[Ms_ahead] Two Professional Development Opportunities!

Fri Aug 29 21:26:36 EDT 2008

ACCESS FOR ALL - www.usm.edu/ids/accessforall

A project of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) funded by the U.S.
Dept. of Education, Office for Postsecondary Education

1. AUDIO CONFERENCE (Sept. 11, 2008) - Americans with Disabilities Act

Changing Laws and Regulations: What Do They Mean for Disability Support
Services?

2. WEBINAR (Sept. 29, 2008) - E-Learning and Accessibility

See details below!

1.      AUDIO CONFERENCE

Americans with Disabilities Act

Changing Laws and Regulations: What Do They Mean for Disability Support
Services?

September 11, 2008

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Attendees Who Will Benefit From This Audio Conference Include: 

. Postsecondary Disability Service Providers 

. Postsecondary Student Affairs Staff (especially Residence Life) 

. College and University Administrators 

. ADA Coordinators/Compliance Officers 

Description:

In one week in June, the Department of Justice posted updated ADA
regulations for public comment and the ADA Amendments Act, reached through
compromise between disability and business communities, started on the
fast-track for Congressional approval. This kind of significant movement in
legislative and regulatory guidance is unusual in the world of disability
services. How will the changes impact on higher education? What matters -
and what doesn't! -  in the language used and the explanations provided?

Learning Points To Be Answered: 

. How proposed changes to service animal regulations will help to resolve
many of the recent questions faced by postsecondary service providers. 

. How new language regarding demands for documentation by testing agencies
may work to the benefit of students pursuing graduate and professional
education. 

. What has been added to the definition of a "person with a disability," and
why. 

. Why the higher education community has been resistant to these changes,
and how to respond to concerns of administrators. 

Speakers:

Jane E. Jarrow, Ph.D., is the President of Disability Access Information and
Support (DAIS). Dr. Jarrow was a full-time faculty member at The Ohio State
University in Speech/Language Pathology for seven years before assuming a
position as the Executive Director of the Association on Higher Education
and Disability (AHEAD). (AHEAD is an international professional membership
organization providing technical assistance, information, and support to
individuals involved in issues of disability access in higher education.)
Dr. Jarrow is a skilled presenter and speaks knowledgeably about the legal
and educational mandates surrounding the participation of persons with
disabilities in postsecondary settings. Throughout her 14-year tenure with
AHEAD, and in her current position with DAIS, Dr. Jarrow has traveled
extensively presenting workshops and training sessions focused on these
issues. Through DAIS, Dr. Jarrow also provides technical assistance, online
professional development courses, participates in grant writing and editing,
and is the author/publisher of a number of significant resource materials.

Michael R. Masinter has been a Professor of Law at Nova Southeastern
University's Sheppard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since
1978 and a member of the Florida Bar since 1973. He teaches, writes and
speaks about, and litigates disability rights and compliance issues
including those relating to therapy pets, companion animals and service
animals. Before joining the NSU faculty, Professor Masinter was director of
litigation for Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc. He is a graduate of
Georgetown University Law Center and Stanford University.

Location:

The University of Southern Mississippi, Institute for Disability Studies,
Bond Hall, Room 412

Registration:

If you wish to attend, please e-mail charles.hughes at usm.edu or call
601.266.6037. There is no charge to attend. I will send you a map to the
location and handouts a couple of days before the meeting.

Check out a CD:

If you are unable to attend in person, we will check out copies of the
recorded CD about two weeks after the presentation.  E-mail or call me if
you wish to be placed on the checkout list. You will have two weeks to
review the CD before mailing it back to me.

2. WEBINAR - September 29, 2008

E-Learning and Accessibility      

September 29, 2008

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 

Description:

It is expected that e-learning will become part of everyday life in many
organizations in the next few years. As e-Learning expands, the gap will
widen between people who can fully benefit from e-Learning and those who
will be excluded because of inaccessible design. This seminar will address
strategies to improve organizations' knowledge and implementation of
accessible e-Learning.

This Webinar is presented by the DBTAC: Southeast ADA Center - a regional
resource for the Americans with Disabilities Act.

View in your office or at our office!

You may view from your office or join us on the campus of The University of
Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg to view in a group setting.

Registration:

Contact Charles Hughes at  <mailto:charles.hughes at usm.edu>
charles.hughes at usm.edu or call 601.266.6037 or 1.888.671.0051 (toll
free/TTY) for details. There is no charge to participate.

ACCESS for ALL 

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education www.usm.edu/ids/accessforall

Charles Hughes

Project Coordinator

The University of Southern Mississippi

Institute for Disability Studies

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601.266.6037

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