Feedback from workshop participants:

• A real eye opener as to how unprepared we really are and the enormity of the challenge! Lesley Woolcock
• June’s sense of humor, knowledge, sharing (actual experiences, focus on individuality rather than grouping people Trish Ballantyne
• The presenter was extremely knowledgeable. Invited questions and encouraged discussion.
• Great training. It opened my eyes to a bigger population with special needs. For example non-English speaker etc. Yolanda Smaldino
• The single most well thought out, most practical EP presentations that we have had.
• Practical and real. So much of our EP training hasn’t seemed practical /real but rather theoretical and disjointed. Anita Jensen
• June has motivated and educated Madera towards a good start! Cheryl Edgar
• What did you like about the training? The several “Aha” realizations I had. Very informative and enlightening.
• Very informative and tremendously insightful! Very much needed!!
• I particularly like hearing information from someone with personal experience and passion for the process.
• Although much of the information was not designed specifically for schools, it was relevant and easily applicable, plus quite entertaining. As a Director of Special Education, the participant conversations and sharing, plus the presentation, provided much foundational information. Onward…towards student safety and preparedness. Loved your humor!
• The trainer was very engaging, responsive and informative. The material was comprehensive and educational.
• Great presentation – June is knowledgeable, entertaining and made the mass amount of information given easy to understand; very motivating.
• Well organized, answered questions clearly, extensive information.
• I want to thank you again for that fabulous presentation; you and Richard were absolutely TERRIFIC and you left us feeling very excited about being a part of the FAST team.Tandy Robinson
• Carried the day
• What a big help
• Excellent - open - involved participants - maintained contact with the participants and held it - lots of energy! Estelle Hetzler
• Very relaxed and motivational and inclusive. Mike Honig
• Very personable, creates a strong feeling of trust and comfort in course and group.  Casual yet efficient, great sense of humor. Valerie Findley
• Your input was invaluable. You helped me see what's possible. Bob Bacon, Deputy Directory, Iowa University-affiliated program, University Hospital School, Iowa City, Iowa

Mass Care: Building Disability Actionable Practice Competencies
North Carolina Emergency Management Fall Conference, Sunset Beach, NC, 0.13.15

Inclusive Emergency Planning: Lessons to Apply - Part 1 of 2

• North Carolina Emergency Management Fall Conference , Sunset Beach, NC 10.12.15
• Getting It Right Workshop, Portlight Strategies, Inc., Hampton Roads, Virginia,  2/24-25/15

DOING BETTER TOGETHER:  MODERNIZING STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT!

• Getting It Right Workshop, Portlight Strategies Arlington, VA. 7/31/15
• 2015 EMERGENCY PLANNING CONFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WITH ALL ABILITES,
  Washington State Independent Living Council (WASILC) in partnership with the Centers for Independent Living of Washington, 6/30/15

Emergency Registries and Technology Alternatives, California State Northridge Technology Conference, With Richard Devylder, Chief, Office for Acces and Functional Needs, San Diego, California 3/20/14

Oakland California's Journey from Emergency Management Defendant to Model City for Inclusionary Practices, 1/8/14.Pacific ADA center

Emergency Preparedness for PAS Users, Webinar, Transcript, Personal Assistance Center for Personal Assistance Services 8/23/13

Sheltering: Using FEMA's Functional Needs Guidance in Shelters, with Janice Springer, Webinar, ADA Pacific Center, 6/26/13

Integrating Access and Functional Needs into Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery - focuses on developing plans that integrate people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs into response and recovery by specifically addressing communication, sheltering, evacuation and transportation concerns L197. This is a FEMA course update to the old G 197 course “Emergency Planning for Functional Needs Populations” which is no longer available.

