Human Resource E-Bulletin - March 2005

Special 3 Part Teleconference Series: Reasonable Accommodation

This three part series will focus on the issues surrounding reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and focus on practices currently being utilized by employers to address this critical issue in the employment process. The sessions will highlight best practices, share strategies for addressing reasonable accommodation requests as well as discuss issues related to documentation, assessment and reassessment and the critical nature of the interactive process.

March 15, 2005: A Perspective on Reasonable Accommodation
Speaker: Shelia S. Newman, Vice President, Cherry Engineering Support Services, Inc. Jennifer Eckel, Project Director, ADA Program Assistance Coordinator, Cherry Engineering Support Services, Inc

April 19, 2005: Reasonable Accommodation: Best Practices for an Interactive Process
Speaker: Bart Bartlett, County of Orange, Santa Ana, California
Beth Loy, Ph.D., Human Factors Consultant with the Job Accommodation Network
Kendra Duckworth, Human Factors Consultant for the Job Accommodation Network

May 17, 2005: What Are The Courts Saying About Reasonable Accommodation?
David Fram, National Employment Law Institute

Plan to participate in all three sessions!

Cost: The cost for each session is $25 for nonprofits and $40 for other entities for each location, regardless of the number of participants at each location (multiple people can attend at one location for the same flat fee).

All sessions are scheduled from 1:00 to 2:30 pm Central Time (90 minute sessions) and will be real-time captioned on the Great Lakes ADA Center Web site. All sessions will have a written transcript posted to the Great Lakes Web site. In addition, a digital recording of the session available for listening following the session is also posted on the Great Lakes Web site.

For additional information and/or to register for the teleconference:

Questions? Contact Maria Del Bosque by email at swdbtac@ilru.org or by phone at 800-949-4232 (V/TTY) (TX, AR, NM, OK, LA) or 713-520-0232 (V/TTY)

If you are outside of our region, you can contact the DBTAC in your region at 800-949-4232 (V/TTY) for registration information.

A collaborative project of the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northeast, Southeast, Great Plains, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, Pacific and Northwest Regions Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers.

Accommodating People with Disabilities in the Workplace

A seminar for employers, ADA Coordinators, human resource professionals, managers, trainers and corporate event planners

Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Training information and registration form (PDF document for print to mail)
• If you can not register through the pdf brochure, you can register for the training online through the Disability and Aging Resource Institute or you may contact the Institute directly through the phone number provided on the brochure.

For additional information, please call (225) 766-3305 or visit the training information and registration form.

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The Human Resource E-bulletin for employers, human resource  professionals and others interested in learning more about how to successfully implement the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the workplace.  On a monthly basis, you will receive information on resources, updates on litigation, EEOC guidance and policy letters that will enhance your understanding of the employment provisions of the ADA.  DLRP staff and the Outreach Manager of the Houston District office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission facilitate the HR E-bulletin. 

The mission of the DLRP is to promote proactive compliance with the ADA in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma.  Based at ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization), a program of TIRR in Houston, Texas, the DLRP is funded by NIDRR, an agency of the Department of Education, under grant #H133D60012, to provide information, materials, and technical assistance on the ADA.  NIDRR is not an enforcement agency.

Project staff are also available at 800-949-4232 from 900-500 Central Time to answer your ADA questions.  All questions are answered confidentially. 

The information herein is intended solely as informal guidance and is neither a determination of your legal rights or responsibilities under the Act, nor binding on any agency with enforcement responsibility under the ADA.

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Tajauna Dunning, Communications Director
Southwest ADA Center
2323 S. Shepherd #1000
Houston, Texas 77019
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contact us: DBTAC Southwest ADA Center
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