This program is offered for FREE to interpreters who reside in Greater MN!
This program is offered for FREE to interpreters who reside in Greater MN!
This course is a six-week asynchronous online course designed for interpreters working with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing in various settings.
The course will assist participants to understand various aspects of mental health work, interpreting in mental health settings, and how it impacts individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. This class will provide an overview of mental health systems and their historical treatment of individuals who are deaf, examine the confluence of providers, settings, and approaches when working as interpreters, mental health diagnoses, language considerations, interdisciplinary approaches, alliances, and self-care.
To successfully complete the program, participants must:
Participants who successfully complete all class activities will receive a “Verification of Training Completion” certificate. This course is pre-approved for 3.0 RID CEUS
The structure of this class will include lecture, readings, discussion, activities, and assessments.
Each week to successfully complete the course, participants are expected to:
It is anticipated that participants will spend an average of five (5) hours per week with assigned readings and completing the required activities.
Weekly Activity | Due Date | Points Possible |
Week 1 – Getting Started (February 7 – February 13, 2021) | ||
Post your Bio/introduction Activity | 3 points | |
Optional Zoom Chat with the presenters 4:00-5:00 pm | Thursday | |
Total Weekly Points | 3 points | |
Week 2 – History (February 14- February 20, 2021) |
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Original forum posting | Wednesday | 4 points |
Responses to 3 other participants’ postings | Saturday | 3 points |
Quiz | Saturday | 5 points |
Total Weekly Points | 12 points | |
Week 3 – Providers, Settings, and Approaches (February 21 – February 27, 2021) |
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Original forum posting | Wednesday | 4 points |
Responses to 3 other participants’ postings | Saturday | 3 points |
Quiz | Saturday | 5 points |
Total Weekly Points | 12 points | |
Week 4 – Diagnoses (February 28 – March 6, 2021) |
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Original forum posting | Wednesday | 4 points |
Responses to 3 other participants’ postings | Saturday | 3 points |
Quiz | Saturday | 5 points |
Total Weekly Points | 12 points | |
Week 5- Language and Dysfluency Considerations (March 7 – March 13, 2021) |
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Optional Zoom Chat with the presenters 4:00-5:00 pm | Wednesday | |
Original forum posting | Wednesday | 4 points |
Responses to 3 other participants’ postings | Saturday | 3 points |
Quiz | Saturday | 5 points |
Total Weekly Points | 12 points | |
Week 6 – Self Care (March 14 – March 20, 2021) |
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Original forum posting | Wednesday | 4 points |
Responses to 3 other participants’ postings | Saturday | 3 points |
Quiz | Saturday | 5 points |
Total Weekly Points | 12 points | |
Week 7 – Fireside Chat Putting the Pieces Together (March 21 – March 27, 2021) |
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Original forum posting | Wednesday | 4 points |
Responses to 3 other participants’ postings | Saturday | 3 points |
Quiz | Saturday | 5 points |
Total Weekly Points | 12 points | |
Week 8 – Class Comprehensive Examination (April 4 – April 10, 2021) |
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Successfully complete cumulative post-assessment (80% or higher)* and evaluation | Saturday | 25 points |
* Required to receive verification of completion | ||
Total Possible Points | 100 points |
Each week begins on Sunday at midnight and ends the following Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Assignment deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. on the posted day. Assignments must be completed by weekly deadlines.
Participants must score 80% or higher in the class to be eligible for continuing education.
This program is offered to interpreters who reside in Southern Minnesota for free! Registration deadline is October 30th.
Participants MUST enter a registration code to enroll in the course. Don’t have the code? Contact us!
Steve Hamerdinger, MA.
Steve Hamerdinger has been the Director of the Office of Deaf Services at the Alabama Department of Mental Health 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 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, was a frequent presenter at Psychiatric Grand Rounds at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, School of Psychiatry, and is currently a clinical instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. He was the first Reba Hill Memorial Lecturer on Pediatrics at the Baylor University Medical School. He is a Past-President of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association and his more than 14 years of work on the board led to the organization presenting him with their Fredrick Schreiber Service award in 2015. His more than 30 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. He was presented with the Knights of the Flying Fingers award from the National Association of the Deaf in 2016. That same year, he was presented with a Resolution from the Alabama House of Representatives and a proclamation from the Governor of Alabama recognizing his life’s work,
Steve lives in Montgomery, Alabama with an ever changing menagerie of four-footed companions.
Charlene Crump, MA., NCC, CRC, CI/CT, ASLTA-Q, QMHI
Ms. Crump is the statewide Mental Health Interpreter Coordinator for the Office of Deaf Services, Alabama Department of Mental Health. In this capacity, Ms. Crump has been responsible for developing the Mental Health Interpreter Training initiative and developing certification standards that have been adopted by DMH and Alabama State Code. Her work in Mental Health Interpreter training has received national recognition from many organizations including the National Alliance of Mentally Ill (NAMI), has been internationally cited for excellence by the Charter of Linguists and described by internationally reowned researcher, author, mental health program administrator and psychologist, Dr. Neil Glickman, as “establishing the national benchmark” for mental health interpreting.
Charlene is a frequent presenter and consultant at various national and state venues, presenting on mental health interpreting. She created and operates several listservs and moderates a monthly online discussion forum related to current research in mental health and deafness/interpreting through Jacksonville State University’s distance program.
This program is provided by ASLIS and is supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.