Treating Culturally Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients: Competence and Ethics

9:00am - 12:00pm EST

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Jaimee Arnoff, Ph.D.

NASW-NYS or NASW-NYC Members: $0

NASW Other Chapter Member: $75

Non-Members: $90

NASW-NYS Student and Transitional Members: FREE

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed psychologists

Please ensure that you register and/or join on Zoom with the name you would like to appear on your certificate.

Workshop Description
This training will promote an increased understanding of the Deaf Community as a cultural and linguistic minority, focusing on clients within the Deaf community who use American Sign Language as their primary mode of communication. By understanding the historical and current values of these clients, including family dynamics, school dynamics, and language, you will be less likely to misunderstand and misdiagnose. Ethical considerations related to competence, multiple relationships, and confidentiality will also be explored, particularly as they relate to collaboration with certified interpreters.

Learning Objectives

After the completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify ethical considerations working with deaf clients
• Discuss the perspective of identity versus disability
• Describe audism and how it might present itself in work with a client
• List communication options and preferences
• Explain the roles and expectations of therapist and interpreter

This workshop is approved for 3.0 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS 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 social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), licensed marriage and family therapists (Provider ID #MFT-0037) and licensed psychologists (Provider ID #PSY-0088).

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Presenter:

Dr. Jaimee Arnoff is a licensed clinical psychologist, specializing in teens and young adults, including those in the Deaf Community. Dr. Arnoff has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults across hospital settings, residential treatment centers, and community mental health clinics with a training focus in mood and anxiety disorders. When not providing therapy services at her private practice in Beacon, NY, she also completes forensic evaluations through Family Court in Dutchess County. Dr. Arnoff consults with other providers who work to support individuals who experience suicidal ideation and self-injurious behaviors and has been featured as an expert on the topic on numerous podcasts. As the psychologist at James’s Warriors, a local not-for-profit organization, she has developed and presented on Teen Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in high schools and colleges, as well as in libraries and other community centers throughout NY.