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- HBO Addiction Summer Series
- Sponsored by Central VT Partners for Prevention - series continues throughout June
- DAIL - ADA Training and/or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Training
- Two required Trainings for all DAIL staff: In the morning, an overview to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and how it applies to the Dept of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living. In the afternoon, a workshop about Deaf culture, suggestions about interacting with someone who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and information about resources that are available. You may register for either one workshop, or both workshops.
- Customer Service
- Knowledgewave, presenters - $110
- HBO Addiction Summer Series
- Sponsored by the Central VT Partners for Prevention - series continues throughout June
- Workplace Attitude, Behavior & Performance during Difficult Times
- Sponsored by the Central VT Economic Developement Corp - Zach Clements, speaker - $35/person for non-CVEDC members - includes hot breakfast buffett
- Powerful Presentations
- Judy Ringer, trainer - $110
- Presentation by Douglas B. Marlowe, JD, PhD.
- Sponsired by the Court Administrators office - Free
- CPR/First Aid
- Sponsored by the Red Cross - $75
- American with Disabilities Act and the Department of Corrections ADA Directive.
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This three hour teleconference event addresses the challenges and opportunities in applying ADA requirements in Correctional Settings.
Target Audience:
o Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of Facilities
o Superintendents of Probation and Parole Offices
o Correctional Facility Shift Supervisors
o Caseworkers and Parole and Probation Officers
o Community Service Team Leaders
o Qualified Healthcare Provider Supervisors (MHM and PHS)
o Community High School of Vermont Special Education staff
Learning Objectives:
1.) Describe the historical and social context of the Americans with Disabilities Act and explain how this law applies to inmates and offenders under the supervision of the Vermont DOC.
2.) Define: “Disability” and “Reasonable Accommodation”
3.) Identify behaviors that suggest an individual may have a cognitive or psychological disability.
4.) Give examples of effective communication techniques to employ with people with cognitive or psychological disabilities.
5.) Explain how ADA Orientation is done in facilities and field offices
6.) Identify three situations where an individual under DOC supervision could be screened for a disability.
7.) Describe the process whereby an inmate or offender may request an accommodation.
8.) Identify the uses of forms associated with Directive 107.01
9.) Using the Responsibility Tables describe summarize the staff roles under the ADA Directive.
- Governor's Summit on Employment of People with Disabilities
- Sponsored by VocRehab VT & the VT Association of Business, Industry & Rehabilitation (VABIR) - details will be forthcoming
- Walking the Tightrope: Ethical Considerations in Behavioral Practice in Rural Communities
- Sponsored by the VT Association of Social Workers - VT Chapter - CEUs available
- Youth On Board & In Orgaizations Training (open to both youth & adults)
- Sponsored by New Directions for Barre Prevention Coalition - June 6th from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm; June 7th 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
- Self-esteem & Empowerment
- Sponsored by River Stories Life Coaching - Melissa Lang, facilitator - $95 for all 4 classes (June 5, 12, 19, 26)
- Charting the Course - Helping Youth with Disabilities Move Successfully to Work, College & Adult Life
- Sponsored by the VT Parent Information Center & Parent to Parent - Scot Chesney, trainer
- 6th Annual Charles M. Poser, MD, Lecture - Resilient Learners
- Sponsored by Stern Center for Language & Learning & UVM College of Medicine, Robert Brooks, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School - $70 before May 1
- Legal Proceedings
- Sponsored by the VT Network of State Investigators (NSI), Caroline Earle, Chief - Attorney General's Litigation Division. For details such as start/end time and location contact Margaret Davis - Free
- Part 2: A Family Centered Approach with HIV/AIDs
- Sponsored by AIA Resource Center - Carla Elia, PhD, trainer - $25/session
- May Video Series - Preventing Relapse
- Sponsored by Friends of Recovery-VT, VT Integrated Services Initiative & VT Psychiatric Survivors - Free
- Traumatic Brain Injury - Free Legal Clinic
- Sponsored by VT Protection & Advocacy, VT Legal Aid & the Brain Jury Assoc. of VT - Free
- De-escalation Techniques
- Sponsored by VT Dept for Children & Families - Andy Lange & Chris Dalley, trainers
