[Ms_ahead] Emergency Response Training

[Stacey Reycraft]

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>* Free WebCast*
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>Campus Emergency Response and the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community:
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>Bridging the Communication Gap
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>PEPNet-South will host a **free WebCast** for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
>Consumers, Disability Services Providers, Secondary and Postsecondary
>Professionals, Interpreters, Administrators, VR Counselors and others on
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>***June 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM (Eastern) until 7:30 PM***
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>*Both RID & BEI CEUs are available* at no cost for the live WebCast.
>Individuals seeking CEUs must register no later than **June 20, 2008**
>and complete the required paperwork that will be sent to them prior to
>the WebCast. The recorded version of the WebCast will not be eligible
>for attaining CEUs.
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>"PEPNet-South is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education
>Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for 0.25 CEUs
>at the "little/none" Content Knowledge Level."
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>*WebCast Summary*
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>This 2.5 hour webcast will provide participants with information that
>will bridge the communication gap for both emergency responders and
>consumers during a campus crisis.
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>Individuals who will benefit from this training are: Deaf Consumers,
>Hard of Hearing Consumers, Disability Services Providers, secondary and
>postsecondary professionals, Interpreters, Administrators, VR Counselors
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>and other professionals.
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>Objectives Include:
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>1.) To explain the need to tailor emergency messages to suit individuals
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>who are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind.
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>2.) To discuss the CDC Emergency and Risk Communication Branch's
>response to the needs of individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or
>deafblind.
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>3.) Rights and Responsibilities of both emergency responders and
>consumers.
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>4.) Making your emergency campus plan accessible to individuals who are
>deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind.
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>5.) Determining the Role of both the deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind
>Consumer and the Office of Disability Support Services.
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>6.) Stages of planning for all types of emergencies for individuals who
>are deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind.
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>**To register for the WebCast*, please complete the online registration
>form at **_http://www.pepnet.org/training/train080626/ _** *
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>*After registering online, you will be sent the login information the
>week of the WebCast.*
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>****This webcast will be interpreted and captioned ****
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>*_*What is a WebCast?*_*
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>A webcast is a media file distributed over the Internet using streaming
>media technology. As a broadcast may either be live or recorded,
>similarly, a webcast may either be distributed live or recorded.
>Essentially, webcasting is "broadcasting" over the Internet. (wikipedia,
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>2008)
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>Participants log into a URL and view the presentation on a particular
>topic. Prior to the training date, participants will be emailed the web
>address where all training materials can be accessed. Following the
>training, participants will be asked to complete an online evaluation of
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>the training.
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>Tmail and Yahoo email accounts frequently bounce attachments. In order
>to receive information about CEUs and the WebCast you will need to
>provide an email address other than Tmail or Yahoo. A Gmail email
>address may be of help to you.
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>If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Swaney at
>michelle.swaney at pepnet.org <mailto:michelle.swaney at pepnet.org>.
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>*ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:*
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>* *
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>*Neil McDevitt*
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>CEPIN Program Director
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>Community Emergency Preparedness
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>Information Network, TDI
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>8630 Fenton Street, Suite 604
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>Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3822
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>nmcdevitt at cepintdi.org <mailto:nmcdevitt at cepintdi.org>
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>www.cepintdi.org
><outbind://9/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK1C5/www.ce
>pintdi.org>
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>Direct line: (866) 394-0453 (Voice/Ojo)
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>FAX: (501) 423-4194
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>Neil McDevitt is the Program Director for Telecommunications for the
>Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc's (TDI) Community Emergency Preparedness
>Information Network (CEPIN) project and manages deliveries of its
>DHS-certified "Emergency Responders and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
>Community: Taking the First Steps to Disaster Preparedness" curriculum.
>The class is the first of its kind nationwide to focus on the
>implications of a specific disability population in emergency management
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>and also bring the two groups together in a structured setting.
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>He is also involved with DHS's Citizen Corps Subcommittee on
>Disabilities as well as the National Response Plan and National Incident
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>Management System working groups for special needs populations.
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>As a volunteer firefighter in suburban Philadelphia, McDevitt is one of
>a handful of emergency responders in the country who are also profoundly
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>deaf. In addition to hands-on fire and rescue experience with the Fire
>Department of Montgomery Township, he has provided fire safety
>presentations to deaf children and adults and given non-verbal
>communication classes to firefighters, police officers and emergency
>medical technicians (EMTs).
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>Mr. McDevitt was originally involved with CEPIN as one of its leading
>subject matter experts in developing the CEPIN course. In addition, Neil
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>brings 10 years of project management experience as a Senior Information
