Presenter : Carol Wright Kenderdine, Easterseals Project Action
Webinar Available From/To: July 3-28, 2023
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
**NOTE: If you are a participant in or plan to register for the CAPM program, DO NOT use this link to register for this webinar. You can register for the CAPM Program HERE. If you’re already a participate in CAPM and need to register for this webinar, email ProjectAction@easterseals.com to request the registration link.
ADA Complementary Paratransit: Responding to Emergencies addresses considerations to be made when the paratransit preparedness plan must be put into action. Topics include coordination with other agencies, methods of communication, emergency communication, locating and assisting people with disabilities, what to do with pets and service animals and other considerations.
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Presenter : Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Webinar Available From/To: July 3-28, 2023
Registration/Purchase Fee: $25
**NOTE: If you are a participant in or plan to register for the CTTI program, DO NOT use this link to register for this webinar. You can register for the CTTI Program HERE. If you’re already a participate in CTTI and need to register for this webinar, email ProjectAction@easterseals.com to request the registration link.
Importance of Data Collection for Travel Training Programs addresses the ever-important role that data collection and training outcomes play in travel instruction. In addition to learning about a variety of tools and methods for collecting travel instruction data, learners will be taught specific outcomes to track at multiple intervals when working with trainees, and what can be done with that information to enhance training programs. Learners will explore the role that data collection and the synthesis of trainee data plays in growing programs, justifying expenditures, developing budgets, determining cost savings and more.
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Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin, Easterseals Project Action
Start Date: August 1, 2023
End Date: September 29, 2023
Registration Fee: $150
**NOTE: If you are a participant in or plan to register for the CTTI program, DO NOT use this link to register for this course. You can register for the CTTI Program HERE. If you’re already a participate in CTTI and need to register for this course, email ProjectAction@easterseals.com to request the registration link.
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: August 1, 2023
End Date: September 29, 2023
Registration Fee: $150
**NOTE: If you are a participant in or plan to register for the CAPM program, DO NOT use this link to register for this course. You can register for the CAPM Program HERE. If you’re already a participate in CAPM and need to register for this course, email ProjectAction@easterseals.com to request the registration link.
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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Instructor: Carol Kenderdine, Vice President of Transportation & Mobility, Easterseals Transportation Group
Start Date: October 2, 2023
End Date: October 31, 2023
Registration Fee: $100
**NOTE: If you are a participant in or plan to register for the CAPM program, DO NOT use this link to register for this course. You can register for the CAPM Program HERE. If you’re already a participate in CAPM and need to register for this course, email ProjectAction@easterseals.com to request the registration link.
This online training course is designed for ADA complementary paratransit managers to assist in the areas of procurement and vehicles and facilities maintenance. Easy to use procedures and checklists are provided to make these two seemingly complex tasks manageable for busy paratransit managers.
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Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin (Easterseals Project Action) and Kelly Krispinski (COMS, Travel Trainer)
Start Date: October 2, 2023
End Date: October 31, 2023
Registration Fee: $75
This online training course is designed for Orientation & Mobility Specialists who want to learn more or are interested in becoming travel trainers. The content is focused on the AER O&M Position Paper on O&M Specialist and the Provision of Travel Instruction for Individuals with Nonvisual Disabilities. This is Part 1 of 2 of the course and will focus on the following:
Module 1: The medical and functional aspects of persons with intellectual, physical, perceptual, and learning disabilities, as well as persons with psychological disorders, autism, traumatic brain injury, and attention deficit disorder.
Module 2: The use of mobility-related devices, such as wheelchairs, walkers, support canes, scooters, etc. and proper methods for device use on lifts/ramps and securements on public transit vehicles.
This course is not limited to O&M Specialists, but has been developed for this specific audience.
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Instructor: Kristi McLaughlin (Easterseals Project Action) and Kelly Krispinski (COMS, Travel Trainer)
Start Date: October 2, 2023
End Date: October 31, 2023
Registration Fee: $75
This online training course is designed for Orientation & Mobility Specialists who want to learn more or are interested in becoming travel trainers. The content is focused on the AER O&M Position Paper on O&M Specialist and the Provision of Travel Instruction for Individuals with Nonvisual Disabilities. This is Part 2 of 2 of the course and will focus on the following:
Module 1: Environmental analysis for trainees with intellectual, emotional, or physical disabilities who are affected by features such as the social environment, visual and auditory stimuli, and physical barriers in the path of travel.
Module 2: Assessment, instructional methods, and strategies for working with persons with intellectual, emotional, or physical disabilities, including travel skills that incorporate the use of normal vision into the teaching methodology.
This course is not limited to O&M Specialists, but has been developed for this specific audience.
*Note: Money orders, purchase orders, and checks are NOT accepted as forms of payment for online courses or webinars.