ADA Facilities Compliance Continuing Education Courses & Resources

Typical Day - Advanced Training

Pick-A-Disability Exercise (45 - 60 minutes)

This interactive exercise from the highly acclaimed “Windmills” program starts the day on an upbeat note by looking at how people view various disabilities. You will learn about perceptions and presumptions and how they affect you and 43 million others. Finally, “Pick-A-Disability” uncovers and analyzes the biggest barriers of all to people with disabilities.

ADA Facilities Compliance Surveys - (How much detail is needed?) (30 - 75 minutes)

A look at the variety of options to consider in facility surveys for barriers to people with disabilities. This session covers everything from the tradeoff between speed and thoroughness to the use of photographs, field computers, checklists and tricks for surveying accurately at high speed. You will learn how to decide when it is best to use trained and skilled surveyors and when you can use unskilled people to complete the task. You will review preplanning necessities, developing alternative solutions, priority-setting in the field and the role of the facility manager during the survey.

ADA Facility Compliance Reports and Databases (30 - 75 minutes)

Well-prepared reports are the critical link between field conditions and access decision-makers. In this section, you will learn when it is best to produce a hardcopy report and when to output to a computer database. You will see a full function database viewer in operation and learn what information is most useful during the barrier removal process. You’ll learn how to phase the work and when to prepare cost estimates of options for barrier removal being considered. The instructor will also discuss key considerations in the development of reports to maximize their usefulness in capital planning, budgeting, construction management, and facility management.

Budgeting for Surveys and Reports (15 minutes)

You will hear how facility surveyors around the country are currently charging for their services. You'll learn the many factors affecting the cost of surveying and reports, when it is smart to hire an experienced consultant and when it makes sense to “do your own.”

Barrier Removal Strategies (20 - 60 minutes)

Reviews some of the administrative methods now in use to coordinate the “good faith efforts” of various organizations around the country. This includes a discussion of priority setting and phasing techniques, evacuation planning, maintenance, and documentation of compliance efforts and database updating for continued use.

Liabilities under the ADA (15 - 30 minutes)

The ADA is a civil rights act, not a building code, therefore, liabilities are often misunderstood by building owners and designers. This session focuses on new liabilities for facility owners, landlords, tenants, ADA consultants, facility designers, and those who specify products for compliance. Practical advice is provided to help reduce those liabilities.

Flexible (Vague) Areas in the Regulations and ADAAG (30 - 240 minutes)

A significant number of areas of application are still uncertain. Our instructors will give you the benefit of their insights gained from thousands of hours of studying, discussing and teaching this pervasive law. Participants will select the topics.