Mental Health Services
UCCD's outpatient mental health services provide a wide range of culturally sensitive and language accessible services for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Late Deafened, and other individuals with hearing loss. Services are available for children, youth, adults, and their families and partners.
Services include:
- individual counseling
- family/couple counseling
- group counseling
- medication support services
- psychological/neuropsychological testing
- case management
- parent support groups
- consultation to schools, agencies, and other providers
- referral and information
- specialized services for individuals with HIV/AIDS
- specialized substance abuse services
Services are provided at our office, in the schools, and in the community. All medication services are provided at our S.F. office. Services for Alameda County/East Bay residents are provided either at our S.F. office or at our second office in San Leandro.
Fees:
- Medi-Cal (for San Francisco and Alameda County residents)
- Medicare
- Private insurance and other contracts
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Deaf Drug and Alcohol
Recovery Services (DDARS)
This outpatient substance abuse program provides a variety of services for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Late Deafened individuals. Services include counseling, relapse prevention, and education. In this program, some individuals choose to stop using alcohol and drugs, and some individuals choose to find ways to stop the harmful consequences of their alcohol or drug use.
Services include:
- individual counseling
- addiction assessment
- support groups
- dual Diagnosis services
- relapse Prevention Education
- codependency support group
- case management
- education about substance abuse and codependency
- referrals to other services, including detoxification programs and residential substance abuse programs
Services are provided at our San Francisco office and are available for San Francisco residents.
Fees:
- Private insurance and other contracts
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Testing Services
UCCD provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations of Deaf, Late-Deafened and Hard-of-Hearing adults, adolescents and children. Services are also provided for individuals diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Deficits (CAPD) who often require services similar to a person with hearing loss.
Psychologists who have expertise in hearing loss are able to provide valid assessments with individuals who use a variety of communication modalities, including sign languages, oral methods, and other communication devices. The ability to communicate directly in the client's most preferred modality, whether sign, speech or writing maximizes accurate results.
All testing must be pre-authorized to be on our Testing List. After testing, a report is generated and a feedback session to discuss results is scheduled.
Neuropsychological Testing:
A comprehensive assessment that incorporates cognitive testing and personality functioning. Depending on the referral questions, the assessment will also focus a number of other areas such as attention and concentration, verbal and visual memory, visual-spatial processing, language development, literacy, abstract reasoning, adaptive behavior and academic achievement. Supplemental tests may be given as needed.
These assessments can also be used as triennial assessments for a child's IEP.
Examples of referral questions include:
- Does this person have a problem controlling their impulses?
- Is there a diagnosis of ADHD?
- Can this parent adequately take custody of her/his children?
- What is this child's learning style? Is there a learning disability?
- What is the primary disability if person has hearing loss and other co-existing disabilities?
- Does this individual have dementia or Alzheimer's?
Complex Neuropsychological Testing:
Includes neuropsychological assessment but due to complexity of either the client's presenting problem or situation, requires additional resource time. For example, some forensic questions often require a review of voluminous documents as well as additional research time.
Consultation:
Provided on an individual basis regarding testing questions. Examples include review of prior test results or school observations of programs.
Fees:
- Private insurance or third party payors only with pre-authorization.
Frequently individual insurance companies are willing to provide authorization on an "ad hoc" basis or one time basis due to the need to identify a provider with expertise in deafness/hearing loss.
For more information or to make a referral, please contact our Intake Coordinator at 415/476-7600 tty or 415/476-4980 voice, or click here to send an email to the Intake Coordinator.
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Drop-In Case Management at BACA
Drop in case management services are available for any Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing San Francisco resident. Services are provided by staff from UCCD and are offered at BACA's (Bay Area Communication Access) office.
Services include:
- Help to understand your letters or mail.
- Help to make important phone calls.
- Support and referrals to help with money, housing, medical needs.
- Help to get services from other programs or agencies.
Where?
BACA's office (Bay Area Communication Access)
973 Market Street, Suite 280
(between 6th and 7th Streets) in San Francisco.
Office Hours:
Monday: 10am to 4pm
Tuesday: 1:30pm to 4pm
Wednesday: 10am to 4pm
To get services:
Walk in during office hours or call for an appointment at
415/357-0376 (TTY) and ask for Jim or leave a message.
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Deaf AIDS Support Services (DASS)
If you have HIV or AIDS, and you are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, or have some hearing loss,
our Deaf AIDS Support Services can provide support services. These services can be
provided at our San Francisco office, in a medical setting, or in your home. In general, services
include practical support, case management, counseling and communication support. DASS
also provides training for professionals and community providers about HIV and hearing loss.
Most of these services are only available for San Francisco residents. Culturally sensitive
counseling services are available to anyone, depending on their insurance coverage (see Mental Health
Services description).
Did you know?
- HIV infections and some medications used by people with HIV can cause hearing loss or
make hearing loss worse.
Services include:
- Individual, couples, and family counseling
- Case management
- Referrals to other programs to meet your specific needs, including practical support
with food shopping, or rides to medical or other appointments.
- Communication and interpreting services for HIV-related services and activities.
- Loan program for assistive listening devices such as doorbell/light system, and
amplification listening equipment.
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School-Based Partnership Programs
The Partnership Program is a school-based mental health and school consultation program targeting Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students. The Partnership Program works in partnership with students, families, and teachers with the goal of fostering academic, personal and social successes for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children and youth, and enhancing the strengths of students and their families towards improved communications.
The first Partnership Program began in San Francisco in 1995 at a San Francisco Elementary School with classes for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students. In 1997, due to the success of the program, it was expanded to cover two classrooms at the same school site.
In 2000, the program was expanded to San Mateo County through funding from Peninsula Community Foundation. The San Mateo Partnership Program works in collaboration with four public schools in San Mateo County, from Elementary through High School grades.
Both programs continue to address the needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students, family members, and teachers. Services include individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, parent support groups, and consultation with school staff.
In the fall of 2001, the San Mateo Partnership Program expanded to include infant and early childhood programs in San Mateo County through funding from Morris Stulsaft Foundation. These early intervention services include parenting groups, play/communication groups, crisis intervention, family community activities, and teacher consultation.
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