Enhancing Knowledge Through Online Learning

Bimonthly online discussions are continuing education opportunities for mental health interpreters and clinicians who work with deaf consumers.  QMHI's are required to have 40 contact hours of 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 sent 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 ensure time to process your registration, the completed form and payment must be received 7 days prior to the event you wish to join.

The registration fee for all online discussions in the calendar year 2024 is just $35.*  

How to Register:

  • 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

* January to December.  This fee is NOT pro-rated. 

Upcoming Events

Note New Times for 2025

All Events run 6:00 - 8:00 PM Central Time

2025 Events 

January 14       Trans 101-in depth
                          Presenter: Oliver Stabbe

March 11         Human Trafficking and Mental Health                                  Presenter: Damien Marsh

May 13             Body Image and Ableism in Deaf Youth                              Presenter: Claire Ryan

July 8                Neurodivergence in Mental Health                                        Presenter: Rayne Depukat

September 9   LBQTIA+ Art Therapy                                                              Presenter: Kurt Oster

November 18  Development of the theory of mind                                    (ToM) in DHH children and the lifelong                                implications of ToM deficits                                                   Presenter: Cathy Chovaz

             

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“Trans 101”

January 14, 2025

All discussions are conducted from
6:0 - 8:00 Central Standard Time (CST) (Note New Time)

Presentation Flyer Available for Download HERE

Presented by:

Oliver Stabbe, MPH

Oliver Stabbe (he/him or they/them) is a public policy advisor, mixed-method researcher, and community organizer committed to justice for all. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, Stabbe holds a Master’s in Public Health from UC Berkeley and works with government, non-profit, philanthropic, and community-based community partners to understand and improve health outcomes of marginalized populations. Stabbe works as an associate at Social Policy Research and serves as a voter and civic engagement volunteer with California School for the Deaf, Fremont. In his free time, Oliver can be found googling what the ratio for water to rice is, and then promptly forgetting. To learn more about Oliver’s work, please visit okstabbe.com .

The Purpose of the Training 

This Bi-monthly online discussion will provide participants with opportunities to interact with interpreters and clinicians in the field of deafness, explore research articles, discuss presentations, and apply the online discussion to service provision.

This workshop broadly addresses the needs of transgender communities and elaborates on fundamentals, including basic terminology, pronouns, gender, and sex, and understanding different facets of identity and transition. Participants will touch on concerns of trans deaf consumers and the impacts of gender on interpretation processes across a variety of interpreting settings.

The Objectives of the Training:

  • Analyze the foundational constructs of gender, sex, and aspects of gender transition.

  • Evaluate the scope of transphobia, how it impacts access to services, and how it relates broadly to other overlapping social movements.

  • Identify the impact of the role of gender on language and interpretation.

After the Training, participants will

  • Name three terms used in the queer community for gender transition.
  • Identify two resources clinicians/interpreters can access for more information on this topic.
  • Describe two strategies for working with this population in the mental health field.

Pre-reading: NA 

Target Audience:

Interpreters in Mental Health, Community Interpreters, Mental Health Professionals, School Counselors