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DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, October 25 and Friday\, October 26\, 2018\n\nL
 ocation: Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch\n315 Chestnut Street\, St. Lo
 uis\, MO 63102\n\nOnline Registration\n\nRegistration on or before Septemb
 er 21\, 2018 \n\n\n	AHEAD members: $495\n	Non-AHEAD members: $595\n\n\nReg
 istration after September 21\, 2018\n\n\n	AHEAD members: $545\n	Non-AHEAD 
 members: $645\n\n\nThere are NO refunds after September 21. Before and on 
 September 21\, ALL cancellations incur a $95 cancellation fee.\n\nDescrip
 tion\n\nAre you in your first three years of disability resource work? Are
  you hiring staff new to the field? Do you notice gaps in your knowledge t
 hat a foundational experience would help to fill? If so\, this is the even
 t for you.\n\nThe AHEAD Start Academy will offer a foundational experience
  to disability resource professionals just acquiring or continuing to buil
 d fundamental knowledge and skills. With a team of highly experienced\, na
 tionally-respected presenters and three full days\, you’ll have the chan
 ce to explore\, discuss\, and apply concepts important to building equity 
 on college campuses. The Academy is designed to orient\, refresh\, and eng
 age those newer to the field. The curriculum is based on\, but expanded fr
 om\, the AHEAD Start workshops that have trained over 500 disability resou
 rce staff members over more than 10 years. This new event takes the compre
 hensive goals of that workshop and expands them to prepare participants wi
 th the knowledge and skills to address disability-related barriers and eng
 age campus stakeholders.\n\nDisability resource staff enter the field with
  a variety of backgrounds\, from student affairs to the K-12 system to voc
 ational rehabilitation and the law. While each of these fields provides pe
 rtinent information\, in isolation they cannot provide the breadth of know
 ledge and critical judgement necessary to analyze access barriers\, apply 
 consistent principles to diverse situations\, and impact established syste
 ms that do not anticipate difference.\n\nRecognizing that disability resou
 rce professionals set the tone for how a campus frames and responds to dis
 ability\, the Academy begins with a foundation in disability studies\, soc
 ial justice\, and civil rights. After framing disability in diversity and 
 exploring essential legal principles\, participants will be guided in thei
 r exploration of common and emerging issues. Topics include:\n \n\n\n	\n	
 Disability studies: critical analysis of disability in society\, media\, d
 esign and services\n	\n	\n	Legal concepts: the interactive process\, funda
 mental alteration\, undue burden\, direct threat\, reasonable accommodatio
 ns\; 504\, the ADA as amended\, case law and settlement agreements\n	\n	\n
 	The interactive process: student interview\, documentation\, and decision
 -making in context\n	\n	\n	Access barrier analysis and accommodation deliv
 ery: service design\, assistive technology\, accommodation coordination\, 
 and faculty interactions\n	\n	\n	Outreach and consultation: campus leaders
 hip and influence in the instructional\, physical\, technology\, and polic
 y environments\n	\n	\n	Hot topics: animals on campus\, attendance and assi
 gnment flexibility\, housing\, leaves of absence\, technical standards\n	\
 n\n\nUnlike online trainings and other forms of distant education\, the AH
 EAD Start Academy provides the opportunity for attendees to engage with ot
 hers to develop a professional network\, the most valuable professional de
 velopment tool available! Follow-up activities connect and support partici
 pants when they return to their campuses. Whether you work alone\, with a 
 large staff\, or address disability as one component of a larger role\, jo
 in us for this comprehensive\, three-day introduction to a dynamic field.\
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SUMMARY:AHEAD START An Academy for New(er) Disability Resource Professional
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