HR and Leadership Disability Training

HR and Leadership Disability Training: Recommended for Management and HR professionals
The HR and Leadership Disability training educates leadership and HR professionals about disabilities, legal accommodation requirements, such as those in the ADA, and how to interact respectfully with individuals with disabilities. The training aims to foster an inclusive workplace and typically includes:

1. Definition of Disability: Understanding what constitutes a disability and its various types, including physical, sensory, cognitive, and developmental impairments.

2. Communication Skills: Learning respectful language and adapting communication styles to diverse needs.

3. Reasonable Accommodations: Identifying and providing necessary adjustments to tasks, schedules, or environments for employees with disabilities.

4. Interactive Process: Engaging in collaborative discussions between employers and employees to determine appropriate accommodations.

5. Unconscious Bias: Addressing and overcoming biases about individuals with disabilities.

Benefits of HR Disability Training:

- Increases awareness of disability diversity in the workplace.

- Improves relations and fosters an inclusive environment.

- Improves communication due to enhanced understanding of individuals with disabilities.

- Reduces stigma through challenging stereotypes and misconceptions about disabilities.

- Positively impacts recruitment and retention by attracting qualified individuals with disabilities.

Training completes a step in the process of becoming Certified as Disability-Friendly. Contact Dr. Kendra LaRoche, executive director at SNSC, for more information about the Certification process.