The CAAT office proudly presents “Prime Time,” a series of in-person webinars addressing accessibility and disability in academia, held once a month in Siek Campus Center Room 150. These webinars will be a great opportunity to have in-depth discussions with your peers about your experience and daily interaction with accessibility.
This will be a purr-fect webinar to attend, all you need to do is sign up.
Webinar Name: Individualized Interactive Accommodation and Fundamental Alteration Determinations: Law, Implementation, and Policy
Date: Tuesday, January 7
Time: 10 a.m. to Noon
Location: Siek Campus Center, Room 150
Blurb: This two-hour presentation will address the law and best practices for implementation of two essential processes:
- The individualized interactive communication process for determining appropriate accommodations
- The process for determining whether authorization of an accommodation would entail a fundamental alteration.
This webinar will address:
- What is the legal basis for requiring use of these processes?
- Must each of these processes be used in every instance where an accommodation is requested or denied?
- What do OCR and court decisions tell us about when each process is required?
- When must a school implement these processes and what are the best ways to do so?
- What are the elements of a compliant process?
- When should faculty be involved in these processes?
- What can be done in advance to prepare for when these processes must be used?
- Are there any model policies available to consider for adoption?