting (CART) |
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Working with Interpreters & Stenotypists |
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People With Cognitive Disabilities |
SLN helps companies, employers and schools with resource information regarding public accommodations and equal access.
We are often asked to speak at local businesses and schools regarding ADA laws and accommodations. The Technical Assistance Center provides us with legal information and materials.
Our History
Sign Language Network Inc. (SLN) is an RID certified interpreter owned interpreting referral company. Located in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado, we service large portions of the State.
Because the Colorado State School for the Deaf and Blind has been located here since 1874, a large portion of the state’s deaf/hearing impaired population has settled along the Front Range in the Colorado Springs and Denver areas. It was evident to us that there was a growing need for qualified, professional sign language interpreting services. We organized our company to provide those services.
SLN contracts with over 90 sign language independent contractor/interpreters throughout the state of Colorado, and currently services up to 1,900 interpreting hours per month.
We are well known for our involvement in community events, such as local cowboy poetry programs, storytelling festivals, the annual Generation Journey shows in the Pikes Peak Center (proceeds go to charity), the annual Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration shows, and other nationally known performances.
About Us
We are a full network of qualified interpreters, independently contracted and coordinated by:
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Andrea Reeves - President/Owner - RID Certified CI - 1994 - CT - 1997
Andrea M. Reeves is one of the original business owners who started Sign Language Network Inc. in 1995.
Andrea was introduced to sign language as a child due to growing up with two deaf siblings. She interpreted for her brothers in church, cub scouts, boy scouts, and school programs.
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After moving to Colorado Springs with her family in 1979, she accepted a job at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind where she was a dorm supervisor for eleven years. Her responsibilities involved taking care of up to 17 deaf children at a time within her dorm, planning activities, helping with homework, helping the children get ready for bedtime, and reading books to the children using sign language.
During free time from her dorm work, Andrea would often interpret out in the community. She was an interpreter out in the community for 10 years before starting her business with three fellow interpreting professionals. She became nationally certified in 1994 to ensure professionalism and skill level to meet her deaf consumers needs.
On November 1, 1995 Sign Language Network Inc. was established. Andrea is proud to provide professional sign language interpreting services to such a wonderful community of deaf and hearing consumers.
Andrea's company helps local deaf interest groups by volunteering and providing donations to help send deaf children to summer camps, deaf softball teams the ability to afford uniforms, and helps deaf victims of violence. She also volunteers with the local chapter of The Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, a nonprofit organization that raises funds to help educate and prepare interpreters.
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Terri Rose - Billing Consultant/Office Manager
As Billing Consultant and Office Manager she is responsible for running the office and ensuring that our bills are user friendly and prompt.
Terri came to Sign Language Network, Inc (SLN) in 1997 as Office Manager upon retiring from Albertson’s, Inc. after 23 commendable years of service. |
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Terri has been in the Colorado Springs area since 1972 and began working at Albertson’s while attending Doherty High School. After graduation she began to accelerate through several steps in the company ladder. During her tenure at Albertson’s, Terri was recognized for her customer service expertise and proficient production in the front-end operations. In acknowledgement of her diligence she was promoted to Scan Coordinator in the IT Department. Upon completion of her career at Albertson’s, Terri was asked to assist in maintaining store-level accounting systems, human resources, and payroll.
During Terri’s spare time from Albertson’s, her own hearing loss drew her to the Deaf Community of Colorado Springs. Terri had a deep desire to offer equally excellent customer service to the deaf community as well. In an effort to do so, Terri volunteered her time with the Center on Deafness and taking sign language courses to enable her to better communicate with her deaf customers.
Terri moved onto volunteer work at the Colorado Springs School for the Deaf and Blind. In becoming acquainted with the Deaf Community, Terri seemed a natural when Sign Language Network, Inc. had grown to the point of needing an office manager. Terri filled a void in the needs of our office in interpreter coordination, A/R, A/P, contract procurement, as well as, other day-to-day operational duties of SLN.
Since joining SLN, Terri has dug into the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a zest to assist the deaf community in achieving effective communication. She participates in training and ADA conferences whenever they are available. Terri is mesmerized by the ADA.gov website and studies Department of Justice settlements encompassing all titles of the ADA, making her a tremendous resource for ADA compliance.
