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Selected DWC Publications

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  • Barnett S, Matthews KA, Sutter EJ, DeWindt LA, Pransky JA, O’Hearn AM, David TM, Pollard RQ, Samar VJ, Pearson TA (2017). Collaboration with deaf communities to conduct accessible health surveillance. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Volume 52, Issue 3, Supplement 3, March 2017, Pages S250-S254.
  • O’Hearn, A. (2016). Mental Health and Deafness-- A Difference, Not a Deficit. Review of: Du Feu, M., and Chovaz, C. (2014). Mental health and deafness: professional perspectives on deafness. New York: Oxford University Press. 296 pages Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education (21).
  • Mastrocinque, J. M., Thew, D., Cerulli, C., Raimondi, C., Pollard, R. Q & Chin, N. P. (2015).  Deaf victims' experiences with intimate partner violence: The need for integration and innovation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
  • Mathos, K. & Pollard, R. Q (2015).  Capitalizing on community resources to build specialized behavioral health services together with persons who are Deaf, DeafBlind or hard of hearing.  Community Mental Health Journal. DOI 10.1007/s10597-015-9940-y.  Epub 2015 Oct 27.
  • Cerulli, C., Pollard, R. Q Jr., Thew, D., Mastrocinque, J., Smith, C., DeWindt, L., Haynes, S., Kelstone, K. & Chin, N. (2015). What can we learn? Examining intimate partner violence service provision in the Deaf community. Journal of Community Psychology, 43(2), 142-155.
  • Pollard, R. Q, Betts, W. R., Carroll, J. K., Waxmonsky, J. A., Barnett, S., deGruy, F. V., Pickler, L. L. & Kellar-Guenther, Y. (2014). Integrating primary care and behavioral health with four special populations: Children with special needs, people with serious mental illness, refugees, and deaf people. American Psychologist, 69(4, 377-387.
  • Pollard, R. Q, Sutter, E. & Cerulli, C. (2013). Intimate partner violence reported by two samples of deaf adults via a computerized American Sign Language Survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(5), 948-965.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2013). “I don't think we're supposed to be talking about this:” Case conferencing and supervision for interpreters. AVLIC News, 29(2). (A reprint of an article first published in 2009.)
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2013). The demand control schema:Interpreting as a practice profession. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. NOTE: This is a textbook. To learn more and place orders, contact www.DemandControlSchema.com
  • Glickman, N. & Pollard, R. Q (2012). Deaf mental health research: Where we’ve been and where we hope to go. In N. Glickman (Ed). Deaf mental health care (pp. 358-383). New York: Rutledge.
  • Fellinger, J., Holzinger, D. & Pollard, R. (2012). Mental health of deaf people. The Lancet, 379(9820), 1037-1044.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2012). Beyond “interesting”: Using demand control schema to structure experiential learning. In K. Malcolm and L. Swabey (Eds.). In our hands: Educating healthcare interpreters (pp. 77 - 104). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
  • Dean, R. K., Pollard, R. Q & Samar, V. J. (2011). Occupational health risks in different interpreting work settings: Special concerns for VRS and K-12 settings. Across the Board (quarterly publication of the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association), 6(3), 4-8.
  • Leigh, I. W. & Pollard, R. Q (2011). Mental health and deaf adults. In M. Marschark & P. E. Spencer (Eds.). Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education, 2nd ed. (pp. 214-226). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Barnett, S., Klein, J. D., Pollard, R. Q Jr., Samar, V., Schlehofer, D., Starr, M., Sutter, E., Yang, H. & Pearson, T. A. (2011). Community participatory research with deaf sign language users to identify health inequities. American Journal of Public Health, 101(12), 2235-2238.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2011). Context-based ethical reasoning in interpreting: A demand control schema perspective. Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 5(1), 155-182.
  • Graybill, P., Aggas, J., Dean, R. K., Demers, S., Finigan, E. & Pollard, R. Q (2010). A community-participatory approach to adapting survey items for deaf individuals and American Sign Language. Field Methods, 22 (4), 1-20.
  • Dean, R. K., Pollard, R. Q & Samar V. J. (2010, Winter). RID research grant underscores occupational health risks: VRS and K-12 settings most concerning. VIEWS , 27(1), 41-43.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2009). Effectiveness of observation-supervision training in community mental health interpreting settings. REDIT E-journal on the Didactics of Translation and Interpreting , 3, 1-17.
  • Dean, R. K. (2009). Challenges in interpreting addressed by demand-control schema analysis. In B. E. Cartwright Encounters with reality: 1,001 interpreter scenarios (pp. 307 – 316). Alexandria, VA: RID Press.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2009, Fall). “I don't think we're supposed to be talking about this:” Case conferencing and supervision for interpreters. VIEWS , 26, 28-30.
  • Pollard, R. Q, Dean, R. K., O'Hearn, A. M. & Haynes, S. L. (2009). Adapting health education material for deaf audiences. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54 (2), 232-238 .
  • Pollard, R. Q & Barnett, S. (2009). Health-related vocabulary knowledge among deaf adults. Rehabilitation Psychology, 54 (2), 182-185 .
