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 is a cooperative agreement (#01CAM0016) between the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston in collaboration with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.