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Robert Pollard, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and director of the Deaf Wellness Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Mary Mowl, executive director of the Rochester-based Advocacy Services for Abused Deaf Victims (ASADV), received the Community Partnership Development Award from the Department of Psychiatry’s Office of Mental Health Promotion.
The honor includes a $20,000 award, which Pollard and Mowl will use to develop an evidence-based training curriculum on partner violence.
The Department of Psychiatry’s Partner Violence Intervention Project and the department’s Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization (LIVV) will assist with the development of the curriculum, which will include information in American Sign Language on a 60-minute DVD.
Evaluation, training, and research activities regarding partner violence in the deaf population are planned.
Collaborators on the project include: Vicki Hurwitz, ASADV board president; Susan Horwitz, Ph.D, of the University of Rochester Institute for the Family; Catherine Cerulli, J.D., Ph.D. of the Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization; and Sharon Haynes, M.S.W. of the Deaf Wellness Center.
For more information:
Michael Wentzel
585-275-1309
Michael_Wentzel@urmc.rochester.edu
Categories: ASADV · UR
Abababa is coming to town!
Alan Abarbanell will perform his brand new show at the University of Rochester, Hoyt Auditorium, on Thursday, February 21, at 7:30 pm.
No knowledge of ASL is required, the show will be in speech and sign.
Admission is $5 for UR students/faculty; $6 other college students; $7 general public. Tickets are available at the common market and at the door.
For more information or parking details, contact Sara Goico at sgoico@mail.rochester.edu.
This event is sponsored by the UR’s ASL Club.
Click on the thumbnail for a flyer.
Categories: Events · UR
November 16, 2007
ASL Millionaire
3-5 PM
May Room, Wilson Commons
(this event is mandatory for ASL 105 and ASL 106 Students)
November 30, 2007
Werner Zorn presents
“Mystery in Africa”
3-5 PM
Dewey 1-101
(this event is mandatory for ASL 101 and ASL 102 Students, but all are welcome)
Source: UR ASL Program Website
Categories: Events · UR
Democrat and Chronicle Staff Reports
(October 26, 2007) — The Deaf Wellness Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center has received two national awards for its teaching and research related to mental health, health care, sign language interpreting and other topics that affect the lives of deaf individuals.
The center’s director, Robert Pollard, accepted the Bronze Achievement Award from the American Psychiatric Association at a recent event in New Orleans.
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Categories: Healthcare · UR
