The Alabama Mental Health Interpreter Training Project is an internationally recognized effort to improve the skills of interpreters working in this highly demanding sub-speciality. This website is intended to be both a chronicle of the work and a resource site for mental health interpreters. It is a work in progress and reader contributions, suggestions and feedback are welcomed.
Hold the Dates!!! Brochure and Registration Form Now Posted Go Here
Alabama's Mental Health Interpreter Training Program has been scheduled for August 6-10, 2012 at Troy University in Montgomery.
A 40-hour course designed to provide a sound basis for interpreters to work effectively in mental health settings as part of a professional team. The course includes: Mental health systems and culture, Sources of Communication Breakdown Associated with Mental Illness and Treatment, Interpreters' Roles, Tools, and Resources, Severe Language Dysfluency and Visual Gestural Communication/CDIs/Interpreters who are Deaf, Psychiatric Emergencies, Confidentiality Ethics and Laws, Support Groups and Community Mental Health Services, Psycholinguistic Errors and Demand Control Schema for Interpreting Applied to Mental Health.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE: Bob Pollard, Robyn Dean, Roger Williams, Steve Hamerdinger, Charlene Crump, Brian McKenny, Shannon Reese, et. al.
A MINIMUM OF 4.0 RID CEUS WILL BE OFFERED.
SPONSORED BY:
*ADARA *Troy University *Alabama Department of Mental Health - Office of Deaf Services *Alabama Association of the Deaf
Training will be held at Troy University in Montgomery, Alabama
More information coming soon! Be sure to check our Mental Health Interpreter Training Website at http://www.mhit.org for additional information or feel free to contact our office at charlene.crump@mh.alabama.gov.
Fall Issue of Signs of Mental Health Available - Finally! The Fall 2011 issue of the Signs of Mental Health is available HERE
In this issue:
MHIT Increases Online Presence
Lonnie Wright Becomes First Deaf Peer Support Specialist
New Year Brings Big Changes in Deaf Services
Coffee Night Tradition Continues, Draws Media Attention
SERID Conference A Hit In Alabama
Japanese Deaf LCSW Visits ODS, Alabama
Working with People who have Deaf-Blindness
Call for Presentations: Breakout Conference
New Educational Initiative Proves Popular and Effective
