Online courses for planning for those with functional and access needs

Post date: Jul 11, 2011 2:05:15 PM

Marcie Roth, Director of the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination, would like to inform you of New Courses on Planning for Disaster-Related Risk and Functional Needs of People with Disabilities: offered by The University of Kansas Research and Training Center. Feel free to share.

The University of Kansas Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are pleased to announce the release of two new and free continuing education courses on the TRAIN Internet educational system at www.train.org

One of the key concepts of FEMA’s “Whole Community” approach to emergency management is to understand and meet the true needs of the entire community. Continuing education courses can assist and these two new courses are designed for trainers and non-trainers. For trainers, the core curriculum can be used and modified with local information to be taught to local targeted audiences.

The 75-minute course for trainers is: Planning for Disaster-Related Risk and Functional Needs of People with Disabilities: Train-The-Trainer (course #1026720), For persons not planning to ever teach, a one-hour course is available under the following title and course number: Planning for Disaster-Related Risk and Functional Needs of People with Disabilities (course #1026403). These courses identify functional needs and seven risk factors associated with disasters and the health and safety of people with disabilities and how to prepare accordingly.

Other courses by RTC/IL staff on TRAIN include a two-hour introductory course titled, Ready, Willing, & Able (course #1020884). It is on disability etiquette, terminology, communication methods and evacuation tips to assist people with physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities.

A one-hour course titled, Animal Emergency Preparedness: How to Keep Your Service Animals and Pets Safe in Natural and Manmade Disasters (course #1025307) is on how to prepare for service animals and pets in the event of a disaster, and what to expect after a disaster.

If additional assistance is needed contact Cat Howland, MA, RTC/IL Project Manager:

catr@ku.edu 785- 864-4095 http://disabilityprepared.ku.edu