Terri balances the requirements of the ADA with the needs of SLN’s interpreters. She is constantly striving to stay abreast of interpreting “standard practices” while keeping interpreters safe in their settings. Terri was recently awarded an honorary membership to the Pikes Peak Chapter of Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Terri’s experience gives her a unique understanding of the financial accountability of the accommodating provider, combined with the requirements of the ADA, while ultimately providing effective access to our deaf community.
Sign Language Network is proud to have such a versatile, caring, and knowledgeable employee as Terri.
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Jackie Borne - Interpreter Coordinator
Our Interpreter Coordinator, Jacqueline (Jackie) Borne came on board at Sign Language Network in August of 2000. She is Member of the Year for CRID (Colorado Registry of the Deaf).
Jackie grew up in Missouri, and after 10 years of living in different places on the continent with her Navy husband, they decided to again settle in Missouri. Jackie then decided to pursue a long-standing love, nursing, and graduated with her R.N. from St. Luke’s School of Nursing |
in Kansas City in 1984, and then went on to complete her B.S.N. at Webster University, graduating in 1987.
Jackie worked in St. Luke’s Cardiovascular ICU caring for open-heart and heart-transplant surgical patients, then moved on to clinical nursing before moving to Colorado Springs in 1992. At that time, she began work at the Cleo Wallace Home for Emotionally Disturbed Children in Colorado Springs, working as charge RN in the in-patient unit, moving to Residential RN, then on to assisting the Director of Nursing, overseeing the Nursing, Medical and Infection Control components at Cleo Wallace.
While working at Cleo Wallace, Jackie began her evening studies at Pikes Peak Community College, taking beginning American Sign Language courses, and eventually left Cleo Wallace to attend PPCC full-time in the Interpreter Prep Program, and graduated in 1999 with her Associates degree in Interpreting. Jackie had the wonderful opportunity of completing her interpreter internship with Sign Language Network prior to graduating, and then became an Independent Contractor with Sign Language Network as a freelance interpreter upon graduation.
When Sign Language Network offered her the position of Interpreter Coordinator, she gladly accepted, utilizing the 10 years of office experience she had acquired in the years prior to her nursing education. Jackie remains a freelance interpreter in the Deaf community, thru Sign Language Network, alternating with her hours in the office at SLN. Jackie also is active in the Colorado Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, ( CRID-PP), Pikes Peak Affiliate, an organization of interpreters whose primary function is to provide access in communication for Deaf individuals. She is especially active on the Fundraising Committee, planning fundraisers to help fund workshops, seminars and annual conferences for continuing education for interpreters.
Jackie’s medical expertise, interpreter education/profession and life’s experiences have greatly enhanced her ability to match our Deaf client’s needs with the skills of our interpreters, making her a valuable asset to the Sign Language Network “team.”
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About Our Interpreters
Interpreters are hired for assignments as independent contractors. The interpreter/contractor waives the right to claim workmen’s compensation, unemployment or other insurance, and taxes or benefits to be paid by SLN.
Interpreters who contract with SLN pick & choose the hours which work best for their schedules. Interpreter/Contractors are responsible for obtaining professional liability insurance and releases SLN from any liability for the contractor’s actions at any time. The interpreter/contractor understands that as an interpreter referred by SLN, the interpreter/contractor has an ethical responsibility to uphold high professional standards, including being prompt for assignments, acting and dressing in a professional manner, and adhering to the RID Code of Ethics at all times.
We are very fortunate to have a diverse, fantastic group of skilled interpreters contracting with us. We have a gift of knowing which interpreter is the perfect match for each situation.
We are blessed with some of the best interpreting talent and skill this state has to offer.
Contact our office today regarding:
Our contract for services.
Review of your specific.
ADA compliance needs.
Quotes for services.
How to be cost effective in your provision of ADA Compliance Issues.
(719) 599-4517 V/TTY
(866) 599-4517 V/TTY Toll Free
Website - signlanguagenetwork.com
Email - SLNetwork@aol.com
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