Webinar
Reminder –
"ADA National Network Learning Session: Recovery
After Disasters and Individuals with Disabilities - What We Know and What We
Do Not"
March
14th, 2019
Webinars begin at 2.30pm EST/1.30pm CST/12.30pm
MST/11.30am PST/9:30am Hawaii.
Registration: Free on-line at http://www.adapresentations.org/registration.php
Registration closes at midnight,
March 13th, 2019.
Of the phases of the disaster cycle,
the recovery phase is the longest but the least explored with respect to the
experiences of people with disabilities. This session will provide an
overview of what research reveals about the needs of people with disabilities
and their families post-disaster. Barriers to the recovery process as well as
the resource and service roles of state and local agencies, FEMA, and
voluntary organizations post-disaster will be discussed.
Learning objectives:
- Attendees will learn what
research findings reveal about the needs of people with disabilities
post-disaster.
- Attendees will identify
barriers which individuals with disabilities and their families
encounter during the recovery phase of disaster.
Attendees will
identify recovery services and resources typically available through various
organizations post-disaster.
Presenters:
Dr. Laura M. Stough is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Assistant
Director at the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M
University. She directs Project REDD: Research and Education on Disaster and
Disability and currently serves as Chair of the Disability Task Force on
Emergency Management for the Division of Emergency Management for the State
of Texas and as Chair of the Emergency Management Special Interest Group for
the Association of University Centers on Disability.
Dr. Amy N. Sharp is the Director of the Texas Center for Disability Studies at
the University of Texas at Austin. She has developed online directories and
resource guides used by county extension agents and disaster recovery case
managers throughout Texas. Dr. Sharp has conducted evaluation and research
studies on how hurricanes impact individuals with disabilities.
Originally from California, Elizabeth
Hong moved to Texas four years ago. Liz is the mother of four
children, two with disabilities. She is a former special education teacher,
with a passion for educational rights, mental health and helping to support
families. She works at Texas Parent to Parent on the Family Support team
providing information for families whose child has a disability.
The information presented in this webinar is intended solely as
informal guidance, and is neither a determination of legal rights or
responsibilities by NIDILRR.
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