Webinar Jan 8th: Emergency Management and Preparedness-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

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ADA National Network/FEMA Webinar Series:

Emergency Management and Preparedness-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

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Announcing a new webinar - "FEMA Promising Practice: Whole Community Inclusion Emergency Preparedness Planning at the State Level" January 8th, 2015 Webinars begin at 2.30pm ET/1.30pm CT/12.30 pm MT/11.30am PT/9.30am Hawaii. Registration: Free on-line at http://www.adapresentations.org/registration.php The webinar will cover two state efforts. Utah will summarize the new model of planning resulting from a taskforce of trusted leaders of CBO's that advocate for People with Disabilities, local leaders of refugee communities, and representatives from public health and Emergency Management. The taskforce considered the problems of how to locate and communicate with the whole community during a disaster. The Georgia Emergency Preparedness Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults has developed a network and preparedness resources not only for individuals with disabilities and older adults but for the emergency preparedness and response planning agencies throughout the state. Speakers will provide information on how the coalition strives to integrate key concepts of inclusion, integration, equal access, self-determination, physical access, effective communication and reasonable modifications in all preparedness planning. Presenters: Rich Foster, Utah State Department of Health. Rich Foster retired from teaching and joined VISTA where he was assigned to work on the preparedness program for Salt Lake City. He was later employed by the Utah Department of Health as Preparedness Coordinator for People with Disabilities and other Access and Functional Needs. He has been in public health and emergency management for 6 years. Betsy Kagey, Georgia Emergency Preparedness Coalition. As the Academic and Special Projects Liaison in the Emergency Preparedness and Response Section of the Office of Health Protection in GDPH, Dr. Kagey's work entails emergency planning for vulnerable and special needs populations, public health emergency preparedness collaboration with academic institutions in Georgia and environmental health issues associated with disaster response and recovery. Dr. Kagey is a member of the Georgia Coalition for Emergency Preparedness for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults. Jennifer Hogan, Georgia Emergency Preparedness Coalition. As the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for the Georgia Division of Aging Services, Jennifer Hogan works with older adults, the 12 Area Agencies on Aging, State and local partners to coordinate disaster preparedness planning for older adults and people with disabilities. Jennifer has over ten years of experience preventing fraud, abuse, neglect and exploitation of older adults and people with disabilities. She is a certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer. She is also a member of the Emergency Preparedness Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults. These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform. Collaborate downloads files to your machine in order to run. We recommend that you prepare your technology prior to the start of the session. You may need the assistance of your IT Staff if firewalls prevent you from downloading files. To view all of the sessions for the coming year, or to see previous sessions, go to http://www.adapresentations.org/schedule.php

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