• Franklin County, Pennsylvania 6/2-3/14
• Los Angeles County, California 12/15-15/11, 5/14-15/14
• Monterey, California 8/19-20/14
• Oakland, California 11/16-17/11
• Orange County, California 2/25-26/12, 3/25-26/14
• Oroville, California 10/14-15/14 
• San Diego, California 9/7-8/12, 2/17-18/15
• San Bernardino, California 8/21-22, 28-29/12, 4/22-23/14
• Santa Barbara, California 5/6-7/14
• Santa Clara, California 8/21-22/14
• Sonoma, California 2/10-11/15
• Sonora, California 10/27-28/14

Overviews

• FEMA’s 2012 NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS SYMPOSIUM “Increasing Preparedness to Build Community Resilience” in Crystal City, Virginia; 8/7-8/12
• Arizona, 6/29/12
• Promising Disability Inclusive Practices From FEMA’s ODIC http://gettingreal-ii.webcaston.tv/  Getting Real II Conference 9/12-14/11 with Richard Devylder and Michael Logan

• Hawaii 6/19-20/12
• Minnesota 10/25-25/11
• Missouri Team Trainings - 7/6-7/11
• Missoula, Montana - 6/14/13 - Customizing Functional Assessment Service Teams for Montana - Overview and Future Planning

• Oakland 5/13-14/09
• Los Angeles 5/20-21/09
• Sacramento 6/25-26/09, 6/22-23/11
• Marin County FAST June 6-7/13

• Contra Costa 3/13-14/12
• Los Angeles / Orange 4/7-8/10, 4/6-7/11, 4/12-13/12
• Kern 5/12-13/10
• Marin 6/6-7/13
• Monterey 5/24-25/10
• Santa Clara / Monterey 2/910/11
• San Diego 6/26-27/12
• San Francisco / San Mateo 2/23-24/11, 3/27-28/12
• Riverside / San Bernardino 4/19-20/11, 4/23-24/12
• Placer 6/22-23/11

• Richmond, California 6/1-2/11
  

Whole Community Planning

• Emergency Registries and Alternatives: Tools for Decision Makers, Getting Real II- Inclusive Emergency Management for the Whole Community, Arlington, VA 9/12-14/11
• Emergency Registries: An Objective Analysis Tool,National Association of County and City Health Officials Transcript (NACCHO) Webinar, 9/1/11
• Emergency Registries for People with Disabilities - Questions & Cautions,National Council on Independent Living Annual Conference 7/15/11
• Emergency Registries for Evacuating & / or Assisting People with Disabilities & Activity Limitations - An Effective Tool or False Expectations, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Webcast 8/31/09
• A Realistic Look at Emergency Registries for People with Disabilities - An Effective Tool or False Expectations? Where Are We? Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference, Tacoma, WA.

• California Gold Country - Tuolumne and Amador Counties with Gary Gleason, Nusura, 9/21-22/11
• Access Service, Los Angeles with Gary Gleason,  2/28/11

Tabletop Exercise for People with Access & Functional Needs with Kathleen Henderson, Office of Emergency Services, Riverside Department of Public Health, 10/25/10 

Lesson for Montana – From the California Wildfires? 10th Annual Community Services Bureau Conference,  Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services; Senior, Long Term Care Division's Community Services Bureau; & Montana Case Management Association, Billings, MT.  10/3/08

Engaging People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness, Response, & Recovery, Ignite and Unite: A Partnership Summit To Strengthen Communities (Hosted by White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives & California Volunteers) Sacramento, CA.  8/18/08

Working Emergency Planning & Preparedness Forum: Including People With Disabilities & Activity Limitations.

• Sponsored by City of San Diego Disability Services Program, Area Board XIII on Developmental Disabilities and Access to Independence. 1/23/08
• 2008 Stakeholder Planning Conference, Kern County Office of Emergency Services, Bakersfield, CA. 2/20/08

California Foundation for Independent Living Centers Access to Readiness Summit "Increasing Disability Preparedness Together" Functional Assessment Service Teams (FAST) - Southern California  Wildfires Response with Vicki Cuscino, Richard Devylder, Helen Lopez, Andy Mudryk, Shannon McCrosky, Christie Rudder, Martin Sweeny, Sacramento, CA. 1/11/08

Disaster Lights & Disaster Heavies: Relevant Emergency Preparedness Information for People with Disabilities

• County of Riverside Public Health Department. 2/17/09, 4/6-7/09
• Making Emergency Preparedness Real for People with Disabilities, Emergency  Preparedness and Disaster Planning for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Los Angeles, CA.  4/214/08
• 10th Annual Community Services Bureau Conference, Sponsored by: Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services; Senior, Long Term Care Division's Community Services Bureau; & Montana Case Management Association, Billings, MT.  10/3/08
• ILRU Webcast: Part 1- 11/9 & Part 2 - 11/16/07.