  • Pollard, R. Q & Dean, R. K. (Eds.) (2008). Applications of Demand Control Schema in Interpreter Education. (Proceedings of the August 3, 2007 pre-conference meeting at the national convention of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.) Rochester, NY : University of Rochester. [$25 charge per copy.]
  • O'Hearn, A. M. & Pollard, R. Q (2008). Modifying Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Deaf individuals. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15, 400-414.
  • Dean , R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2008, October). “Just when I figured out the answers, someone changed the questions”: Thoughts about the interview portion of the NIC. VIEWS 25 (8) , 21-22.
  • Dean, R. K. (2007). Revisiting the interpreter's role: A study of conference, court, and medical interpreters in Canada, Mexico, and the United States [book review]. The Sign Language Translator and Interpreter, 1(2), 305-308.
  • Pollard, R. Q (2007). Bronze Award: Deaf Wellness Center, Rochester, New York – Providing specialized mental health services to the Deaf community and promoting research and education related to mental health and deafness. Psychiatric Services, 58 (10), 1373-1374.
  • Pollard, R. Q, DeMatteo, A, Lentz, E., & Rediess, S. (2007). A prose recall test using stories in American Sign Language. Rehabilitation Psychology, 52(1), 11-24.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Dimeff, L. (Executive producers.) (2007). Practicing radical acceptance: An adaptation from the Deaf perspective [Motion picture] . (Available from Behavioral Tech, LLC, 2133 Third Avenue, Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98101)
  • Pollard, R. Q & Dimeff, L. (Executive producers.) (2006). Opposite action: An adaptation from the Deaf perspective [Motion picture] . (Available from Behavioral Tech, LLC, 2133 Third Avenue, Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98101)
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2006). From best practice to best practice process: Shifting ethical thinking and teaching. In E. M. Maroney (Ed.), A new chapter in interpreter education: Accreditation, research and technology. (Proceedings of the 16 th national convention of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT).) Monmouth, OR: CIT.
  • O'Hearn, A. (2006). Deaf women's experiences and satisfaction with prenatal care: A comparative study. Family Medicine, 38(10), 712 - 716.
  • Pollard, R. Q, Rediess, S., & DeMatteo, A. (2005). Development and validation of the Signed Paired Associates Test. Rehabilitation Psychology, 50(3), 258-265. SPAT Administration Form
  • Dean, R. K. (2005, July). "Be opened." Deaf Christians find liberation in Jesus' declaration. Sojourners Magazine. Article 050741b. Retrieved September 13, 2005 , from http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.article&mode=
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  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2005). Consumers and service effectiveness in interpreting work: A practice profession perspective. In M. Marschark, R. Peterson, & E. Winston (Eds.), Interpreting and interpreter education: Directions for research and practice (pp. 259-282). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Pollard, R. Q (2005). From dissertation to journal article: A useful method for planning and writing any manuscript. The Internet Journal of Mental Health. Volume 2 Number 2.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Barnett, S. (2005). Deaf Awareness Week health survey results. Deaf Rochester News, 9 (3), 10-11.
  • Pollard, R. Q (2005). Introduction to Vernon 's (1968) "Fifty years of research on the intelligence of deaf and hard-of-hearing children: A review of the literature and discussion of the implications." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 10 (3), 225.
  • Gibson, S. (2005, April). A first-hand account of observation-supervision training. VIEWS, 22 (4), 1, 16.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2004, October). A practice-profession model of ethical reasoning. VIEWS, 21 (9), 1, 28-29.
  • Dean, R. K., Pollard, R. Q, Davis, J., Griffin, M., LaCava, C., Morrison, B., Parmir, J., Smith, A., Storme, S. & Suback, L. (2004). The demand-control schema: Effective curricular implementation. In E. M. Maroney (Ed.), CIT: Still shining after 25 years (pp. 145-161). (Proceedings of the 15th national Convention of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT).) Monmouth, OR: CIT.
  • Dean, R. K., Pollard, R. Q, English, M. A. (2004). Observation-supervision in mental health interpreter training. In E. M. Maroney (Ed.), CIT: Still shining after 25 years (pp. 55-75) . (Proceedings of the 15th national Convention of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (CIT).) Monmouth, OR: CIT.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Adams, J. W. (2004). Robert Pollard, Ph.D.: Mental health and deaf and hard of hearing individuals. In J. W. Adams & P.S. Rohring (Eds.). Handbook to service the deaf and hard of hearing: A bridge to accessibility (pp. 121-132). San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press.
  • Leigh, I. W. & Pollard, R. Q (2003). Mental health and deaf adults. In M. Marschark & P. E. Spencer (Eds.). Oxford handbook of deaf studies, language, and education (pp. 203-215). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Pollard, R. (2003, February). Strong Connections: A videoconference-based sign language interpreter service for healthcare settings. NETAC Networks (p. 4) . Rochester, NY: Northeast Technical Assistance Center, National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
  • Dean, R. K., Davis, J., Barnett, H. Graham, L. E., Hammond, L. Hinchey, K. (2003, January). Training medically qualified interpreters: new approaches, new applications, promising results. VIEWS, 20; 1, 10-12.
