Date/Time: May 12, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Location: Webinar
Description: These 90 minute webinars are delivered by the Pacific ADA Center using the Blackboard Collaborate webinar platform. All sessions will be captioned, recorded and archived.
This program is delivered via both webinar platform and via telephone (additional charges may apply). Real-time captioning is available via the webinar platform.
All webinars offered have real-time closed captioning for persons who are hearing impaired. The webinars are accessible to people with vision disabilities by using screen readers. The webinar system is also accessible to people with mobility/dexterity impairments who use keyboard commands instead of mouse clicks.
Full and meaningful inclusion of individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs in the emergency management process needs shared understanding, cultural competence, effective communication, inclusive practices, and comprehensive emergency management principles. Personal preparedness education combined with accessible and inclusive emergency management can enable individuals with disabilities and others with access and functional needs to participate in a meaningful way with emergency managers and planners.
The first part of this presentation will outline essential components to including community stakeholders in planning, structuring planning strategies to be inclusive, and applying whole community principles to all phases of the emergency preparedness process. Activities of persons with disabilities in preparedness, planning, statewide exercises, event evacuations and responses from Hawaii will be shared.
The second part of this presentation will focus on increasing understanding of how the individuals with intellectual and developmental, their families, and staff can better understand needs during a crisis, and how they can gain skills in mitigating the impact of an event.
After participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:
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Identify essential criteria to creating an inclusive planning team.
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Recognize the potential roles and responsibilities of stakeholders with disabilities and others with access and functional needs in the preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities.
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Understand what it means to have “functional needs” during a crisis.
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Identify barriers that individuals with disabilities may have in preparing for, or responding to a disaster, that could complicate recovery.
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Name five simple steps that people could take that may result in a quicker recovery after a disaster.
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Describe the importance of personal preparedness in the planning process.
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Identify essential criteria to creating an inclusive planning team.
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Recognize the potential roles and responsibilities of stakeholders with disabilities and others with access and functional needs in the preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities.
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