# Presentation: 492335

## Reasonable Accommodation

**By **
**Mayda LaRosse**
**Human Factors Consultant **
**Job Accommodation Network**
**May 8, 2003**
**Job Corps National Health and Wellness Conference**
**Phoenix, Arizona**

## Prompt
Courteous
Professional
Confidential

	Contact us today!
	800-526-7234
	800-ADA-WORK       
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	jan@jan.icdi.wvu.edu
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- Courteous
- Professional
- Confidential
- 	**Contact us today!**
**	****800-526-7234**
**	****800-ADA-WORK       **
**	****All lines Voice/TTY**
**	**_[jan@jan.icdi.wvu.edu](mailto:jan@jan.icdi.wvu.edu)_
**	**_[http://www.jan.wvu.edu](http://www.jan.wvu.edu/)_

**a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy **
**of the U.S. Department of Labor**

**Notes:**
JAN is an international, toll-free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations and the employability of people with functional limitations. Technical Assistance on the ADA and other disability legislation

Service of US DOL’s ODEP

Established in 1983/4 - through a federal research grant
Located on the campus of WVU in Morgantown, WV

All consultants hold at least a Master’s degree or higher in various backgrounds, Rehab, Education, ergo, business, economics, law

Anyone can contact us...
JAN 8-8 M-Th and 8-7 F.
So let’s begin to look at the accommodation process

## Reasonable Accommodation in Job Corps

- PRH Change Notice 00-03 (January 2001) requires admissions counselors (ACs) to collect information relating to an applicant’s reasonable accommodation needs
- Program Instruction 00-08 (January 2001) requires all centers and admissions contractors to develop policies and procedures to ensure that applicants and students are provided reasonable accommodation

## Job Corps Disability Data June-December 2002

- 5,019 students with disabilities enrolled during this period (16% of total enrollees)
- 1,444 Mental Health 	355 Drug/Alcohol
- 1,299 Cognitive 		336 Sensory
- 978 	Medical 		127 Physical
- 480 	Multiple
- 3,650 students requested accommodation (73% of students with disabilities)

**Notes:**
About 1/3 request before arrival, about 2/3 request after arrival

## Job Corps Disability Data June-December 2002

**Types of Accommodations Provided**
**Most Frequently**
- 	Psychotropic/psychiatric medications
- 	Chronic illness treatment/management
- 	Academic
- 	Mental health counseling/treatment
- 	Testing

## How Can JAN Help You Help Your Students?

- JAN consultants can provide information on:
- Accommodations for individual students in the classroom and on the job
- Products and vendors
- The Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, and Social Security regulations
- Other resources that you might
-    find helpful

## With the Help of JAN

*You* will be better able to serve your students by being prepared to determine if:
- 	Suggested accommodations are 	reasonable
- 	A direct threat issue exists
- 	An accommodation would cause undue 	hardship
- 	A student or applicant is qualified for the 	program
- 	There are other programs that might 	assist the student

## JAN cannot

- Diagnose a disability
- Determine if an applicant is appropriate for Job Corps
- Determine if an accommodation request is reasonable
- Review student records

## Before Calling JAN

- Know the applicant's limitations and abilities
- Know the requirements of the program(s)
- Know educational and psychological evaluation information, including the IEP (if applicable)
- Know other vocational programs that are available for the applicant if the one he/she is interested in does not work
***Read all**** *available information on the student/applicant

## What Happens When 

**Caller**

**Receptionist**

**Consultant**

**Research**

**Relay Information**

**What Happens When **
**You Call JAN?**

**Meeting**

## Explore JAN’s Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR)

- _[http://www.jan.wvu.edu/soar/](http://www.jan.wvu.edu/soar/)_
- Select the impairment
- Select the functional limitation
- Select the job function
- Explore potential accommodation solutions
- Contact vendors

**Notes:**
May access SOAR from JAN’s webpage
We also have Consultants corner, which discusses some of the issues that our callers talk to us about.

Run through examples:
Step 1 Select Impairment –psychiatric impairment
Step 2 Select the func. Limitation –Time Management and Organization 
Step 3 Select the job func. –Complete Projects and Meet Deadlines 
Step 4 Explore Potential Accommodation Solutions – such as providing written job instructions when possible; 
Allowing periodic rest breaks to reorient; Minimizing distractions with sound absorption panels, cubicle walls and doors 
Step 5 contacting vendors -Environmental sound machines 

## Slide 17

## Accommodation Examples and Case Studies

## Accommodation Example

- A center has a student with learning disabilities in the GED program. This student has dysgraphia and his handwriting is illegible.  This student has to write paragraphs and essays for classwork.
- What classroom accommodations might help him?

## Slide 20

## Accommodation Example

- A center has a student with learning disabilities in the GED program. This student has dyslexia, and reads on a 4th grade level. He has difficulty reading the textbook, tests, worksheets, and other print material.
- What classroom accommodations might help him?

## Slide 22

## Accommodation Example

- A center has a student with learning disabilities in the building maintenance program. He forgets to submit his project summaries on time.
- What classroom accommodations might help him?

## “talking” watch

**“****talking” watch**

**“****To Do” List**

**write outline **
**meet lab     **
**  ****partner **
**print out graphs**

**Verbal Prompts**

**Electronic Organizers**

**Calendars**

## Case Study

- A center has an applicant who has schizophrenia and is a recovering drug addict.  He has applied to the business/computer training program.

## Accommodations Provided

- The applicant’s medical records (current) did not indicate any behavior problems, no difficulty concentrating, no problem staying motivated and no cognitive deficits.
- The center director’s disability designee (CDD) contacted the applicant and arranged a interdisciplinary team (IDT) meeting.  After talking with the IDT, the applicant did not think he would need any accommodations at this time.

## Case Study

- A center has an 18 year-old applicant with spina bifida
- High school graduate
- Cranial shunt
- Bladder and bowel care needs
- Wheelchair user
- Wants to be a residential student
- Wants computer repair training

## Accommodations Provided

- Redid shower
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Hand rails
- Shower chair
- Provided microwave for catheter sterilization
- Made sure vocational training work area was accessible
- Provided dormitory room on first floor
- Safety officer made sure all areas accessible
- Buddy assigned for fire drills/emergencies

## Case Study

- 22 year-old with cerebral palsy and learning disabilities
-  High school graduate, cannot read or write
- Walks with a limp, has leg weakness with unsteady gait
- Carpentry

## Accommodations Provided

- Had IDT meeting, had vocational hands on assessment in carpentry, JAN was contacted and the following was provided
- Reading pen
- Talking tape measure
- Safety ladder
- Extra time (10 minutes) to get to and from vocation
- Adjustment to TAR to exclude ladder work above 6 feet and no scaffolding
- Bottom bed and first floor in dorm

## Job Accommodation Network 
a service of the 
Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor 

800-526-7234 
800-ADA-WORK 
	http://www.jan.wvu.edu

**Questions?***** ***

- Job Accommodation Network
- a service of the
- Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor
**800-526-7234 **
**800-ADA-WORK **
**	****http://www.jan.wvu.edu**

**Notes:**
Hopefully you have gained a little insight about JAN and the accommodation process.

Now do you have any questions.  Thank you.