  • Pollard, R. (2003, October/November). In depth: The Deaf Wellness Center. Deaf Rochester News , pp. 8 - 9.
  • Pollard, R. Q (2002). Ethical conduct in research involving deaf people. In V. A. Gutman (Ed.), Ethics in mental health and deafness (pp. 162-178) . Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
  • Pollard, R. Q (2001, August). Mental health interpreting: A mentored curriculum. Connections, 2 (1), 7-9.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Rinker, N. C. (2001). The misfit: A deaf adolescent struggles for meaning. In S. H. McDaniel, D. D. Lusterman & C. Philpot (Eds.), Casebook for integrating family therapy (pp. 191-204) . Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
  • Dean, R. K. & Pollard, R. Q (2001). The application of demand-control theory to sign language interpreting: Implications for stress and interpreter training. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 6 (1), 1-14 .
  • Pollard, R. Q, Miner, I. D. & Cioffi, J. (2000). Hearing and Vision Loss. In T. R. Elliott & R. J. Frank (Eds.), Handbook of rehabilitation psychology (pp. 205-234). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
  • Richards, J., Harmer, L., Pollard, P. & Pollard, R. (1999). Deaf Strong Hospital: An exercise in cross-cultural communication for first year medical students. Journal of the University of Rochester Medical Center, 10, 5-7. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Medical Center.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Rendon, M. E. (1999). Mixed deaf-hearing families: Maximizing benefits and minimizing risks. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 4 (2), 156-161 .
  • Gutman, V. & Pollard, R. Q (1999, November). Working with deaf interns and internship applicants. Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) Newsletter, 24 (2), 12, 22-24 . Washington, DC: APPIC.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1998). Mental health interpreting: A mentored curriculum. (139 page text with accompanying 32 minute videotape of interpreting vignettes.) Rochester, NY: University of Rochester. Check the box at left to receive a brochure and order form. (Curriculum cost -- $24 text, $24 videotape.)
  • Pollard, R. Q (1998). Psychopathology. In M. Marschark & D. Clark (Eds.). Psychological perspectives on deafness, Volume 2 (pp. 171-197). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc.
  • Brauer, B. A., Braden, J. P., Pollard, R. Q & Hardy-Braz, S. T. (1998). Deaf and hard-of-hearing people. In J. H. Sandoval, C. L. Frisby, K. F. Geisinger, J. Ramos-Grenier & J. Dowd-Scheuneman (Eds.), Test interpretation and diversity: Achieving equity in assessment (pp. 297-315). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1998). A consumer interview seminar that enhances medical student attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Journal of Behavioral Science in Medical Education , 5(1), 27-31.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1996). Professional psychology and deaf people: The emergence of a discipline. American Psychologist , 51 (4), 389-396.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1996). Conceptualizing and conducting pre-operative psychological assessments of cochlear implant candidates. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 1 (1), 16-28.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1995). Mental health services and the deaf population: A regional consensus planning approach [Special issue]. Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association, 28 (3), 1-47.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1994). Public mental health service and diagnostic trends regarding individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Rehabilitation Psychology , 39 (3), 147-160.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1993). 100 years in psychology and deafness: A centennial retrospective. Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association , 26 (3), 32-46.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1992). Cross-cultural ethics in the conduct of deafness research. Rehabilitation Psychology , 37 (2), 87-101.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Monene, B. (1990). Special interest computer bulletin boards for the deafness field. In D. Watson and M. Taff-Watson (Eds.) At the crossroads: A celebration of Diversity . Little Rock, AR: American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1989). The significance of research in deafness and mental health. In R. G. Brill (Ed.), Proceedings of the National Conference on Deaf and Hard-of-hearing People (pp. 28-30). Silver Spring, MD: T.J. Publishers.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1989). PSYCH.NET: Improving communication in deafness and mental health. ADARA Newsletter (Jan./Feb), p. 18.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1989). Forensic evaluation of a minimally language skilled deaf adult. In H.S. Luey, et. al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the conference on mental health assessment of deaf clients: Special conditions (pp. 207-211). San Francisco, CA: University of California San Francisco Center on Deafness.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1989). Children and adults with minimal language skills. In H.S. Luey, et. al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the conference on mental health assessment of deaf clients: Special conditions (pp. 101-102). San Francisco, CA: University of California San Francisco Center on Deafness.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1988). New law addresses needs of emotionally disabled students. CATHI Forum (Fall), pp. 10-18.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1986). Update on deafness and mental health. American Rehabilitation , 12 (4), 8-10, 22-23.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1986). Your role in suicide prevention. Perspectives , 5 (1), 19-22.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1984). Teaming up with psychologists: What the behavior specialist can offer the classroom teacher. Perspectives , 2 , 13-16.
  • Pollard, R. Q & Katkin, E. S. (1984). Placebo effects in biofeedback and self-perception of muscle tension. Psychophysiology , 21 , 47-53.
  • Pollard, R. Q (1983). Comment on the RID code of ethics for interpreters in psychotherapy. American Annals of the Deaf , 128 , 371-372.