DCAL e-newsletter + History of BSL Exhibition

There are many interesting articles in this month's issue of DCAL's e-newsletter. In particular
Page 2 Deafness and Dementia
Page 8 History of BSL exhibition

DCAL newsletter12 by Peterborough and District Deaf Children's Society

Research participants - NHS - Deaf Children, Young People & Family Service

Are you:

• Deaf 11-16 year olds who use BSL
• Deaf parents of 4-16 year olds who use BSL
• Deaf teachers of 4-16 year olds who use BSL
• Hearing parents of Deaf 11-16 year olds who use BSL
• Hearing teachers of Deaf pupils, 11-16 year olds who use BS
• Hearing 11-16 years old who have a Deaf parent or teacher

NHS Deaf Children, Young People & Family Service are looking for research participants to assist with the validation of Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

"The National Deaf Children, Young People and Family Service are a specialist new mental health service developed to meet the needs of d/Deaf people. Their research team are in the process of creating a measure of emotional, social and behavioural difficulties which will be suitable to use with young BSL users. We have translated an existing questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) into BSL. We now need the help of deaf young people, their parents and their teachers to check whether our translation is valid." 

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a short form that asks questions about emotions and behaviour. It is filled in by parents, teachers and young people. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) use it to measure mental health problems when they first see young people and families, and use it again after treatment to see if the problems have improved. The SDQ has been translated into 60+ spoken languages, but not sign language. We have made a BSL version, and we need lots of people to help us test that it works well and the questions are signed right.

What will happen if I take part?

• Young person, parent and teacher will do a short questionnaire (in BSL or English) 
• Some families and their teacher might be asked to do a short interview afterwards (in BSL or English) 
• Some families and their teacher might be asked to do the questionnaire again 1-2 weeks later 
• The research assistant will explain the project fully to you to make sure you understand what the research is about and agree to take part. 

Once you have completed the questionnaire, the young person will get a £10 voucher. You can leave the research at any time you wish and do not have to give us a reason." Lime Tree research

If you wish to learn more or want an information pack or BSL DVD email Kate Moore at katemoore1@nhs.net.
Research Trial Coordinator
Lime Trees
Deaf Children, Young People & Family Service
31 Shipton Road
York
YO30 5RE
Tel Reception: (01904) 726610
Tel Direct: (01904) 721258
Email: katemoore1@nhs.net

Deaf Hope UK

Recently SignHealth, the Healthcare charity for Deaf people, launched a  new service called DeafHope UK. This is a new service for Deaf women and their children who are experiencing, or are survivors of, domestic abuse. 

For further details about the service click here


DeafHope Deaf Leaflet A5

Volunteers needed for BSL translation project

In a project by the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness, the University of Manchester is looking for deaf volunteers to take part in a pilot study testing BSL versions of three questionnaires. The questionnaires, which can be filled in on-line and should take about 15-20 minutes, are about well-being. A £15 voucher is being offered as a thank you for taking part. The questionnaires are commonly used in counselling and mental health services with hearing people but it would be very helpful if they could also be used with deaf people. This research has produced BSL versions, but now they need to be tested by deaf people filling them in.

Participants must be deaf British Sign Language users who are over 16 years old. To take part, go online to complete the questionnaires at www.manchester.ac.uk/bsl-iapt-translation/moreinformationfordeafpeople/ If you would like to know more about this, there is information in BSL at www.manchester.ac.uk/bsl-iapt-translation or you can email katherine.rogers@manchester.ac.uk

Mental health factsheets translated into BSL

Many of the Mental Health and Growing Up factsheets available from The Royal College of Psychiatrists have now been translated into BSL:

Coping with stress
Depression in young people
Psychotic illness
Understanding autism
When bad things happen
Drugs and alcohol
ADHD
Stimulant medication
Worries and anxieties
Good parenting

Other translations include: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian (Portuguese), Chinese, French, Greek, Gujurati, Hindu, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu and Welsh.


Follow link http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/translations.aspx, scroll down to locate BSL translations.