Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Registration Fee: $150
Start Date: October 31, 2022
End Date: December 31, 2022
Travel trainers are in a unique position to make connections within their communities to increase the potential for independent mobility. This course starts with an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act and public transportation and how this important piece of federal legislation connects with travel training, followed by information about building a good working relationship with local transportation providers. The remaining two modules explore connections across similar professions such as mobility management and ADA complementary paratransit eligibility programs.
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Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Start Date: October 31, 2022
End Date: December 31, 2022
Registration Fee: $150
This online training course is designed for ADA complementary paratransit managers who are ready to improve the service offered to their customers by taking paratransit service to the next level. As an advanced level course, it will not cover basic requirements of running a paratransit system. Course content highlights using performance measures to improve service, going above and beyond the ADA, social media, training strategies for preparing your staff, strategic management and leadership skills.
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Presenter : Chelcie Beadnell, Easterseals Project Action
Date: December 13, 2022
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m. Eastern (12:00-1:30 p.m. Pacific)
Registration Fee: $25
There are many core competencies that Mobility Managers must possess. To effect the kind of action that needs to occur within a community for systems-level change, Mobility Managers need to be able to effectively engage stakeholders, coordinate their efforts across sectors, process complex information and be able to explain it simply, engage in advocacy efforts, and understand how to align mobility management with other efforts to increase efficiency. In this webinar, we’ll explore strategies to empower mobility managers to position themselves as leaders and mobility experts in their communities.
*This webinar is eligible for credit for the CMM Certification program. You do not need to be a participant in the CMM program to participate in this webinar.
Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Start Date: January 23, 2023
End Date: March 17, 2023
Registration Fee: $150
Advanced Travel Training Strategies is a comprehensive online course is an online course covering advanced travel trainer strategies including working with trainees with psychiatric disabilities and other less common disabilities, behavioral strategies and techniques from a trainer perspective, using physical strategies safely, advanced street crossing techniques, and more.
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Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Start Date: January 23, 2023
End Date: March 17, 2023
Registration Fee: $150
Transportation and the ADA Description: Have you ever wondered how many companions are allowed to ride with a complementary paratransit eligible passenger? Or how much assistance a bus operator is required to provide to a passenger with a disability in boarding the bus? Or how many service animals a person with a disability can bring on a fixed route bus? If you have had these question or other ADA related questions accessible transportation, then this workshop is for you. This online course will cover regulatory requirements for fixed-route, ADA complementary paratransit, and demand responsive transportation. Instructors will also distinguish between what is a regulatory requirement and what are best practices in customer service.
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Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Webinar Available From/To: April 3- 30, 2023
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Determining Conditional Eligibility for ADA Complementary Paratransit addresses the very complex assessment of a person’s ADA eligibility when the applicant is functionally able to take the fixed route for some of his trips. Topics to be covered include developing a better understanding of disabilities and functional abilities; determining eligibility for persons with vision impairment; guidance for conducting in-person interviews and obtaining follow-up information from professionals; guidance for conducting physical functional assessments; and best practices in making “difficult” eligibility decisions.
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Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Start Date: April 3, 2023
End Date: May 31, 2023
Registration Fee: $150
This online training course is designed for ADA complementary paratransit managers who are new to the field. Content highlights the history of the the disability movement, paratransit eligibility, human resources management, key considerations in paratransit operations, and the basics in financial management that all paratransit managers need to know.
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Instructor : Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Registration Fee: $200
Course Start Date: April 3, 2023
Course End Date: June 16, 2023
Introduction to Travel Training is a comprehensive online course with hands-on, field activities. Participants will have the option of receiving a workbook and/or all materials electronically and will have access to a collection of useful electronic resources ready to use once they complete the course. The course consists of ten modules and covers strategies for training on rail systems and in rural communities in addition to the traditional fixed-route bus material.
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Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Webinar Available From/To: April 3 – 30, 2023
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Travel Training Assessments: Determining Student Competency addresses skills trainees should have prior to beginning a travel training program or working with a travel trainer. Learners will learn how to use the assessment process and other respectful methods to collect information in order to develop an understanding of a trainee’s baseline skills. Travel trainers must first determine baseline competency information and then develop a travel instruction plan to help the trainee work toward their independent travel goals. This webinar will address the methods by which a trainer can accomplish these tasks.
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Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Webinar Available From/To: May 1 – 31, 2021
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
Best Practices in Travel Training Assessments addresses the role of the assessment as the foundation in one-on-one travel instruction, as well as the methods that travel trainers can use to respectfully and thoroughly assess a prospective trainee’s skills and independent travel goals and needs. Learners will become versed in how to develop and enhance intake and assessment forms and will practice multiple trainee assessment strategies. This webinar also addresses the importance of developing assessments that thoughtfully consider topics such as community safety and fears related to travel training, path of travel barriers, disability information and trip planning.
*Note: Money orders, purchase orders, and checks are NOT accepted as forms of payment for online courses or webinars.