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Identifying Substance Abuse Needs in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
Recorded on October 25, 2021
On Demand Education
Free
1.25 CE Hours
Cultural Competency, General, Substance Abuse
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Description

Deaf or Hard of Hearing clients (DHH) have a unique culture that often goes unrecognized by individuals and organizations alike. DHH clients also face significantly increased barriers to accessing services. This workshop will include information about various aspects of substance use dependency, Deaf Culture and how it impacts individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. The workshop will introduce attendees to research-based screening tools for substance use disorders and mental health issues for DHH clients, provide information on the use of ASL interpreters, and implications of the COVID pandemic on DHH individuals. Material being developed for a new e-cigarette curriculum will be highlighted as well as online 12 step meetings and other resources that are available for DHH individuals.

Target Audience
  • Counselors
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Educational Goal:

Participants will gain increased knowledge on cultural considerations and tools for working with Deaf or Hard of Hearing clients with substance use disorders.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify 3 cultural issues and barriers to service for DHH individuals
  2. Analyze data related to prevention, treatment, and aftercare service provision for DHH individuals
  3. Describe elements of specialized treatment programs and prevention curriculum
  4. Identify the process used to validate and translate into ASL using an online suite of screening instruments related to SUD
CE Details
Introductory
Cultural Competency
General
Substance Abuse

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

This live webinar has been approved for 1.25 CE clock hours by the Louisiana Counseling Association as authorized by the Louisiana Professional Counselor Licensing Board of Examiners.

This course has been approved by TPN.health, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #198061, TPN.health is responsible for all aspects of the programing. Counselor Skill Group: Legal, Ethical and Professional Development.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

TPN.health is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2021 – 03/31/2022. Social workers completing this course receive 1.25 General, Cultural Competency continuing education credits. ASWB ACE credit is not available in NY and NJ.

Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

NY LMFTs
Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

CAMFT LPCCs
Course meets the qualifications for hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.

CE Policy
TPN.health and this educator have no conflicts of interest and have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents.
Dr. Deb Guthmann

Deb Guthmann, Ed.D., NIC, is a nationally recognized lecturer, administrator, researcher, educator, and advocate with over forty years of extensive experience in service to the deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) population. Dr. Guthmann is the founding Director of the Minnesota Substance Use Disorder Program for DHH Individuals which is one of the first inpatient treatment programs of its kind in the U.S. She was also the lead consultant for a NIDILRR funded grant which focused on the validation of mental health,substance abuse and career related screening tools in American Sign Language. Dr. Guthmann worked for 17 years as the Director of Student Services at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, California where she was responsible for admissions, clinical services, IEP implementation and due process. She has made over 200 national and international presentations, written numerous articles and several book chapters focusing on ethical issues, substance abuse and treatment models to use with DHH individuals.

Dr. Guthmann has been involved in teaching online classes and the development of materials for DHH individuals including an Anti Tobacco/E-Cigarette Curriculum. She is also the lead editor on a book recently published by Gallaudet Press titled “Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System: Selected Topics
on Advocacy, Incarceration and Social Justice.

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