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>Security Specialist with Prudential
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>*Ijeoma Agulefo, MPH*
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>CCT/CDC-INFO State Liaison
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>Clinician Communication Team (CCT)
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>Emergency and Risk Communication Branch (ERCB)
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>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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>1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS-D40
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>Atlanta, GA 30333
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>Phone: 404.639.2653
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>E-mail: iaa1 at cdc.gov <mailto:iaa1 at cdc.gov>
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>As a Health Education Specialist for the Emergency and Risk
>Communication Branch (ERCB) on the Community Health Outreach and
>Education Team (CHET) at CDC (October 2006-March 2008), Miss. Agulefo
>was responsible for implementing behavioral interventions and tailoring
>messages specific to Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind communities
>affected by Public health emergencies. She developed and maintained
>hands-on contact with these communities, as well as state and local
>public health educators, to ensure that information related to an event
>is tailored and accessible communication to community members. After her
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>article titled "Emergency Messages for the Deaf" was published on the
>CDC intranet webpage, CDC staff in Atlanta inquired about learning
>American Sign Language (ASL) and with the support of Ijeoma's input and
>suggestions, the "American Sign Language (ASL) Courses Levels 1 and 2,"
>have been selected as part of CDC University's Fiscal Year 2008 training
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>and workforce development activities.
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>Miss Agulefo also served as a population fellow at the Johns Hopkins
>University/Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP) Accra, Ghana,
>West Africa from Sept 2000-Sept 2002. She provided programmatic and
>administrative support to the Ghana Field Office and at in-country
>workshops and meetings in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Family Planning and
>Child Health. She assisted in all phases of health education campaigns
>on a national level including research, training, conceptualization,
>development, project management, monitoring and evaluation. She worked
>collaboratively with non-governmental and community-based organizations
>to address their requests for promotional and health communication
>materials in the areas of HIV/AIDS, Family Planning and Home-Based Care
>for Malaria.
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>Currently, Miss Agulefo is on the Clinician Communication Team (CCT)
>which is also part of ERCB at CDC. She is the CCT/CDC-INFO State liaison
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>with the primary responsibility of outreach to the states regarding
>assessment of communication surge capacity. She coordinates and conducts
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>outreach to US states and territories for the purposes of determining
>the appropriate contact person(s) and assessing the current capacity for
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>public and clinician communications during a local, regional, national
>or global public health emergency.
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>Miss. Agulefo received her MPH in International Health from Morehouse
>School of Medicine, MPH Program in Atlanta, Georgia and her BA in
>Psychology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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>*Jason Altmann*
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>Senior Regional Coordinator
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>Wisconsin Department of Health and
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>Family Services Office for the Deaf
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>and Hard of Hearing
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>141 NW Barstow Street, Room 104
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>Waukesha, WI 53188-3789
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>VP: 262-548-5858
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>VOICE: 888-330-5482
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>E-MAIL: altmajr at dhfs.state.wi.us <mailto:altmajr at dhfs.state.wi.us>
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>TTY: 1-888-701-1246
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>FAX: 262-521-5314
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>Jason received his B.A. in Social Welfare from University of
>Wisconsin-Madison and will receive his Masters of Public Administration
>this fall. Jason is a certified CERT trainer and CEPIN training
>participant. Jason has experience in consulting and training local
>emergency responders on how to effectively work with deaf, deafblind,
>and hard of hearing individuals in times of crisis and disaster. Jason
>is actively involved in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in
>raising awareness and importance of emergency and disaster preparedness.
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>Jason currently holds leadership positions at:
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>* Southeast WI Wisconsin Emergency Preparedness Special Populations
>Committee
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>* Community Coalition Committee for Emergency Disaster Preparedness
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>* Wisconsin State Court Interpreting Advisory Board
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>* Dept of Health and Family Services' Crisis Intervention Committee
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>* Independence First's AODA Advisory Board
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>* State Deaf and Hard of Hearing Transition Advisory Committee
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>* State Deaf and Hard of Hearing Suicide Prevention Project Committee
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>* Deaf Bilingual Coalition State Representative
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>Jason has formerly held positions as Vice-President of Wisconsin
>Association for the Deaf and Chairperson for Northcentral Technical
>College's Educational Interpreting Training Program Advisory Board,
>2003-2004. He was also a member of Northcentral Technical College's
>Center for Students with Disabilities Advisory Board, 2003-2004, a
>member of Governor appointed Council for the Deaf and Hard of hearing,
>2002 and a member of Marathon County's Birth to Three Interagency
>Council, 2003-2004.
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>Jason was the recipient of Meritious of the Year Award from Wisconsin
>Association for the Deaf in 2005 for exemplary contributions and
>services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing people from 2003 to 2005.
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>*//*
>*//*
>*/Michelle /*
>*//*
>*Michelle Swaney, A.A.S., CI and CT*
>PEPNet-South
>Center on Deafness
>University of Tennessee
>Claxton Complex A212
>Knoxville, TN 37996-3442
>(865) 974-4147
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Stacey A. Reycraft
Director
Office of Student Disability Services
The University of Mississippi
P.O. Box 1848
234 Martindale Student Center
University, MS 38677
Phone:          (662) 915-7128
TTY:            (662) 915-7907
FAX:            (662) 915-5972
Web-Site:       www.olemiss.edu/depts/sds

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