Signs2go Interpreting & Support Services, LLC
3rd Saturday Workshops is proud to host:
“Mental Health Interpreting: The Alabama Model”
Presenter:
Steve Hamerdinger-Director
Office of Deaf Services
Alabama Department of Mental Health
Division of Mental Illness and
Substance Abuse Services
.6 RID CEUs APPROVED
.6 DARS/BEI CEUs APPROVED (INCLUDES .15 Ethics CEUs)
WHEN: FEBRUARY 16, 2013
TIME: 10:00a-5:00p
LOCATION:
Goodrich Center For the Deaf
2500 Lipscomb St.
Fort Worth, TX 76110-2625
Target Audience: Employees and new/experienced Interpreters with DARS/BEI and RID/NIC, ITP students, DARS Counselors, Mental Health Providers
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Or call our office: 817-294-7446 by 02/13/2013 (VOICE INTERPRETERS WILL BE PROVIDED)
TSID is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies Program is offered for 0.6 CEUs at the little/None Content Knowledge Level
Steve Hamerdinger has been the Director of the Office of Deaf Services at the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation since January, 2003. Before this he was the Director of the Office of Deaf and Linguistic Support Services at the Missouri Department of Mental Health, a position he held for ten years. Mr. Hamerdinger has an M.A. in Counseling of the Deaf from Gallaudet University.
Named “Deaf Person of the Month” in November, 2008 by Deaf Life magazine, he owns and operates a mental health consulting firm that provides consultation and training on mental health and deafness nationally and internationally. He was appointed by SAMHSA in 2009 as one of the two United States representatives to the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) Network on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals.
He has been an adjunct faculty member of several college programs and a visiting lecturer at the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas, has a frequent presenter at Psychiatric Grand Rounds at University of Missouri, University of Missouri at Kansas City, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was the first Reba Hill Memorial Lecturer on Pediatrics at the Baylor University Medical School and is the Past-President of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association. His more than 25 years of work in the field has led to being awarded the Alice Cogswell award for service to deaf people by the Gallaudet Alumni Association.
In addition to his expertise in deafness and mental health, Steve is a well-known motivational speaker and entertainer. Steve lives in Montgomery with an ever changing menagerie of four-footed companions.
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