NAD Announces Release of Two Mental Health Position Statements

NAD Announces Release of Two Mental Health Position Statements

Posted October 3, 2008

The Board of Directors of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD),
at its April 2008 meeting, approved a new position statement on Mental
Health Services for Deaf Children and a supplementary position
statement entitled Culturally Affirmative and Linguistically
Accessible Mental Health Services. Both statements, recently posted on
the NAD website, were prepared by the Mental Health Subcommittee of
the Public Policy Committee. The supplementary statement is intended
to be an update to the 2003 NAD Position Statement on Mental Health
Services for People who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

These documents will provide guidance to state and federal agencies,
consumers, state associations, and affiliates on appropriate mental
health service delivery for deaf children and adults. In addition, the
two documents reflect the belief of the NAD that access to language,
namely American Sign Language (ASL), is a basic human right.

“I am proud of the work that this subcommittee did. This
subcommittee had top experts in the mental health and deafness field
from all over the country,” said NAD President Bobbie Beth Scoggins.
“Together, they produced two documents that reflect current trends
in the field and are a model for all states and service providers.
Service delivery for deaf children poses particular challenges that
are unique and different from those for deaf adults,” she continued.
“It is vital that optimal mental health care for deaf children be
available in this country.”

The Public Policy Committee is chaired by Howard A. Rosenblum, Esq.,
who has years of experience in mental health law. Liz Hill, LCSW,
served as chair of the Mental Health subcommittee, and was recently
elected to the NAD Board of Directors. Members of the subcommittee
were: Robert Baldwin, Sara Bianco, Barry Critchfield, Suzanne Dennis,
John Gournaris, Michelle Niehaus, Linda Russell, and Brad Trotter,
Melissa Watson, Roger Williams, and Darlene Zangara.

Click here to read Mental Health Services for Deaf Children

http://www.nad.org/2008mentalhealthchildrenpositionstatement

Click here to read the Supplementary Statement on Culturally
Affirmative and Linguistically Accessible Mental Health Services –

http://www.nad.org/2008mentalhealthpositionstatement

About NAD

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in 1880 by
deaf leaders who believed in the right of the American deaf community
to use sign language, to congregate on issues important to them, and
to have its interests represented at the national level. These beliefs
remain true to this day, with American Sign Language as a core value.
As a nonprofit federation, the mission of the NAD is to preserve,
protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf
Americans. The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering the
breadth of a lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of
early intervention, education, employment, health care, technology,
telecommunications, youth leadership, and more. For more information,
please visit http://www.nad.org
.

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