{"id":7324,"date":"2009-08-05T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T08:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=7324"},"modified":"2009-08-05T03:19:58","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T08:19:58","slug":"advocacy-strategies-for-ensuring-communication-access-for-services-to-people-who-are-dhh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/08\/05\/advocacy-strategies-for-ensuring-communication-access-for-services-to-people-who-are-dhh\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Strategies for Ensuring Communication Access for Services to People who are D\/HH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advocacy Strategies for Ensuring Communication Access for Services to People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing<\/p>\n

Training Objective<\/p>\n

To provide training that will enhance the knowledge and ability of service providers to advocate for equal communication opportunities and effective communication for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.<\/p>\n

Pre-requisite<\/p>\n

Participants are required to complete and submit a research component in advance of the training date that requires 11-12 hours of work. DARS participants will earn CRC CEUs for this work as well as class time. The purpose of the research project is to get everyone on the same page with the knowledge needed to provide effective advocacy for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. This project will be due by a specified date prior to the training based on each training date given below:<\/p>\n

Training Date Location – September 9-11,2009 at Dallas<\/p>\n

September 9th 1 pm – 5 pm
\nSeptember 10th 8 am – 5 pm
\nSeptember 11th 8 am – 12 pm<\/p>\n

Pre-requisite Due Date – August 26, 2009<\/p>\n

The training site will be provided for participants once their project has been submitted and accepted by Randi Turner, training coordinator. A list of local hotels near the training location will be provided after participants have registered.<\/p>\n

Projected Learning Outcomes<\/p>\n

# Participants will be provided a check list of the threshold elements required for entitlement to reasonable accommodation;<\/p>\n

# Participants will learn how to apply the concepts of qualified individual with a disability, effective communication, auxiliary aids and services, undue burden\/hardship, and direct threat, among others, to day to day advocacy strategies;<\/p>\n

# Participants will be acquainted with recent case law defining \u201cmitigating measures\u201d that can serve to disqualify individuals with disabilities from obtaining reasonable accommodations; and<\/p>\n

# Participants, through case examples presented in break out sessions, will learn creative and effective negotiation strategies to achieve reasonable accommodations and communication access for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.<\/p>\n

Presenter<\/p>\n

Randi Turner, Communication Access Specialist, DHHS, Austin<\/p>\n

Serving People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing<\/p>\n

Target Audience<\/p>\n

Directors and\/or Interpreter coordination staff of independent living and deaf and hard of hearing centers, job development\/job placement staff and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors serving persons who are deaf\/hard of hearing, and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing who want to become effective advocates.<\/p>\n

To Register<\/p>\n

Send an email to dhhstraining@dars.state.tx.us, or call 512.407.3267 (V,VP), 512.407.3251 (TTY) requesting registration information.<\/p>\n

DARS Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
\nAdvocacy Strategies
\nDARS Inquiries
\n800.628.5115 (ext. 3250)
\n866.581.9328 TTY (ext. 3251)
\nwww.dars.state.tx.us
\nDARS Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
\nhttp:\/\/www.dars.state.tx.us\/dhhs<\/p>\n

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