Dave Kingsbury is the Director of Deaf Services and a member of the Executive Team for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He oversees program and policy development and provides training, consultation, and technical assistance regarding clinical practices, culture, language, legal compliance, and ethics regarding services for the Deaf and hard of hearing and members of language minority groups. He has 20 years of education and experience in cross-cultural psychology including a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Deaf culture studies, a master’s degree in counseling psychology, and additional training and experience in Deaf mental health care and services for immigrants, refugees, and veterans. He previously worked as Director of Student and Outreach Services and the Resource Center on Deafness at Missouri School for the Deaf, where he oversaw on campus professional services and statewide programs including audiology, early intervention, and deaf education consulting. Dave also taught as an adjunct professor in the Carlstrom Deaf Studies program at North Central University and the ASL and Interpreting Program at William Woods University. He served 8 years in the U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve and currently serves as a Flotilla Commander, Operations Officer, and Diversity Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He is bilingual and working on becoming trilingual.
Presentation(s):
Cultural Competence: Ethics and Models for Individual and Organizational Development