OOD is pleased to host a six-part webinar series – The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook. The first five sessions of this webinar series will focus on different disability groups. In the final session, you will learn when and why an employer can ask an employee if they need an accommodation, and best practices to support disability inclusion in the workplace.  

The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook Session Two:
Physical Disabilities 

Date: August 18, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. 

Description: In Session Two of The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook, learn best practices for navigating the interactive process with employees who have physical disabilities, ways to foster a disability-inclusive workplace, and ideas for providing effective reasonable accommodations.  

Presenters: 
Julie Wood, OTR/L, ADAC, Worksite Accessibility Specialist
Dustin Schwab, Career Development Specialist 

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, and programs in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request an accommodation based on a disability, please contact Chris Glover at Chris.Glover@ood.ohio.gov by August 11, 2022. 

The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook Session Three:
Mental Health Disabilities 

Date: September 14, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. 

Description: In Session Three of The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook, learn best practices for navigating the interactive process with employees who have mental health disabilities, ways to foster a disability-inclusive workplace, and ideas for providing effective reasonable accommodations. 

Presenters: 
Julie Wood, OTR/L, ADAC, Worksite Accessibility Specialist
Dustin Schwab, Career Development Specialist

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, and programs in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request an accommodation based on a disability, please contact Chris Glover at Chris.Glover@ood.ohio.gov by September 7, 2022.

The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook Session Four:
Neurodiversity at Work

Date: October 19, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. 

Description: In Session Four of The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook, learn best practices for navigating the interactive process through the lens of neurodiversity, ways to foster a disability-inclusive workplace, and ideas for providing effective reasonable accommodations. 

Presenters: 
Julie Wood, OTR/L, ADAC, Worksite Accessibility Specialist
Dustin Schwab, Career Development Specialist

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, and programs in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request an accommodation based on a disability, please contact Chris Glover at Chris.Glover@ood.ohio.gov by October 12, 2022.

The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook Session Five:
Sensory Disabilities

Date: November 17, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. 

Description: In Session Five of The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook, learn best practices for navigating the interactive process with employees who have sensory disabilities, ways to foster a disability-inclusive workplace, and ideas for providing effective reasonable accommodations. 

Presenters: 
Julie Wood, OTR/L, ADAC, Worksite Accessibility Specialist
Dustin Schwab, Career Development Specialist

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, and programs in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request an accommodation based on a disability, please contact Chris Glover at Chris.Glover@ood.ohio.gov by November 10, 2022.

The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook Session Six:
What Can I Ask, and Why?

Date: December 14, 2022
Time: 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. 

Description: In Session Six of The Employers’ Reasonable Accommodation Handbook, learn when and why an employer can ask an employee if they need an accommodation, and best practices to support disability inclusion in the workplace.  

Presenters: 
Julie Wood, OTR/L, ADAC, Worksite Accessibility Specialist
Dustin Schwab, Career Development Specialist

Reasonable Accommodation Statement: Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, and programs in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. To request an accommodation based on a disability, please contact Chris Glover at Chris.Glover@ood.ohio.gov by December 7, 2022.

The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.		Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.

Each webinar in this series has been approved for 1.00 HR (General) re-certification credit hour toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ re-certification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) and 1.00 SHRM Professional Development Credit (PDC) hour toward SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.