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Training from the Job Accommodation Network |
October 1, 2001, Rosslyn, VA
Conference Brochure (PDF)
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration and Help Desk open.
7:30 - 8:30. Pastries and Coffee.
8:30 - 9:00. Welcome and Introduction.
Paul Hippolitus, Office of Disability
Employment Policy, US DOL
Barbara Judy, ADA Coordinator, State of West
Virginia
9:00 - 10:15. Reasonable Accommodation and the ADA
Process. This session will describe a method for implementing reasonable
accommodation decisions by following JAN's five-step ADA Process. By highlighting
EEOC Enforcement Guidance and relevant court cases, the trainers will address
complex ADA and Rehabilitation Act issues related to implementing and maintaining
accommodations in the workplace.
Tracie
DeFreitas Saab, MS
Kendra
Duckworth, MS
Linda
Carter Batiste, MS
10:15 - 10:30. Break.
10:30 - 12:00. Accommodation Ideas for Employees
with Learning Disabilities or Psychiatric Impairments. This session
describes the types of limitations associated with learning disabilities and
psychiatric impairments and examines accommodations for each. The presenters
will use real life accommodation examples.
Mayda
LaRosse, MA
Suzanne
Gosden, MA
12:00 - 1:30. Luncheon Presentation. Access the Possibilities.
Dinah F. B. Cohen, Director, for the Department
of Defense Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP)
1:30 - 2:45. New Workplace Accommodation Challenges
for the 21st Century. Recent controversies have developed involving
asthma, deafness/hard of hearing, diabetes, fragrance sensitivity, hepatitis,
HIV/AIDS, and vision impairments. The presentation will show how to manage
changing accommodation needs.
Mandy
J. Gamble, MS, CRC
Tracie
DeFreitas Saab, MS
2:45 - 3:00. Break.
3:00 - 4:30. A Visit with JAN's Motor Team.
This open forum includes an overview and discussion for a range of upper and
lower mobility impairments. It will address ergonomic-related solutions, reasonable
accommodation, and ADA issues. The presenters will use real accommodation
situations to demonstrate solutions.
Linda
Carter Batiste, MS
Beth Loy,
Ph.D.
John
D. Greer, MS
Note: JAN Consultants will be available for individual questions at the "Ask a Consultant" table in the registration area when they are not involved in training sessions.