Alabama department of mental health and mental retardation:
office of deaf services

A Practical Skills Development Workshop
Mental Health Interpreter Training Project

Description: An intensive forty-hour workshop for experienced
interpreters who practice-or desire to practice-in the mental health
field. Through presentations by mental health professionals, group
discussions, role playing and other experiential activities participants
will develop practical skills necessary in varied mental health
settings.



Participants will be selected from the pool of interested applicants by
a screening process using the following criteria: interpreting
experience, formal and continuing education, residency, and involvement
in the deaf and mental health communities. Preparatory information will
be sent to participants prior to the workshop. Due to the nature of the
information covered the number of participants will be limited and there
will not be provision for on-site or late registration. It is
anticipated that the workshop program will be presented annually and
that additional workshops will be developed introducing mental
retardation and developmental disability, substance abuse and other
topics. Participants in this workshop will be eligible for RID CEUs
toward CMP or ACET programs.



This course of study includes a forty hour practicum. Only those who
successfully complete the course, including practicum, and pass the
comprehensive examination will be recognized as a Qualified Mental
health Interpreter (QMHI) according to Alabama Code.



Location: Montgomery, Alabama and Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Date: Friday through Sunday, September 5-7, 2003
and September 12-14, 2003
8:00 am to 6:00 pm (Friday and Saturday); 8:00 a.m. to Noon (Sunday)
with optional evening sessions for discussion; one-hour lunch on your
own.

COST: The workshop is free of charge to
participants selected to attend. Travel, lodging and meals are the
responsibility of individual participants.



Sponsored by: Alabama Department of Mental Health, Office of Deaf
Services



CONFIRMED FACULTY: Bob Pollard, Roger Williams, Steve Hamerdinger and
more........



For more information and APPLICATION:

Charlene J. Crump

Office of Deaf Services

100 North Union Street

Montgomery, AL 36130

Telephone: 334.353.4703

Email: ccrump@...





_______________________________

Charlene J. Crump, CI/CT, ASLTA-Q

MHI Coordinator, Office of Deaf Services

Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation



334-353-4703 (voice/tty) 334-242-3025 (fax)

RSA Union Building, 100 North Union Street

Montgomery, AL 36130

ccrump@...




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