Overview
Do you ever find yourself puzzled by the gray areas of the ADA? How can you balance competing needs while providing effective accommodations? For example, what if a new hire is allergic to the CEO’s service animal? What if an employee wants to use a phone app to manage her medical condition, but phones are restricted in your building? What if your employee needs new hearing aids to access your upgraded phone system? This in depth discussion of perplexing real life accommodation scenarios will provide practical insights to apply in a variety of settings.
Learning Objectives
- Identify and apply JAN’s 6 Step Sample Interactive Process
- Discuss five real life workplace accommodations that have been implemented to harness the potential of employees with complex accommodation needs.
- Participate in guided demonstration of JAN’s A-Z Lists at https://askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm and use it to identify three accommodation ideas.
Primary & Secondary Strands
Vision and Hearing Technologies; Transition and Workplace Accessibility
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- ADA Coordinator
- Administrators
- AT Specialists
- Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
- Consultants/Trainers
- Disability Services
- Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education
- Government/Non-Profit Agencies
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Rehab Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Transition Coordinator
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Intermediate
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Higher Education; Adult/Senior
Content Area
Professional Area
Course Schedule
This course was included in the ATIA 2021: AT Connected virtual event education program.
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Online Education CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
This course was approved by CRCC for CRC CEUs and was included in the ATIA CRC Transition & Workplace Accessibility Series (2023-2024). This series offering was available from March 20, 2023, through March 19, 2024.
Speaker/s:
Lisa Mathess
Job Accommodation Network, JAN Lead Consultant
Biography
Lisa joined the motor team as a consultant February 2011. Lisa provides one-on-one guidance on workplace accommodations and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). She assists employees and employers with understanding their rights and responsibilities under the ADA and in identifying accommodation solutions for employees with motor impairments. Lisa also presents on the ADA and accommodation issues at various national conferences and provides specialized trainings to JAN audiences and advocacy groups.
Lisa graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor’s degree in Business and a Master’s of Arts in Communication Studies.
In 2014 she completed the Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP). In 2015, Lisa became a SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and continues to maintain her credentials.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No
Teresa Goddard
Job Accommodation Network (JAN), JAN Lead Consultant
Biography
Teresa joined the JAN staff as a Program Assistant in March 2008 and joined the Motor Team as a Consultant in August 2008. As she has now transitioned to JAN’s sensory team, Teresa fields questions from employees and employers regarding their rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and assists in identifying accommodation solutions for employees with sensory impairments.
Teresa’s professional experience includes work as an Educational Speech-Language Pathologist and as an EFL instructor in Aichi Prefecture, Japan where in addition to classroom teaching, she led continuing education workshops on collaborative instructional techniques and cross- cultural understanding.
Teresa holds a bachelors degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology and a masters degree in Speech Pathology from West Virginia University’s College of Human Resources and Education. She has earned 45 hours above the masters’ level with elective course work in augmentative and alternative communication, behavior disorders, and reading. Teresa’s research interests include assistive technology and cross-cultural perspectives on disability services.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
I salary from JAN-WVU. I receive a registration as a Strand Advisor for ATIA.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
I use assistive technology including an ergonomic keyboard and mouse and speech recognition software for my own hidden disability. Several of my family members also use various types of homemade and purchased assistive technologies.