GASFA: Georgia Association of State Facilities Administrators

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Schedule:

Time	Session
8:00 am - 9:00 am	Sign in and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Opening Session (Room A412)
10:00 am - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 am - 11:30 am	Facility Track Session 1: 2010 Standards	General ADA Track Session 1: Your Role as ADA Coordinator	Employment/HR Track Session 1: Definition of Disability, the ADA Amendments & Medical Inquiries and Exams
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm	Facility Track Session 2: Existing Facilities & Program Access	General ADA Track Session 2: Making Reasonable Modifications to Policies, Practices or Procedures & Establishing Effective Communication	Employment/HR Track Session 2: Reasonable Accommodations
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Break
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm	Facility Track Session 3: Hands on Session for Transistion Planning	General ADA Track Session 3: Web Accessibility - Making your Website Usable for Everyone	Employment/HR Track Session 3: Performance Issues and Conduct in the Workplace
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm	Formalized Network Brainstorming Session (Room A412) - Open to All Attendees

General Information

As you know, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act calls on state and local governments to ensure that qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to participate in those programs, services and activities offered by state and local governments.

Successful ADA coordination and implementation requires a strong commitment from government leaders to ensure that our programs, services and activities are readily accessible to individuals with disabilities. This commitment involves ensuring that those officials responsible for ADA compliance possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to be successful in their duties.

For this purpose, the State ADA Coordinator’s Office, Georgia Association of State Facility Administrators (GASFA), and Council for State Personnel Administration (CSPA) are hosting a one-day ADA Conference: “The ADA for State and Local Governments”

Presenters from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will provide the latest information on the new ADA regulations, accessibility standards, implementation strategies, and best practices for state and local governments (See more information about the presenters)

Who Should Attend?

Title II of the ADA calls on state and local governments to ensure that qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to participate in those programs, services and activities offered by state and local governments.

This conference is intended for state and local government agency ADA Coordinators, program officials, facility administrators, human resource professionals, and other individuals with ADA compliance responsibilities under title II. Our goal is to make sure participants get useful information that is applicable to their work, and the session schedule is designed to meet the needs of attendees from these varied occupations and backgrounds.

In addition to a general session, the conference offers three learning tracks:

	*Facility Track:A comprehensive review of how the newly adopted 2010 ADA regulations and design standards affect our state and local governments’ construction compliance requirements, as well as a review of the ADA’s program access* requirement for existing facilities.
	*General ADA Track:* Clear, current information for ADA Coordinators that covers general and specific issues important to state government and provides strategies for effectively carrying out the role of an ADA Coordinator, addressing the ADA’s effective communication provisions (including new technology and video remote interpreting), and updating self-evaluation plans.
	*Employment/HR Track:* A review of the ADA Amendments Act and new regulations by the EEOC, disability-related inquiries and medical examinations, the reasonable accommodation mandate, and performance and conduct issues in the workplace.

Please be sure to indicate on the registration form any reasonable accommodations that you will need while attending the conference.

We hope that you will join us for this exciting opportunity!

An Additional Training Opportunity! An Orientation for New ADA Coordinators
The State ADA Coordinator’s Office is also hosting an additional “Orientation to the ADA” seminar to familiarize participants to their ADA compliance roles and provide basics on the ADA’s key terms and concepts. This seminar will take place a few weeks prior to the “ADA for State and Local Governments” one-day conference at the Georgia World Congress Center.

This seminar is strongly recommended as a starting point for new ADA Coordinators interested in participating in the “ADA for State and Local Governments” Conference on March 14, 2012. Experienced ADA Coordinators who need a review of ADA basic information are also invited to attend.

There is no fee for the Orientation Seminar.

The orientation seminar will be offered on February 28, 9 am – 12:30 pm, at the GSFIC-State ADA Coordinator’s Office, 270 Washington Street, Atlanta, GA 30334.

The seminar will be repeated on March 6 at the same time and location.

If you are interested in participating in the “Orientation to the ADA” seminar, please contact Barbara Tucker at 404.463.5646 or gaada@gsfic.ga.gov. Please be sure to indicate any reasonable accommodations that you will need while attending the seminar.