Learn to navigate legal obligations to accommodate under the ADA and maximize career advancement opportunities.
Neurodiversity in workers brings skills and talents to the workplace. This training will help an organization hire, retain, and advance neurodistinct workers. Many employers may underestimate the potential within job seekers and employees with mental health and intellectual disabilities. Our presentation offers practical strategies for fostering inclusion and accessibility and guides employers through the process of accommodating employees effectively. Join for a training that provides actionable and practical insights to create a workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn to navigate legal obligations to accommodate under the ADA and maximize career advancement opportunities for employees with behavioral health disorders or developmental disabilities. Understand the role of executive functioning coaching as a reasonable accommodation for employees with mental health or behavioral health disorders.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to explain what neurodiversity is.
- You will be able to review obligations to accommodate.
- You will be able to discuss accommodations or adjustments for neurodiverse workers.
- You will be able to identify effectiveness of reasonable accommodations.
Agenda
What Is Neurodiversity and Why Are Individuals With Mental Health or Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Important Workers for a Business?
- Accessibility During the Hiring Process
- Skills, Talents, and Legal Obligations to Accommodate
- Supported Employment and Neurodiversity Hiring Programs
Accommodations or Adjustments in the Workplace for Neurodiverse Workers
- Reasonable and Effective ADA Accommodations for Employees With Mental Health or Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
- Career Mobility and Advancement of Neurodistinct Workers
- Increase Effectiveness of Reasonable Accommodations for Employees With Mental Health Conditions Who Are Onboarding, Staying at Work, or Returning to Work After Mental Health Leave of Absence.
- Executive Functioning Coaching as a Reasonable Accommodation for Individuals With Mental or Behavioral Health Disorders.
Speakers
Cloie Johnson, ME.d, CCM, ABVE/D,
OSC Vocational Systems, Inc.- Rehabilitation Counselor, Case Manager, and co-owner of OSC Vocational Systems, Inc.
- Practices in the rehabilitation field since 1987 providing consultation, opinion, and vocational expert testimony in workers’ compensation, personal injury, and employment discrimination cases
- Has expertise in providing earning capacity assessments and preparing life care plans and medical bill reviews in injury cases involving the complicated constellation and interplay of physical, mental, and emotional impairment
Erin McPhee,
Councelor- Nationally certified Rehabilitation Counselor with a career spent embedded within employer HR departments facilitating ADA accommodations in complex work situations
- Specialty areas include disability accommodations in complex work situations and effectively utilizing Executive Functioning Coaching as a reasonable accommodation
- Experienced HR Specialist working both private and public sectors, local and global employers; most recently for Google and currently at King County
- Responsible for a Supported Employment Program of employees with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Stood up the first neurodiversity accommodation program at Google
- Executive Function Coach and Speaker
- B.A. degree in Psychology and a M.A. degree from Western Washington University
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for human resource managers, benefits professionals, attorneys, presidents, vice presidents, business owners and managers, controllers, accountants, and CFOs.
