Enhancing Knowledge Through Online Learning
Upcoming Events
All Events run 6:30 - 8:30 PM Central Time
March 8
Culturally Responsive Practice with Deaf BIPOC Individuals.
Presenter: Reshawna Chapple
May 11
Brother-Sister Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Presenter: Risa Shaw
July 13
Relationships between Deaf Culture, Body Image, and Eating Disorders for Deaf Women.
Presenter: Adena Rottenstein & Aileen Aldaur
September 14
Trauma-Informed Care and Deaf Culture.
Presenter: Lisa Swanson
November 9
Forging Pathways Despite Communication Barriers
Presenter: Jaime Wilson
Poorna Kushalnagar is the principal investigator of grants funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that support studies aligned with her research interest: patient centered outcomes, cancer health communication, and applied interventions to improve deaf people’s health and quality of life outcomes. She also is a professor in Psychology at Gallaudet University.
Bimonthly online discussions are continuing education opportunities for mental health interpreters and clinician who work with deaf consumers. QMHI's are required to have 40 contact hours continuing education per year.
Bimonthly online discussions are continuing education opportunities for mental health interpreters and clinician who work with deaf consumers. QMHI's are required to have 40 contact hours continuing education per year.
You can go to this URL https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting- for more information on how to join the webinar. More tips for using Zoom can be found HERE
All presentations are in the form of a webinar. Links to the webinar will be send out the same day as the event. This year our webinars will be hosted on Zoom. To use this platform, please read documents on the Zoom Website.
Important: In order to assure time to process your registration, completed form and payment must be received 7 days prior to the event you wish to join.
Registration fee for all online discussions in calendar year 2020 is just $35.*
How to Register:
- Download and fill out the 'Permission to File CEUs" form. This will serve as your registration form for all online discussions within that calendar year.
- Send a check for $35.00 made out to ADARA- MHIT Fund along with the completed form to:
Shannon Reese, Services Coordinator
Alabama Department of Mental Health
Office of Deaf Services
P.O. Box 301410
Montgomery, AL 36130
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January 12, 2021
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Presented by: Poorna Kushalnagar and Claire Ryan
Claire is a doctoral candidate at The University of Texas at Austin, specializing in pediatric psychology. She has clinical training in providing evidence-based assessment and intervention to youth and their families in schools, medical settings, and mental health treatment centers. Claire's research interests center around identifying risk factors and increasing the capacity for early screening and identification to improve behavioral health outcomes for deaf youth.
“Adverse Childhood Communication Experiences”
This monthly on-line discussion will provide participants with opportunities to interact with interpreters in the field of deafness and explore research articles, discuss presentations and apply the online discussion to service provision.
The Objectives of the Training:
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Participants will define adverse childhood communication experiences (ACCE).
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Participants will identify constructs within adverse childhood communication experiences.
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Participants will explain ACCE’s relationship with multiple chronic medical conditions
Target Audience:
Interpreters in Mental Health, Community Interpreters, Mental Health Professionals, School Counselors
Pre- Reading
Presentation Flyer Available for Download HERE
Registrations will need to be submitted
You only need to register once each calendar year
