Alabama's Mental Health Interpreter Project - Annual Conference & QMHI Practicum & Certification
Annual Conference Typically End of July - beginning of August
MHIT Website

Mental Health Training & Knowledge-Building

• Commonly Used Psychological Tests
• Etiology
• Knowledge of Courtroom Procedure Assessment
• ​HIPAA Information
• Medications and Related Terminology
• Mental Health Acronyms and Terms
• The Mental Status Examination
• MHIT Vocabulary and Sign Choices
• MSE Checklist
• The Patient Chart: What's In It For You?
• ​Psychiatric and Psychological Definitions
• Psychiatric Dysfluency Terms
• Psychiatric Evaluation Manual
• School Psychology Terminology
• Thought Language Communication Scale
• Transference and Countertransference

Mental Health Interpreter Recommended Practice & Functioning

Recommendations for Pre- and Post- Conferencing
Possible Seating Arrangements

Documents for Clinician Use: Working With Interpreters

Talking Points
Sample Letter to Clinician

Articles Related to Interpreting in Mental Health Settings

• Bending the Rules: An Interpreter's Stand in the Medical & Mental Health Setting
  
• ​Communication through Interpreters in Healthcare: Ethical Dilemmas Arising from Differences in Class, Culture, Language & Power
• Clinical Supervision as a Method for Providing Behavioral Feedback to Sign Language Interpreters
• Effects of Interpreters on the Evaluation of Psychopathology in Non-English Speaking Patients
• The Hazards of Empathy: Vicarious Trauma of Interpreters for the Deaf
  
• Impact of Sign Language Interpreter and Therapist Moods on Deaf Recipient
• A Interpreter Isn't Enough: Deafness, Language and Due Process
  
• Interpreting in Mental Health Settings: Issues and Concerns
• The Intersections of Culture and Power in Clinician and Interpreter Relationships
  
• Mental Health Interpreters: Should They be Required to Have Counseling Degrees?
  
• ​Mental Health Interpreting: Training, Standards & Certification
  
• Mental Health Interpreting with Language Dysfluent Deaf Clients
  
• Promising Practices of Statewide Mental Health Models Serving Consumers who are Deaf: How to Advocate for Your Model in Your Home State
  
• The Psychotherapist and the Sign Language Interpreter
  
• The Role of the Healthcare Interpreter
  
• Shielding Yourself From the Perils of Empathy
• Sociocognition Issues Affecting the Working Relationship Between the Deaf Professional and the Interpreter
• Suggestions for Building a Visual Toolkit for Language Dysfluent/Language Deprived Individuals
• ​Vicarious Trauma Among Interpreters
  
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
  
• Umm, the Interpreter Didn't Understand: Interpreting for Individuals With Thought Disorders
  
• Understanding Etiology of Hearing Loss as a Contributor to Language Dysfluency

Clinically Based Articles for Interpreter Learning & for Clinician Reference:
Deafness & Mental Health

Clinician Articles

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RID & NAD Reference & Documents

Culturally Affirmative and Linguistically Accessible Mental Health Services
RID Standard Practice Paper: Interpreting in Mental Health Settings
NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct
NAD Position Statement: Mental Health Services for People Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
NAD Position Statement: Mental Health Services for Deaf Children
NAD Position Statement on VRI Services in Hospitals
NAD Advocacy Statement: Use of VRI in the Medical Setting

Literature Related to Mental Health Interpreting & Mental Health and Deafness

Pederson, Darlene. Psych Notes: A Clinical Pocketguide
Dean, Robyn K. The Demand Control Schema: Interpreting as a Practice Profession
Glickman, Neil. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Deaf and Hearing Persons With Language and Learning Challenges
​Glickman, Neil & Wyatte C. Hall. Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health
Glickman, Neil. Mental Health Care of Deaf People
Leigh, Irene W., Psychotherapy with Deaf Clients from Diverse Groups

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