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Subject: [General-announce] The Americans with Disabilities Act Certificate
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E-mail submitted by Annette D. Butler
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Georgia State University
Manager's Duty of Care Series 
The Americans with Disabilities Act Certificate 

Day One
October 17, 2007 
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Americans with Disabilities Act

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how does it
relate to the university setting? What are the non-discrimination
requirements of the ADA? When put to the test, how would you respond?

Day Two
October 18, 2007 
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 .m.
Disability Accommodations: The Georgia State University Process

The Georgia State University process for employees to self-disclose
their disability will be reviewed. Reasonable accommodations for the
university setting and appropriate action for managers will be
identified.

Guest Presenters: 

Shelley Kaplan is the Director of the DBTAC: Southeast ADA Center
(Southeast DBTAC), a project of the Burton Blatt Institute of Syracuse
University. She is responsible for establishing effective ADA networks
across the eight southeastern states served by the project to ensure the
availability of accurate ADA information and technical assistance to
facilitate voluntary and effective ADA compliance efforts. Ms. Kaplan
has authored three fully accessible web-based tutorials entitled,
“Welcoming Customers with Disabilities to the One Stop Center”,
“ADA Basics” and “Title II for ADA Coordinators.” 

Pamela Williamson is the Director of Training and Technical Assistance
at the Southeast ADA Center (Southeast DBTAC), a project of the Burton
Blatt Institute of Syracuse University. She coordinates the project’s
core services of training and technical assistance for an eight-state
region.  Ms. Williamson has also been instrumental in developing and
implementing four online courses:  ADA Basic Building Blocks (public
version), Basic ADA Building Blocks (moderated version), At Your
Service: Welcoming Customers with Disabilities, and Title II of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.  In addition, she assisted in the
development of the curriculum "Serving Customers with Disabilities in
Air Travel."  
           
Cost:                           $50.00 per person (includes box lunch)
Total CEUs:                 1.0             Total Hours:  8

Register online at http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwafa/services/   

Limited Seating

Co-Sponsored by: Opportunity Development/Diversity Education Planning
Office
                              Disability Services
                              Legal Affairs
                              Human Resources--Benefits



Annette D. Butler
Associate Director, AA/EEO
Opportunity Development/Diversity Education Planning Office
Georgia State University
P. O. Box 3983
Atlanta, GA 30302-3983
(404) 413-2567
(404) 413-2562 Direct
(404) 413-2560 Fax

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compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant
of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been
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