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Month: June, 2013
May 13   |   Jul 13
Date Title
Monday
June 03
Online Training
NEADA Webex Connection Webinar

Friday
June 07
Online Training | ADA Center Partner
Accessibility Update: Play Areas
Actualización sobre la accesibilidad: Áreas de juego

Topics covered will include: -The 2010 ADA Standards scoping requirements for play areas (i.e. when are play areas required to be accessible?) -Participants will learn about the ADA’s Program Accessibility and Barrier Removal Standards for Title II and Title III entities and how they should be applied to existing play areas (in place prior to March 15, 2012) that are not being altered. -Technical requirements for achieving accessibility with the 2010 ADA Standards (this will include an overview of the 2010 ADA Standards Section 1008 requirements for play areas): • Play Components • Soft Contained Play Structures • Accessible Routes • Accessible Surfaces Who would benefit from these webinars? -Architects and Playground design/construction professionals -Building owners and managers -Parks and Recreation management personnel -Property Managers -Municipal managers -ADA coordinators -Disability advocates


Los temas tratados incluirán: -Los requisitos de alcance de las Normas ADA 2010 para áreas de juego (es decir, ¿Cuándo deben ser las áreas de juego accesibles?) -Los participantes aprenderán sobre las Normas de la ADA para entidades Título II y Título III sobre Accesibilidad a Programas y Eliminación de Barreras y cómo deben ser aplicadas a áreas de juego que ya existían antes del 31 de enero de 2013 que no están siendo alteradas. -Los requisitos técnicos para lograr accesibilidad bajo las Normas de 2010 de ADA (se incluirá un resumen de los requisitos de la Sección 1008 de las normas 2010 del ADA para áreas de juego). • Componentes de juego • Estructuras contenidas, suaves de juego • Rutas accesibles • Superficies accesibles ¿Quién se beneficiaría de estos seminarios? -Arquitectos y profesionales de diseño / construcción de áreas de juegos -Propietarios de edificios y administradores -Personal gerencial de Parques y Recreación -Administradores de propiedad -Gerentes municipales -Coordinadores ADA -Defensores de personas con impedimentos


Location: Online Webinar
Tuesday
June 11
Training | Yessica Guardiola
Rights of Blind People under the ADA

 The trainer will explain the Rights of Blind People under the ADA, including in employment and, public and private services.



Location: Bayamon, PR
Tuesday
June 11
Online Training | Hannah Rudstam
Disability, Diversity and Cultural Competence

 This webinar focuses on challenging traditional automatic assumptions of “disability as deficit”  and poses a view of disability as diversity.  In this context, we discuss ten key points around respectful and effective workplace interactions with people with disabilities.



Tuesday
June 11
Online Training | Joe Zesski
Presentation and Facilitation Tips

This session will review the following topics: • Being prepared: equipment, materials, and having a day of point of contact. • Being early: scouting out and setting up the site with time to spare • More than a crowd: engaging your audience, getting to know them, and having them interested in you and each other. • Knowing and understanding your audience: using attendee appropriate communication. • Staying on track: promoting discussion while monitoring time.



Thursday
June 13
Training | Hannah Rudstam
Making the Link: Connecting to Employers in Challenging Times

 This program focuses on disability demographic, economic, policy and employment trends in 2013.   Using an interactive format, participants explore what these trends mean for their professional practice.

 



Location: Phoenix, NY
Tuesday
June 18
Training | LaWanda Cook
Tapping into Talent with Disabilities

 This event brings together disability employment professionals and members of Cornell University’s staffing community in an effort to enhance employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities who are interested in working at Cornell.

 



Location: Ithaca, NY
Thursday
June 20
Online Training | ADA Center Partner
Accessibility Update: Hotels and Resorts
Actualización sobre la accesibilidad: Hoteles y Resorts

Topics covered will include: -The 2010 ADA Standards scoping requirements for Places of Transient Lodging (i.e. What types of occupancies are required to comply with the 2010 ADA Standards for Places of Transient Lodging?) -Participants will learn about the 2010 ADA Standards Safe Harbor regulations and applicability to existing elements of hotels/resorts that are not being altered. -Technical requirements for achieving accessibility with the 2010 ADA Standards (this will include an overview of the 2010 ADA Standards Sections 224 and 806 requirements for places of transient lodging including Guest Rooms with Mobility Features and Guest Rooms with Communication Features) -Review of updated ADA Regulations applicable to places of Transient Lodging (Service Animals, Hotel Reservations, Mobility Devices, Effective Communication Policies, etc…) Who would benefit from these webinars? -Architects and Design Professionals -Hotel- Resort owners and managers -Hotel management personnel -Property Managers -ADA coordinators -Disability advocates


Los temas tratados incluirán: -Los requisitos de alcance de las Normas 2010 de la ADA para Lugares de Alojamiento Transitorio (es decir, ¿Qué tipos de hospederías están obligadas a cumplir con las normas 2010 de la ADA para Lugares de Alojamiento Transitorio?) -Los participantes aprenderán sobre los Reglamento de la Ley ADA 2010 de Hospederías Seguras y su aplicabilidad a los elementos existentes de los hoteles / resorts que no están siendo alterados. -Requisitos técnicos para lograr la accesibilidad con las Normas 2010 de ADA (Se incluirá un resumen de las normas 2010 de la ADA, Secciones 224 y 806 - Requerimientos para hospederías, incluyendo habitaciones con funciones de movilidad y habitaciones con características de comunicación) -Revisión de los Reglamentos actualizados de la Ley ADA aplicables a hospederías (animales de servicio, reservaciones de hotel, dispositivos de movilidad, políticas eficaces de comunicación, etc....) ¿Quién se beneficiaría de estos seminarios? -Arquitectos y profesionales de diseño -Propietarios y gerentes de hoteles / resorts -Personal gerencial de hoteles -Administradores de propiedad -Coordinadores ADA -Defensores de personas con impedimentos


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Location: Online Webinar
Thursday
June 27
Online Training | LaWanda Cook
Worksite Wellness, Leisure and Disability
Bienestar en el lugar de trabajo, esparcimiento e incapacidad

This session will review the following topics: • Overview of leisure and disability coping • The ADA and Worksite Wellness Programming • Summary of Cornell/SUNY-Cortland Worksite Wellness Study Findings


Esta sesión repasará los siguientes temas: • Resumen de esparcimiento y viviendo con impedimentos • ADA y el Programa de Bienestar en el lugar de trabajo • Resumen de los resultados del estudio de bienestar en el lugar de trabajo realizado por Cornell/SUNY-Cortland


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Location: Online Webinar

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