Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Did you know that there are certified peer support specialists who also are sign language users or who have hearing loss?
Are you already a peer who could benefit from communication access at training events?
Bridgehaven is committed to training and supporting peers with effective communication access.
Bridgehaven offers training for peers needing continuing education (CE) credit.
These on-demand Zoom recordings are presented in English with both ASL interpreting and captioning:
Five Stages in the Recovery Process and 10 Guiding Principles of Recovery by Debbie Homan— 1 CE
Suicide Awareness and Prevention by Anita Whitworth — 1 CE
Substance Abuse Recovery Alongside Mental Health by Ben Jaggars — 1 CE
Making Sense of Psychiatric Medications by M. Charlene McAndrews — 1 CE
Grief and Loss by Debby Richmond— 1 CE
Eating Disorders by Katie Lannon - 1 CE
Overcoming Depression by Debby Richmond— 1 CE
These on-demand Zoom recordings are presented in English with captioning only:
DBHDID TRIS: What is it and how does it work? by Laura Cunningham 1.5 CE
Trauma-Informed Group Facilitation by Susan Pope — 1 CE
Enjoying Life: Practicing and Modeling Self-Compassion by Dianne Brewer - 1 CE
Could it Be? Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Mental Illnesses by Pat Doyle — 3 CEs
To bring up ASL on the Zoom recordings, click on the interpretation symbol below the video and click “American” :
Additional CPE Peer Trainings with ASL Interpretation:
These live trainings are available in English with ASL Interpreters
APSS Certification Training (In-Person training. Contact Susan Turner, CPE Manager about interpretation needs)
Peers in The Know Webinar Series (ASL automatically provided)
If you would like to attend another training and need ASL interpretation, please reach out to Susan Turner.
To receive your certificate:
After you watch a recording, fill out this survey. Fill the same survey out each time you watch a video. We will check your viewing record and email you a certificate. We try to get certificates out once a week but if you don’t receive one or need it sooner, please contact Susan Pope, CPE Training Coordinator
ASL is not available at this time in our new course system which gives automatic certificate downloads. We will be moving our closed caption courses to that system. Five Stages in the Recovery Process is available there now with closed captions.
See our automated courses and more course information on our on-demand page.
Monthly Virtual Peer Check-in with ASL
The second Tuesday of every month from 10-11 AM ET is our virtual peer check-in with ASL interpretation.
No need to register. Just show up and share stories and questions about peer support with working peers around Kentucky.
Join the meeting on Zoom here
Quarterly Virtual TRIS Townhall
Our Quarterly TRIS Towhall also includes ASL. That occurs quarterly during the peer check-in at the same link as the peer check-in. Ask any questions about peer CE credits and uploading them to TRIS to maintain your peer certification.
We know that there are more peers out there who are deaf or hard of hearing. Connect with us!
Deaf CPSS KY Support vs Peer Support
This video is from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS) YouTube Channel