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Disabilities Fact Sheet Neurodivergent Fact Sheet Training Materials Ensuring Access and Functional Needs Are Met Before, During, and After Emergency IncidentsAddressing Access and Functional Needs (AFN) in School and Higher Education Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs)
Presenters
- Vance Taylor, Chief, Office of Access and Functional Needs, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
- Jill Barnes, Coordinator, Office of Emergency Services, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Anne-Marie McLaughlin, Emergency Manager, University of Massachusetts Boston
Webinar
Details
On Friday, July 29, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET, the REMS TA Center, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of Safe and Healthy Students (OSHS), hosted a Webinar on Addressing Access and Functional Needs (AFN) in School and Higher Education Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs).
This Webinar provided an overview of AFN integration within schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs), as well as specific information on and examples of inclusive preparedness planning in schools and IHEs.
This 1 hour webinar included a live PowerPoint presentation as well as a Question and Answer session following the presentation.