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Programme

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: SOCIAL PROVISION FOR DEAF SERVICES

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15th November 2018

8:30 Registration
9:00

Opening

Stefania Fadda, President of ESMHD

Anne Silman, BA (Hons) Member of ESMHD

9:30

Mental Health problems in Deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents. An overview.

Tiejo van Gent, Phd. (The Netherlands)

10:15

Does being Deaf make a difference to mental well-being?

Katherine Rogers, Social Research with Deaf People, University of Manchester

11:00

Coffee-break 

11:30

Experience of National Deaf CAMHS in Central England

Dr. Rob Walker, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Dudley Deaf CAMHS

12:15

Assessing language and cognition in older signers: moving beyond the BSL cognitive test.

Dr. Bencie Woll, Professor at University College London (UK)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Promoting Deaf Equality

Paul Redfern, British Deaf Association

Roger Hewitt, British Society for Mental Health and Deafness 

14:50

Difficulties Deaf people face in their everyday lives and how you can support them professionally

Trudi Collier, MBACP Acred Psychological Therapist

15:30

Coffee-break

16:00

Specialization on Mental Health and Deafness

Tamsin Waterhouse, Lecturer at University of Birmingham

16:45

Closing session: A life dedicated to Mental Health Services

Herbert Klein, ESMHD guest of honor

ESMHD SIG MEETING

16th November 2018

9:00

Session 1: Identity, Self-steem and Deaf-gain I

CHAIR: Chris Aanondsen

Exploring the understanding of the acquisition of deaf identity and its impact on young deaf people: a national deaf child and adolescent mental health practitioners’ perspectives. Lenka Novakova (20 min)

A Grounded Theory Investigation into the Perceptions and Experiences of Mental Wellbeing in People with Hearing Loss. Yasmin Ali, Nicola Wright, David Charnock, Helen Henshaw, Melanie Ferguson (20min)

Discussion 10 min

Pause 5 min
10:00

Session 2:  Psychotherapy & other therapeutic approaches

CHAIR: Ines Sleeboom van-Raaij

Adapting Therapeutic Approaches To Trauma In The National High Secure Deaf Service At Rampton Hospital.  Sarah Todd (20 min)

Group Work Renaissance: Discoveries not Disasters! Dr Ben Holmes and Dr Sally Austen (20 min)

Discussion 10 min

11:00

Coffee-break
11:30

Session 3: Deaf and Hearing partnerships at work

CHAIR: Johannes Fellinger

Effective support for deaf people with mental illness. Manuel Finster (20 min)

Deaf and Hearing Partnerships at Work. Ilyaas Cader, Hussein Omar and Tatenda Chikoore (20 min) LAST MINUTE CANCELLED

Discussion 10 min

12:30

Session 4: Assessment & Diagnosis

CHAIR: Tiejo van Gent

Validation Of The Strengths And Difficulties Self-Report In Norwegian Sign Language. Chris M. Aanondsen, Thomas Jozefiak, Kerstin Heiling and Tormod Rimehaug

How Is The Assessment And Management Of ADHD Different For Deaf Children And Young People? Sophie Roberts (20 min)

13:30

Lunch
14:30

Session 5: Forensic Trajectories

CHAIR: Ines Sleeboom van-Raaij

Review Of 8 Years Of The Deaf Prison Inreach Service In England And Wales. Dr Manjit Gahir, Sarah Todd,  Janette Dobson, Leanne Race, Jason Lowe (20 min)

The development of a forensic service for deaf and hard of hearing patients in the Netherlands illustrated with a case history. Sanna Rempt & Tamara van der Vliet (20 min)

Discussion 10 min

Pause 5 min
15:30

Session 6: Innovation & Research

CHAIR: Johannes Fellinger

Specialist training for BSL interpreters: the new MSc module in Interpreting in Mental Health Settings at Queen Margaret University. Yvonne Waddell & Dr Rachel Mapson (20 min)

ABI, CI And  Brazilian Sign Language – The Search For Mental Health. Maria Cecilia de Moura, Cilmara Levy (20 min)

Discussion 10 min

16:30

Coffee-break

Poster Presentations

CHAIR: Johannes Fellinger

Self-Esteem In The Deaf Who Have Become Cochlear Implant Users As Adults. Joanna Kobosco

Therapeutic relationship, common factors and patient-therapist synchronization in sign language. Nora Olazabal, Verónica Pousa, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres

17:00

ESMHD Annual General Meeting

Only for ESMHD Members

* With regard to Psychiatry, this event is eligible for CPD subject to your peer group approval (1 hour=1 point). More info Royal College of Psychiatrists.  

17th November 2018

9:00

Session 7: Identity, Self-steem and Deaf-gain II

CHAIR: Ines Sleeboom van-Raaij

Deaf identity and loneliness – study of adult CI users with prelingual deafness. Joanna Kobosko  (20 min)

A Deaf perspective on how the design and aesthetic of our environment influences our health, identity and well-being. Richard Dougherty (20 min)

Discussion 10 min

Pause 5 min

10:00

Session 8: Preventative approaches

CHAIR: Chris Aanondsen

Safeguarding Deaf Children: A multi-Agency Focus for Actions on Change. Shirley Wilson, Michelle Attrill, Tracey Critchley, Daniel Clements, Joanne Hornsby, Christopher Mullen, David Miller, Paul Redfern, Tim Richardson, Lynn Stow & Alys Young (20 min)

Supporting mental health of children and their deaf parents - Family social work in a health centre for the deaf. Pamela Gebetsberger - Novotny, Stefanie Breiteneder (20 min)

Discussion 10 min

11:00

Coffee-break
11:30

Session 9: Quality of life

CHAIR: Ines Sleeboom van-Raaij

Correlates of Quality of Life (QoL) in a population of Deaf plus people. Preliminary results of an Upper Austrian study. Johannes Fellinger, Daniel Holzinger, Magdalena Dall, Maria Fellinger, Julia Hamberger, Joachim Gerich (20 min)

Hearing Loss, Health Complaints, Stress, Coping And Quality Of Life. Valjbona Preljevic MD, PhD, Hege Saltnes M.D., Beate Øhre PhD (20 min)

Discussion 10 min

Pause 5 min
12:30

Session 10: Preventative approaches

CHAIR: Chris Aanondsen

Can Additional Disorders In Children With Congenital Sensory Neuronal Hearing Loss Be Detected At An Earlier Age Based On Pathological Results On Cerebral Magnetic Resonanse Imaging?  Kristin Holseth (20 min)

Discussion 5 min

Session 11: Access to health care for deaf people

CHAIR: Johannes Fellinger

Reception Service For The Deaf/Hearing Impaired And Their Families - An Experience That Has Worked In Brazil. Maria Cecilia de Moura, Maria Helena F. Veríssimo, Rosangela Mota, Ana Cristina Camano Passos (20 min)

Facilitating Involvement for Deaf adults. Pauline Gibbs & Jackie Wan (20 min) LAST MINUTE CANCELLED

Discussion 10 min

13:45

Lunch

 

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