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Deaf ServicesDeaf Services: Developed through DMH/MR to provide linguistically and culturally appropriate clinical services to the deaf and hard of hearing, the services of the Deaf Services Coordinator, a counselor who is skilled at ASL and who is also deaf, are available to clients that may not have previously had access to such services. Services include: individual, group and family therapy, crisis intervention, case management, linkage to community agencies in Region I, technical support to all Region I mental health centers providing access to the deaf and hard of hearing population, advocate for the deaf or hard of hearing, and interpreter services. The Mental Health Center provides offices for this counselor and her interpretor.Though not always at this Center, they are available for scheduled appointments for our consumers who benefit from services for the hearing impaired. MHMR - Deaf Services |
