AT in the Workplace for Job-Seekers
Date:
Location:
Presenter(s):
About disability in the workplace
Assistive Technology available in your Resource Room
Additional Resources
- Person-centered language
- Direct communication
- Dangers of making assumptions: myths and consequences
- Apparent AND hidden disabilities
- The Law and FCC
- Deaf and hard of hearing awareness for job-seekers and staff
- Accessibility Considerations in your local office:
Greeting consumers
general environmental access
telephone access
training rooms
access to handouts and materials
purchasing alternative format materials and interpreting services
- Review of AT in your resource lab for deaf and hard of hearing clients
Amplified phone - hearing aid compatible telephone
TTY: direct connect phone, coupler style phone, software-based TTY, network TTY
"Show sounds" free utility for the accessible workstation computer
Hiring interpreters and contract considerations
Video relay services (as available)
Telephone relay service: AZ Relay Service
- A peek at the AT Arizona One-Stop Accessibility site:ATArizona.com
Handouts during this training are available immediately as regular file documents and large print versions of these same documents. If presenters and site supervisors are informed ahead of the date of the presentation, other alternative format materials may be available, such as electronic files, floppy disks, CD's, Braille transcript or audio versions. Handouts may be available in your Resource Room or through a Navigator, Disability Program Specialist, counselor or supervisor. Other documents are available online atarizona.com. Accomodations for Hard-of-Hearing or Deaf participants are available. ASL interpreters may be requested with advance notice to the host location and presenter several weeks prior to the session.
These training sessions are part of the RSA (Rehabilitation Services) and ACBVI Inc. program for to facilitate training and resource development for the use of staff in State of Arizona One-Stop Centers and for Vocational Rehabilitation staff of RSA. The AT Training Coordinator is BJ Bolender, Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ACBVI Inc.) The AT Trainer is Fausto Channave. Questions may be directed through the Feedback Form of the website http://www.atarizona.com and at http://www.acbvi.org Email contacts are: bbolender@acbvi.org and fchannave@acbvi.org.