Accommodation: This track is designed to provide practical tools and techniques for accommodating job seekers and workers with all types of disabilities. Sessions will specifically address accommodation situations and solutions for individuals with psychiatric and cognitive impairments, motor and mobility impairments, and sensory impairments.

Topics: Concurrent sessions will include such topics as ergonomics, enforcing standards of behavior and conduct and accommodating employees with psychiatric and cognitive disabilities, accommodation considerations for the aging workforce, Jeopardy! with JAN’s Motor Team, and a forum for getting your specific accommodation questions answered by JAN’s accommodation and ADA experts.

Innovative Employment Practices: This track is designed to provide a forum for employers to share their accommodation success stories and to build networking relationships that foster increased employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Topics: Concurrent sessions will include such topics as recruiting, hiring, and accommodating qualified candidates with disabilities, accommodation policy and practice, how to take advantage of programs like the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN) and the Employer Assistance & Recruiting Network (EARN), disability etiquette in the workplace, hiring and retaining America’s Veterans, and trends regarding the use of Personal Assistance Services (PAS) in the workplace.

ADA/Legal: This track is designed to provide cutting-edge information and strategies to prevent expensive and time-consuming litigation by complying with such laws as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), workers’ compensation legislation, and state fair employment practice laws like the California Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA).

Topics: Concurrent sessions will include such topics as reasonable accommodation and the interactive process, current and pending ADA litigation, medical leave related issues and the interplay of the ADA with other laws affecting people with disabilities in employment.