Are You Really Ready? Plan Now or Suffer & Muddle Through Later! Your Role in Disaster Planning, Preparedness, Response, & Recovery

• County of Riverside Public Health Department. 3/17/08, 2/17/09, 4/6-7/09
• An Educational Summit for Utah’s Long-Term Care Providers, South Towne Exposition Center, Salt Lake City, UT. 7/17-18/08
• City of Oakland, CA. 10/1/07.
• Faith Communities and Emergency Preparedness – An All Persons Approach Conference, Minnesota, MN. 8/16/07.
• Really Ready: Disaster Preparedness for Long Term Care, California Association of Health Facilities, Garden Grove, CA. 9/5/07.

Infusing Disability Literacy & Competency in Emergency Planning

2007 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference & ExpoGrand Rapids, MI. 5/9/07

Applying Disaster Lessons Documented & Moving Beyond Special Needs

• Lesson for Montana – From California Wildfires? 10th Annual Community Services Bureau Conference, Sponsored by: Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services; Senior, Long Term Care Division's Community Services Bureau; & Montana Case Management Association, Billings, MT.  10/3/08
• Functional Needs versus Special Needs Planning and Response - Moving Beyond Special Needs — Making Disaster Lessons Real! Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference, Tacoma, WA.  4/2/08
• Minnesota Department for Health Office of Emergency Preparedness, Are You Really Ready? Plan Now or Suffer & Muddle Through Later! Your Role in Disaster Planning, Preparedness, Response, & Recovery Faith Communities & Emergency Preparedness – An All Persons Approach Conference, St. Paul, MN.  8/16/07.
• 2007 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference & Expo Grand Rapids, MI. 5/10/07
• National Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Conference, Los Angeles, CA 5/16/06.
• Southwest Conference on Disability, Albuquerque, NM, 10/4-6/06.

Making Lessons Documented - Real!

• Analysis of Disaster Plans of 21 Regional Centers and 7 Developmental Centers - Department of Developmental Services Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee, Sacramento, CA. 10/18/06.
• World Bank, Washington, DC. 1/23/07.
• Access to Readiness Disability Summit on Emergency Preparedness, Sacramento, CA. 12/11/06.
• Department of Developmental Services, Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee, Sacramento, CA 10/18/06.
• Integrating Disability Issues into Instructors' Toolkits, with Hilary  Styron and Elizabeth Davis. National Center for Biomedical Research and Training 4th Annual Instructor Professional Development Conference Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge River Center Baton Rouge, LA. 8/17/06.
• Working Conference on Emergency Management and Individuals with Disabilities and the Elderly, HHS Conference at Marriott Wardman Hotel, Washington, D.C. 6/30/06.

Policy Issues - Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities, California Foundation of Independent Living Centers, Sacramento, CA. 2/27/06.

• Lanterman Regional Center, Los Angeles, CA. 1/30/06, 1/14-18/05, 12/8/00.

Plan Now or Suffer & Muddle Through Later! The Role of Disability Community Based Organizations in Disaster Planning, Preparedness, Response, Recovery & Mitigation Activities

• Emergency Preparedness Plan Reviews of Developmental and Regional Centers, California Department of Developmental Disabilities - Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee, Sacramento, CA. 8/9/07.
• Residential and Day Program Providers - Lanterman Regional Center, Los Angeles, CA. 11/14/06 and 1/13/07.
• Online Course, sponsored by IL NET: ILRU/NCIL National Training and Technical Assistance Training Program &Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities, 10/2-20/06, 1/22-2/9/07.
• 2005 Virginia Public Safety Outreach Conference, Richmond, VA.  11/15/05
• Association of Programs Rural Independent Living, Honolulu, HI. 10/8/05.
• State Independent Living Council, Sacramento, CA.  5/25/05.
• The Role of the State Independent Living Council in Disaster Services, with Bill Scott and Glen White, State Independent Living Council Congress, Phoenix, AZ. 1/4-6/05.
• Lanterman Regional Center, Los Angeles, CA. 1/30/06, 1/14-18/05, 12/8/00.

Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

• Texas State Independent Living Council Annual Conference, El Paso, TX.  3/6/06.
• Prepare For All Abilities, 2005 Virginia Public Safety Outreach Conference, Richmond, VA.  11/15/05.
• Lanterman Regional Center, Los Angeles, CA. 10/10/06, 2/15/06, 1/21/05, 7/17/03, 3/23/98. 

In the Aftermath of Katrina, with Lex Frieden, Michael Winter, Thomas Kelley, Glen White, John Lancaster,  and Gary Maddox, Association of Programs Rural Independent Living, Honolulu, HI. 10/8/05.

Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities, sponsored by National Organization on Disability, U.S. Department of Homeland Security &  National Capitol Region, 9/ 22-25/04.

• Developing a Strategic and Inclusive Approach to Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning that Benefits People of All Abilities with Vincent Campbell, Ph.D., Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Marco Pardi - CDC, Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Dr. Michael Fox - University of Kansas, Dr. Tony Cahill - University of New Mexico.
• Funding Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities: A Workshop for Grant Makers and Grant Seekers with Jeanne Argoff - Disability Funders Network (DFN), Susan Dooha, Director - The Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY), Harilyn Rousso – DFN.

Emergency Evacuation for People with Disabilities

• National Fire Protection Association – NFPA World Safety, Conference & Exposition® Salt Lake City, UT. 524/004.
• Select Summit on: Disability & Health A Call to Action, Des Moines, IA. November 2003.
• Mt. San Antonio College, Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Training Program. March 2002.

Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities, an Interagency Seminar of Exchange for Federal Managers, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington DC. December 2003

• Egress (3 Breakout Session with Edwina Julliet
• Putting it All Together, Closing Plenary Session with Elizabeth Davis and Edwina Julliet

Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response: Independent Living Experience and Future Direction at NCIL Annual Conference, Washington, DC. June 2003 with Elizabeth Davis and Jennifer Rowland

Emergency and Disaster Preparation for People with Disabilities on a Webcasts May 2003, archived at
http://www.ilru.org/ku-ilru/online/Webcast.html

Hurricanes, Floods and Quakes - ILCs Responsibilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response at
NCIL Conference, Washington, DC. June 1997

Learning from Living and Lasting on Shaky Ground: Earthquake Preparedness for People with Disabilities

• Earthquake Preparedness Workshop. Lanterman Regional Center, Glendale, CA. 1997 - 2001
• Technology and People with Disabilities. Los Angeles, CA. March 1996

Turkey, February 2001

• Anadolu University, Special Education Department, faculty, students and parents, Eskisehir
• Karamursel School for the Deaf,
• Representatives from Turkish Government, disability advocacy organizations and NGOs, Turkish Red Cross, and hospital and rehabilitation schools for deaf/blind, Ankara
• Bosphorus University's Istanbul Disaster Preparedness Education Project, Istanbul Community Impact Project, Kandilli Observatory & Earthquake Research Institute, Istanbul

Kobe, Japan

• Committee for the Global Assessment of  Earthquake Countermeasures  Five-year Assessment Project Team,  Disaster Management Division, Office of the Governor,  Hyogo Prefectural Government, August - September 1999, January 2001
• International Seminar of Reconstruction and a New Barrier Free Environment: Toward a Society for All. October 1995

People with Disabilities and Disasters: A Civil Emergency Management Course at California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI), Los Angeles, CA. February 1983 & San Francisco, CA. March 1984

Attitudes Towards People With Disabilities at California State University, Long Beach, CA. November 1983

Emergency Management for People with Disabilities at City of Santa Monica, CA. June 1983