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Deaf-Blindness and Substance Abuse

Culturally Sensitive Screening Tools

Books Available from The National Library Service on Substance Abuse In Accessible Formats

Online Resources

Articles on Disability and Substance Abuse

Programs Chemical Dependency Treatment: Specialized Approaches for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients

Culturally Sensitive Screening Tools

Drug and Alcohol Assessment for the Deaf
(DAAD). 

A substance abuse screening with deaf clients
development of a culturally sensitive scale
Developed by Tara Lynn Alexander -The
University of Texas at Austin.  This is the first
ASL video to screen the Deaf for drugs and
alcohol abuse. Created with input from
Deafness experts and the Deaf community,
this screening has been shown to have good
reliability and validity. Contents include: Start-
up information, FAQ about the DAAD, Answer
Sheet, and Psychometrics of the DAAD. To
order a copy of this CD, please contact us at
GCATTC
http://www.utexas.edu/research/cswr/gcattc/
announcements.html


Books Available from the National Library
Service on Substance Abuse in Accessible
Formats


Braille
Title: Alateen, a day at a time [Braille].
Book Number: BR 07882
More on this record

Title: How to stay sober [Braille]: recovery
without religion
Author: Christopher, James, 1942-
Book Number: BR 07599
More on this record

Title: Happy hour [Braille]
Author: Ogren, Thomas.
Book Number: BR 11354
More on this record

Title: High: a farewell to the pain of alcoholism
[Braille].
Author: Only, Mark, 1926-
Book Number: BRA14473

Title: Alcoholics Anonymous [Braille]; the story
of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism.
Author: W., Bill.
Book Number: BRA15591

Uniform Title: Alcoholics Anonymous
Title: A simple program [Braille]: a
contemporary translation of the book
Alcoholics Anonymous
Author: W., Bill.
Book Number: BR 11968
Access: Volume 1. Location:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/br.11968v01
Access: Volume 2. Location:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.nls/br.11968v02
More on this record

Audio Cassette
Title: Alcoholics Anonymous comes of age
[sound recording]: a brief history of A.A.
Book Number: RC 27104
More on this record

Title: Alcoholics Anonymous [sound
recording]: the story of how many thousands
of men and women have recovered from
alcoholism.
Book Number: RC 44098
More on this record

Title: Alcoholism [sound recording]
Author: James D. Torr, book editor.
Book Number: RC 56317
More on this record

Title: Alcoholism, the family disease [sound
recording]/Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters.
Author: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters,
inc.
Book Number: RC 19492
More on this record

Title: One day at a time in Al-Anon [sound recording].
Author: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters,
inc.
Book Number: RC 12873
More on this record

Title: My name is Bill [sound recording]: Bill
Wilson: his life and the creation of Alcoholics
Anonymous
Author: Cheever, Susan.
Book Number: RC 57920
More on this record

Title: How to stay sober [sound recording]: recovery without religion
Author: Christopher, James, 1942-
Book Number: RC 29176
More on this record

Title: Going my own way [sound recording]
Author: Crosby, Gary and Firestone, Ross.
Book Number: RD 19320
More on this record

Title: How Alcoholics Anonymous failed me
[sound recording]: my personal journey to
sobriety through self-empowerment
Author: Gilliam, Marianne W.
Book Number: RC 48143
More on this record

Title: Addiction-free [sound recording]: how to
help an alcoholic or addict get started on
recovery)
Author: Hawes, Gene R.
Book Number: RC 54543
More on this record

Title: The Alcoholics Anonymous experience
[sound recording]: a close-up view for
professionals
Author: Maxwell, Milton A.
Book Number: RC 22621

Title: Lost years [sound recording]:
confessions of a woman alcoholic
Author: Moran, Megan.
Book Number: RC 23735
More on this record

Title: High: a farewell to the pain of alcoholism
[sound recording].
Author: Only, Mark, 1926-
Book Number: RD 07555

Title: Getting better [sound recording]: inside
Alcoholics Anonymous / Nan Robertson.
Author: Robertson, Nan.
Book Number: RC 27970

Title: Alcoholics Anonymous [sound
recording]; the story of how many thousands
of men and women have recovered from
alcoholism.
Author: W., Bill.
Book Number: RC 11061

Title: Uniform Title: A.A. way of life/ As Bill
sees it [sound recording]: the A.A. way of life-- selected writings of A.A.'s co-founder.
Author: W., Bill.
Book Number: RC 28976

Uniform Title: Alcoholics Anonymous
Title: A simple program [sound recording]: a
contemporary translation of the book
Alcoholics Anonymous /
Author: W., Bill.
Book Number: RC 47614

