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

Functional Assessment Service Team Workshops, California Emergency Management Agency

• Oakland         - 5/13-14/09
• Los Angeles  - 5/20-21/09
• Sacramento   - 6/25-26/09

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

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. 4/2/08

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