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Steve Hamerdinger, 2019

Steve Hamerdinger is a Deaf professional and advocate for deaf and hard of hearing people. He is the current director of Deaf Services for the State of Alabama Department of Mental Health. His work revolves around contexts related to deaf and hard of hearing persons and their mental well being from childhood[1][2] to end of life. He is an advocate for Deaf rights and has been a prominent influence in this field since the early 1980s[3]. Hamerdinger resides in Montgomery, Alabama.[4]

Education

Steve Hamerdinger earned his Masters Degree in Counseling, which he received in 1989 from Gallaudet University.[5]

Professional Work

At the New Mexico School for the Deaf[6], Hamerdinger worked as a child therapist beginning in 1989, establishing a then novel in-school mental health program.[7]Prior to accepting, while in New Mexico, he helped establish the New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Before moving to Alabama in 2003, Hamberdinger was the Director of the Office of Deaf and Linguistic Support Services at the Missouri Department of Mental Health.[8]

As the current director of Deaf Services in the Alabama Department of Mental Health, he works to make sure that services can be provided to deaf people with mental illnesses in Alabama. The services his department offer include consulting, advocation, and teaching. The purpose behind their program is for deaf people to be assisted with their mental health by counselors who also know American Sign Language.[9]

Awards

Hamerdinger is the recipient of the 2015 Frederick C. Schreiber Award that recognizes individuals for exemplary work in government service for specialized programs for deaf and hard of hearing populations.

Hamerdinger was also awarded the Alice Cogswell Award in 2010 which is given to persons who have made respectable contributions to the deaf community.[10]

Personal History


References

  1. ^ Hamerdinger, Steven; Hill, Elizabeth (2019-11-28). "Serving Severely Emotionally Disturbed Deaf Youth: A Statewide Program Model". JADARA. 38 (3). ISSN 0899-9228.
  2. ^ "National Association of the Deaf - NAD". www.nad.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  3. ^ "Mental Health Interpreter Training". www.mhit.org. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  4. ^ "Alabama's Mental Health Interpreter Training Project". mhit.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Mental Health Interpreter Training". www.mhit.org. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  6. ^ "New Mexico School for the Deaf", Wikipedia, 2020-02-15, retrieved 2020-03-02
  7. ^ "Mental Health Interpreter Training". www.mhit.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  8. ^ http://www.mhit.org/leadership.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Deaf Person of the Month". www.deafpeople.com. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  10. ^ "Alice Cogswell Award". www.gallaudet.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
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