The mission of the Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living is to eliminate community barriers of access to individuals with disabilities. To assist the community in understanding the Federal civil rights law that prohibits this discrimination SOCIL is offering the following teleconferences:

The following ADA Teleconferences & OCECD Webinars will be hosted by SOCIL and free to anyone who is interested. For more detailed information on these events or any additional webcasts or teleconferences being offered, visit their websites at www.adagreatlakes.org or www.ocecd.org.  Please call us at 740-689-1494 to register for the session(s) that you would like to attend.

ADA Teleconferences –

August 17th, 2010 -
ADA & After School and Daycare Programs for children with disabilities

Parents of children with disabilities are often faced with limited choices when it comes to locating appropriate after school and daycare programs to meet the needs of their children. Many daycare and after school providers are reticent about accepting children with disabilities into their programs based on the fear that they are not able to provide the child with the services that they need, they don't have the "specialized " staff that may be needed, unfounded fear that the cost of serving a child with a disability is too great or a general bias against serving individuals with disabilities. Join our speakers as they discuss best practices in day care and after school programs for serving children with disabilities and resources that are available to assist providers and parents.

Speaker: TBA
Guest Moderator: Shelley Kaplan, Director, DBTAC-Southeast ADA Center
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CEU’s: Available 
 
 
September 21st, 2010 -
Corrections and the ADA: Balancing the rights of people with disabilities while incarcerated

Studies show that a large number of individuals within the prison system are people with disabilities. The literature discusses how the various systems serving incarcerated individuals have historically treated people with disabilities as second class citizens and ignored their rights to equal access whether it be access to medical care, the removal of physical barriers or provision of effective communication. This session will explore the strides that have been made and strategies implemented within the corrections community to address the rights of individuals with disabilities while retaining it's focus on imposing punishment.
 
Speaker: TBA
Guest Moderator: Jim DeJong, Director, DBTAC-Great Plains ADA Center
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CEU’s: Available 

OCECD - Webinars
(Ohio Coalition for Education of Children with Disabilities)

OCECD Webinars will resume in the Fall. Contact SOCIL for more information or check out www.ocecd.org for new schedule.

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