Overview
As employers adapt their business practices to current trends, new accommodation challenges continue to emerge. This presentation will feature real life accommodation scenarios in which an interactive process was used to successfully identity and implement reasonable accommodations for employees and job seekers with disabilities, including teleworkers, returning onsite workers, and workers transitioning to a hybrid model of employment. Presenters will also identify resources to assist employers and service providers in identifying and providing effective accommodations.
Content Disclosure: This session is focused on resources and case studies from the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a federally funded program to promote and support workplace accommodation policies and programs for individuals with disabilities. There will be limited or no information provided about similar research projects or case studies.
Learning Objectives
- Identify JAN's six Step Sample Interactive Process.
- Discuss five real life workplace accommodations that have been implemented to harness the potential of employees working onsite, remote, and hybrid.
- Participate in guided demonstration of JAN's A-Z Lists at https://askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm and use this resource to identify three accommodation solutions.
Primary & Secondary Strand
Transition and Workplace Accessibility
Target Audience
- Accessibility Professional
- ADA Coordinator
- AT Specialists
- Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
- Consultants/Trainers
- Disability Services
- Faculty/Instructors - Higher Education
- Family Members
- Government/Non-Profit Agencies
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Rehab Therapists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Transition Coordinator
- Visual Impairment Specialists
- Vocational Rehabilitation
Experience Level
Intermediate
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Elementary - Secondary (K-12); Adult/Senior
Session Delivery Format
Virtual live-stream presentation
Course Schedule
This course was presented virtually as part of the ATIA 2022 Conference on Friday, Jan 28: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
ASHA CE Information: Recorded Session
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: September 15, 2022. This course was offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs. (Introductory level.)
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: April 30, 2023
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, Lead Consultant
Biography
Lisa Mathess joined the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Motor Team as a Consultant in February 2011. She later earned the title of Senior Consultant. Lisa now provides expert level consultation and team leadership as a Lead Consultant on JAN's Motor Team. As the lead member of the Motor Team, Lisa provides one-on-one guidance on job 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 individuals with various medical impairments, with an emphasis in motor impairments. Lisa writes for JAN on ADA and accommodation topics, presents on ADA and accommodation issues at various national conferences, and provides customized training to JAN audiences and advocacy groups.
Lisa earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from West Virginia University. She continues to further her education and maintain credentials by earning CEUs for various certifications, such as the Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program (ATACP), Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), and is currently preparing for the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) Certified Leave Management Specialist (CLMS) exam.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Lisa receives compensation for her role with the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) Motor Team.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: No
Teresa Goddard
Job Accommodation Network (JAN), JAN Lead Consultant
Biography
Teresa Goddard joined the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) staff as a Program Assistant in March 2008, joined the JAN Motor Team as a Consultant in August 2008, and then transitioned to JAN's Sensory Team. Teresa now provides expert level consultation and team leadership as a Lead Consultant on JAN's Sensory Team. In this role, 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 individuals with sensory impairments.
Teresa's professional experience includes work as an Educational Speech-Language Pathologist and as an English as a Foreign Language (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 earned a Master of Science degree in Speech Pathology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology from West Virginia University (WVU). Teresa's research interests include assistive technology, trauma informed practices, and cross-cultural perspectives on disability services.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Salary from employment. Honaraium as ATIA Strand Advisor.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
I myself use and have personal relationships with people who use various assistive technologies.