Narcotics Anonymous
Audio Cassette

Title: Narcotics Anonymous [sound recording]:
approved literature.
Book Number: RC 25821
More on this record


Online Resources

The Big Book Online the fourth Edition
Copyright 1939, 1955, 1976, 2001 by
Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Table of contents: http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_tableofcnt.cfm
Also available in Spanish and French at http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/

A Newsletter for Professionals – About AA
Fall 2006
Making Alcoholics Anonymous Accessible to
Those with Special Needs
http://www.aa.org/en_pdfs/f-13_fall06.pdf

Narcotics Anonymous, NA, homepage
http://www.na.org/

NA Literature Online -
http://www.na.org/ips

Opinion Articles from  Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Members
The NA Way - January 2006 - Opinion
http://www.na.org/naway/en/Jan06/en-
naway0601-sect6.htm

The NA Way - April 2006 – Response:
Hearing the message of recovery
http://www.na.org/naway/en/Apr06/en-
naway0604-sect1.htm


Accessibility for Those with Additional Needs.
This is NA Fellowship-approved literature.
Copyright 1998 by. Narcotics Anonymous
World Services, Inc
http://w1ww.na.org/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/E
N3126.pdf


Articles on Disability and Substance Abuse

The Center on Substance Abuse Research
(CESAR) at the University of Maryland. from
CESAR Fax, a weekly, one-page overview of
timely substance abuse trends or issues,
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol1
4/14-26.pdf


Prevalence And Risk Factors Of Illicit Drug
Use By People With disabilities.
The American
Journal on Addictions, 7
(2), 93-102.
Moore, D., & Li, L. (1998, Spring).

Emotional Factors Involved In Substance
Abuse In A Sample Of Rehabilitation Clients-
The Relationship Between Substance Abuse
And Emotional Functioning Of 2,837
Consumers (Clients) Of Vocational
Rehabilitation Services Was Investigated.
Journal of Rehabilitation, 10/1/97 by Bobby G.
Greer
http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?
docId=5002256681


Screening For Undetected Substance Abuse
Among Vocational Rehabilitation Clients
American Rehabilitation,  Spring, 1993  by
Diana M. DiNitto,  A. James Schwab
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Screening+for+
undetected+substance+abuse+among+vocational
+...-a013290677


Communication: Deaf Patients and Their
Physicians
Medicine and Health Rhode Island,  Aug 2005 
by Ross, Theresa,  Feller, Edward R
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4100/
is_200508/ai_n14898578/


Mental Health Issues in the Deaf Community
http://bipolar.about.com/od/socialissues/a/000
425_deaf.htm


Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention
for Students with Disabilities: A Call to
Educators. ERIC Digest.
Author: McCombs, Kathryn - Moore, Dennis
http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/abuse.htm

Programs Chemical Dependency
Treatment: Specialized Approaches for
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients


Addiction Recovery of the Deaf at the Anixter
Center
2001 North Clybourn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 227-8562 (TTY)
(773) 227-8530 (Voice)
(773) 227-8569 (FAX)
http://www.anixter.org/ARD

Deaf Addiction Services At Maryland
(DASAM)
630 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 837-3313
(410) 706-1144
(Voice)
(410) 706-0417
(TTY)
(410) 706-8158
(Fax)
LYaffe@psych.umaryland.edu
http://www.umm.edu/dasam

Deaf Hope, Inc.
728 Sandusky
Kansas City, KS  66617
(913) 621-4673

Deaf-REACH
3521 12th Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
(202) 832-6681 (Voice/TTY)
(202) 832-8454 (Fax)
http://www.deaf-reach.org

Minnesota Chemical Dependency Program for
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
2450 Riverside Avenue South,
Minneapolis, MN 55454.
(612) 273-4402
(800) 282-3323 (V/TTY)
http://www.mncddeaf.org
Articles/Resources  http://www.mncddeaf.org/pages/articles.htm

Signs of Sobriety, Inc.
100 Scotch Rd., Second Floor
Ewing, NJ 08628
(800) 332-7677 - TTY
(609) 882-7177 - TTY
(609) 882-7677 - Voice
(609) 882-6808 - Fax
info@signsofsobriety.org
http://www.signsofsobriety.org

Substance and Alcohol Intervention Services
for the Deaf (SAISD)
Rochester Institute of Technology
August Center
115 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5608
(585) 475-4978 Voice and TTY
(585) 475-7375 Fax
wmdgrl@rit.edu
http://www.rit.edu/~257www/index.html
Articles/Resources
Tip #1 ~ Tips for Counseling Deaf Clients with
an Interpreter
Tip #2 ~ Tips for Deafness and Chemical
Dependency: A Paper
Tip #3 ~ Tips for Communicating with Deaf
People: A Primer


 



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