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DEAF SERVICES

DHH Users: Use your preferred video relay service to reach Aspire's Crisis Line, or dial 711 then 988 to reach the National Suicide & Crisis Hotline

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What We Offer

Aspire’s professionally-trained staff provides services for Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing and Late-Deafened individuals. Our trained interpreters communicate in American Sign Language (ASL), Tactile Sign Language, English Sign Language, Sign Supported Speech and Spoken English. We provide services in the communication method best suited to the individual and/or family.

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Treatment Planning / Rehabilitation Services
  • Professionals skilled in mental health, deafness, deaf culture and ASL work as a team to assess each client.
  • Individualized, comprehensive treatment plans are developed using client input.
  • Care coordinators, life skills instructors/coaches and therapists are assigned to work with clients, families and social service agencies as needed. 
Crisis Intervention /
Acute Stabilization Services
  • Aspire Indiana Health provides 24/7 crisis services. 
  • Deaf Services offers acute stabilization admission to the Community Hospital North for short-term hospitalization. An ASL interpreter is provided.  
  • Long-term hospitalization is referred to the Neurodiagnostic Institute where Aspire serves deaf clients. An ASL interpreter is provided.
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Outpatient Services
  • Outpatient Services for Deaf persons targets individuals and families with a wide variety of diagnoses and needs.
  • Services include: 
      • Marital/couple therapy 
      • Family therapy 
      • Pharmacological treatment 
  • Rehabilitation services also include care coordinators and life-skill instructors who work with clients as they move from a group home to an outpatient setting, offering:
      • Continuous needs assessment 
      • Skills development 
      • Resources to live independently within the community 
  • Employment services provide training, coaching and support for clients seeking employment.
More Information
  • Aspire Indiana Health provides equal response to children, adults and the elderly. 
  • Deaf Services provides an ongoing and readily available roster of professional approved services to Deaf, Deaf-Blind, Hard of Hearing, and Late-Deafened individuals who experience mental illness and/or emotional disorders. 
  • Our nationally recognized program includes:
      • Outpatient services for ages six (6) and older
      • Psychiatric evaluation 
      • Medication prescriptions 
      • Screening and monitoring acute and long-term hospitalization 
      • Outpatient rehabilitation services for adults and children 
      • Substance use services for adults 
      • Anger management groups for adults 
      • Employment services 
      • ASL interpreting services 
      • School-Based Services

How to Get Started

For more information, contact:


Silvia Lopez

Deaf Services Program Manager

silvia.lopez@aspireindiana.org 

Deaf Services: (317) 493-0422-VP

Services for deaf adults and children, offered by Aspire Indiana, include more options than comparable programs in the state. In fact, Aspire Indiana Deaf Services accepts referrals within Central Indiana and throughout the state.

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