did anyone at your agency take this EEOC course?
Disability Program Manager – Basics
Description:
The main objective of a Disability Program Manager is to help agency management meet its affirmative employment responsibilities to ensure employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. This course outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Disability Program Manager and identifies some of the challenges faced.
Participants are encouraged to arrive at 8:00 a.m.
Class: Two Days, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Price: $575 per participant*
* includes comprehensive manual, certificate and snacks
Course Topics Include:
Roles and Responsibilities of the (Effective) Disability Program Manager
Sections 501 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Reasonable Accommodation Process
EEOC Management Directive 715 (MD-715)
Disability Data Collection – Why it’s Necessary
Emergency Evacuation Planning
Recruiting: Interns, Vets & Schedule
The Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)
Diversity – What Matters Most
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Disability Program Manager – Advanced **New This Year!!**
Description:
For those who have been in the role of DPM for at least a year, come enhance your knowledge and sharpen your skills! Now that you have some experience in the position of DPM, we want to help you move ahead. Participants in this course will gain practical knowledge about building strategic alliances to achieve programmatic goals, and becoming a vital resource for employees, managers, and senior leaders within their agency. This course will include practical exercises, to address issues of facility accessibility, emergency evacuation, and complicated reasonable accommodation issues.
Participants are encouraged to arrive at 8:00 a.m. on the first day.
Prerequisite:
Participants are required to have at least one year of experience and the Disability Program Manager Basics course for this course.
Class: Two days, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Price: $575 per participant*
* includes comprehensive manual, certificate and snacks
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For more information on our On-Site Training program:
Federal Agencies – Please send an email to FederalTrainingandOutreach@eeoc.gov. Please include in your email information on the topics you wish to have covered in your customized training, as well as your time frame, location for the training, and a point of contact. A member of the Training & Outreach Division will be in touch with you after receipt.
The webinar entitled “Ten Easy Steps to Understanding ADA Reasonable Accommodation” is now available for immediate viewing. This webinar, presented by EEOC Commissioners Chai Feldblum and Victoria Lipnic, provides a review of the basic requirements of reasonable accommodation, addresses some of the tough issues that arise when reasonable accommodation is sought, and offers concrete and practical advice on ensuring that employers are integrating applications and employees with disabilities into their workforces in the most effective ways possible.
