96-10-04 Conference on Deaf & Mentally Ill

CONFERENCE TO TEACH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HOW TO LISTEN

     COLUMBUS -- Social workers and other mental health=20
professionals will convene in Columbus Oct. 10 for a quiet=20
revolution.  "Quiet" because they will be learning to listen and=20
communicate with people who cannot hear.

     The Ohio State University's College of Social Work and the=20
Ohio Department of Mental Health are sponsoring a conference to=20
teach mental health professionals how to work with persons who=20
are mentally ill and deaf/hard of hearing.  It is a crucial skill=20
since patients who have difficulty communicating might be=20
misdiagnosed, misdirected or incorrectly treated.

     The conference, Effective Clinical Intervention with Persons=20
Who Are Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Mentally Ill, will be at the=20
Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.  Speakers will be=20
available for interviews at the lunch break or at the end of the=20
conference.  Handicap access, American Sign Language, and closed=20
captioning will be available.

     The conference schedule follows.

9:30-11:30 a.m. Speakers and Panel Discussion=20

-- Michael F. Hogan, director of the Ohio Department of Mental=20
Health.
-- Keynote Address =97=97 "Deaf and African American in a White=20
Hearing World: A Personal Experience," Ernest Hairston, chief,=20
Captioning and Adaptation Branch, Office of Special Education=20
and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education.
-- Panel Discussion by hearing and hearing-impaired=20
professionals.

1:00-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshops

-- Deaf/Hard of Hearing Child =97=97 Edward Corbett,=20
superintendent, Ohio School for the Deaf.
-- Older Deaf/Hard of Hearing Person =97=97 Janet Pray, chair,=20
Department of Social Work, Gallaudet University.
-- Mental Health Assessment of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing =97=97=20
Martha Sheridan, director, Ohio Resource Center on Deafness and=20
Deaf Services, Netcare Corp.

3:30-4:30 p.m. Workshop group reports: Where Do We Go From Here?

     Ohio State is the only accredited graduate school of social=20
work that provides special training for clinicians to work with=20
persons who are mentally ill and deaf/hard of hearing.

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Contact: Amy Riemenschneider, associate professor of social work,=20
(614) 292-0478.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Tue, 1 Oct 1996 11:25:02 -0400]
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