The Virginia ADA Coalition Presents:
Virginia’s Fourth Annual
Ask the Experts Video-Conference:
Answering Virginia’s Questions on the
Americans with Disabilities Act
When: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:00am—5:00pm
Where: 5 Locations: Roanoke, Norfolk, Grundy, Arlington, Onley
The Virginia ADA Coalition is proud to once again offer this exciting opportunity to “Ask the Experts” your questions regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Through video conferencing, we will connect Virginians around the state with experts on the ADA and accessibility issues. This year’s conference will feature all things EMPLOYMENT. 17 years after the ADA, people with disabilities still have an unemployment rate of more than 70%.. Learn about what contributes to that terrible statistic and what simple solutions help make work accessible.
Tracie Saab of the Job Accommodation Network will discuss “from Fido to flexible scheduling”: common accommodations that work.
Next, Carol Miaskoff from the EEOC will highlight common pitfalls that hamper a successful reasonable accommodation process in light of recent court cases.
Then, conference goers will hear from the Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy on rights of workers under the ADA.
Lastly, Marian Vessels, the Director of the DBTAC will share her training tactics for making employee ADA training fun and informative.
The Experts
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
Carol Miaskoff is an Assistant Legal Counsel at the EEOC. She supervises development of regulations and policy concerning a range of issues involving new labor and employment legislation. She is an author of Coverage of Psychiatric Disorders Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (with Peggy R. Mastroianni.)
DBTAC/Mid Atlantic ADA Center:
Marian Vessels is the Director of the DBTAC: Mid Atlantic ADA Center. In this role, she is responsible for the daily operation of the Center. Previously, Ms. Vessels was the Executive Director of the Maryland Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. She also worked as the Director of the Maryland Governor's Office for Individuals with Disabilities and was an Executive Board Member for the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
Job Accommodation Network:
Tracie Saab serves as a Lead Consultant for the Job Accommodation Network, a free service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S.
Department of Labor. She is an expert disability related federal employment law and workplace accommodation consultant who specializes in sensory impairments.
Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy:
Steven Traubert is a staff attorney with the Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy, Virginia’s legal agency charged with addressing issues of abuse, neglect, and discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Steven has been practicing law for 16 years, and has been with VOPA for the past five years.
Location Information
Arlington:
Endependence Center of Northern Virginia
3100 Clarendon Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22101
703 525 3268 (v)
703 525 3553 (tty)
Website: www.ecnv.org
Grundy:
Clinch Independent Living Services
1139 C Plaza Drive
Grundy, Virginia 24614
800 597 2322 (v/tty)
Website: www.cils-online.org
Norfolk:
Endependence Center
6300 East Virginia Beach Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23502
757 461 8007 (v)
757 461 7527 (tty)
Website: www.endependence.org
Roanoke:
Blue Ridge Independent Living Center
1502 B Williamson Road, NE
Roanoke, VA 24012
540 342 1231 (v/tty)
Website: www.brilc.org
Onley:
Eastern Shore VEC
25036 Lankford Highway, Unit 18
Onley, VA 23418
Contact ESCIL for directions:
757 414 0100 (v)
757-414-0080 (tty)
Conference Schedule:
8:30-900 Registration
9:00-9:10 Welcome
9:10-10:40 Session I: Job Accommodation Network
From Fido to Flexible Scheduling and Everything In Between: Reasonable Accommodation Trends and the ADA
10:50-12:20 Session II: EEOC
Pitfalls and Precedents: How common pitfalls hamper successful accommodation in light of recent court cases.
12:20-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Session III: Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy
Get the Facts: Learn who is covered by the ADA and what rights and responsibilities both employers and employees have under the law.
3:10-4:40: Session IV: DBTAC/Mid Atlantic ADA Center
Training Tools: getting ADA information to your staff in a fun and informative manner
4:40-5:00 Closing
NEED MORE INFORMATION??
Please contact Tammy Manno
1 866 323 1088 (v/tty)
What is the Virginia ADA Coalition?
The Coalition is a grant funded project managed by the
Endependence Center which provides training, resources and technical assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act across Virginia. The Coalition is funded by the DBTAC: Mid-Atlantic ADA Center, one of 10 regional centers funded by the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research (NIDRR), the US Department of Education, Grant #H133A060085) to provide technical assistance, training and materials on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Contact the ADA Coalition:
Kelly Gonzalez
Virginia ADA Coalition Coordinator
Endependence Center, Inc.
6300 East Virginia Beach Blvd
Norfolk, Virginia 23502-2827
1 (866) 323-1088 (voice/tty)
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