Sign Language Interpreter Services
Interpreter Certification and Resource Center
5005 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 205
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105
ICRC Program Specialist
Office: (405) 522-7936
Email: LBerglund@okdrs.gov
ICRC Program Technician
Video Phone: (405) 246-0520
Email: KNutt@okdrs.gov
(On the left) Executive Director Melinda Fruendt is aided by ASL Interpreter Tonya Garman when talking to individuals who are deaf or need alternative communication.
The Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) Interpreter Services program provides the services of sign language interpreters and real-time captioning to assist Vocation Rehabilitation or Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired clients who are Deaf/deaf, hard of hearing, or Deaf-blind. DRS contracts with interpreters who are certified through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and the Oklahoma Interpreter Certification and Resource Center (ICRC) to provide interpreting services for clients. DRS does not provide interpreting services to the general public. Listed below are resources to agencies that do provide interpreting services for the general public.
SLRS- Sign Language Resource Services, Inc.
Tulsa Center - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Disclaimer: The agencies listed are in alphabetic order and DRS/ICRC does not solely endorse any of the agencies listed. Please contact the agencies directly for their business practice of providing sign language interpreters and their rates.
Website Changes
Our ICRC CEU and Interpreter Registry website is under construction. Please bear with us as we work through some issues. We hope to resolve the all problems very quickly and will update this message when when everything is done.
Thank you for your patience at this time.
Stakeholders’ Information
We would like to thank everyone who took our stakeholder survey. Your input is critical for us to improve our program and meet your needs.
You can read the results of the survey in this report.
Find an interpreter
The Oklahoma State Department of Education maintains an independent list of SDE approved educational interpreters which can be accessed in the Department of Education Interpreter Listing.
QAST General Information
The Interpreter Certification and Resource Center (ICRC), which is under the State of Oklahoma, uses the Quality Assurance Screening Test (QAST) system to evaluate individuals who want to become certified in sign language in the state. The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDHH) administers QAST in accordance to the 56-199.2 State Department of Rehabilitation Services “Cooperation with commissions and state agencies – Interpreter Services” law.
Oklahoma Interpreter Certification and Resource Center
The Oklahoma Interpreter Certification and Resource Center is the state certifying body for Oklahoma "sign language" interpreters. The ICRC uses the Quality Assurance Screening Test to evaluate the proficiency of individuals interested in becoming employed as interpreters for the deaf in the state of Oklahoma. You may download the application for testing, or contact the ICRC Program Specialist. All ICRC Interpreters are required to know and adhere to a set of Code of Professional Conduct as well as the Levels of Limitations for Oklahoma sign language interpreters. The ICRC maintains a list of all Oklahoma ICRC certified interpreters.
ICRC is not responsible for the interpreter’s courtroom certification, for more information please visit this site: Certified Courtroom Interpreters – Oklahoma Bar Association (okbar.org)
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