National Service Inclusion Project: Training and Technical Assistance
Topics
We are happy to provide training and technical assistance on these or other topics:
Values That Guide and Current Best Practices on Inclusion
- Person-First Language and Inclusion Etiquette
- Who Are People with Disabilities/What Is a Disability?
- What Makes Someone "Qualified"?
- Moving Beyond Accessibility: Creating an Inclusive and Welcoming Environment
Disclosure
- Why People Do or Do Not Disclose
- What Is the Impact of Not Disclosing?
- What to Do When Someone Discloses a Disability to You
- Creating and Maintaining an Environment That Encourages Disclosure
Outreach, Recruitment, and Retention
- How to Conduct Effective Outreach and Recruitment with People with Disabilities
- Interviewing: Welcoming and Appropriate Questions and Responses
- How to Develop Inclusive Service Descriptions
- Inclusive Management and Supervision
- Asset-Based Assessment and Development
Legal Responsibilities
- The History of the Law
- The Spirit and Intent of the Law
- Disclosure and the Law
- My Legal Responsibilities as a CNCS Grantee
- Reasonable Accommodations and the Law
- Legal Exemptions
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA)
Reasonable Accommodations
- Reasonable Accommodations: Definition and Responsibilities
- Developing a Policy on Reasonable Accommodations
- Assistive and Adaptive Products and Technology: No-Tech, Low-Tech, and High-Tech
Accessibility and Design
- How to Ensure Access for Everyone: Architectural, Programmatic, Communication, Alternative Format Access, and Technology
- Universal Design
- Preparing for Accessibility Site Visits
- Conflict Resolution Through Negotiation
- The History of the Independent Living Movement
- Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
- How Will National Service Affect Disability Benefits: Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance
- Disability Inclusion in Culturally Diverse Communities
- When Someone Acquires a Disability
- Tips and Tools to Assist Senior Citizens to Live Independently
Specialized Other Topics
- Developing a Collaborative Action Plan for Inclusion
- Conflict Resolution Through Negotiation
- The History of the Independent Living Movement
- Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities
- How Will National Service Affect Disability Benefits: Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability Insurance
- Disability Inclusion in Culturally Diverse Communities
- Tips and Tools to Assist Senior Citizens to Live Independently
©The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) is a training and technical assistance provider on disability inclusion, under a cooperative agreement (#08TAHMA001) from Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). NSIP partners with the Association on University Centers on Disability, National Council on Independent Living, Association on Higher Education and Disability and National Down Syndrome Congress to build connections between disability organizations and all CNCS grantees, including national directs, to increase the participation of people with disabilities in national service.