schools, colleges & medical schools
As schools and colleges continue to promote diversity and inclusion on their campuses, DisabilitiesUndestood believes that disability is a vital component to diversity awareness efforts.
Students
Students will be transformed in their understanding of both visible and invisible disabilities, including:
- How to resist the urge to help
- Asking questions without being offensive
- Resisting the urge to stare
Teachers & Administrators
Teachers and administrators will come away from John’s workshops with valuable tools, including:
- Sensitivity and awareness training, including bullying prevention through the lens of disability
- How to create a strategic plan for diversity
- Resisting the urge to help
- How to make creative adaptations in the classroom or in PE class
- How to become an effective ally with parents of children with disabilities
- How students with visible and invisible disabilities make us better teachers
Parents
Workshops for parents include
- How to advocate effectively for your child with a disability
- How to help your non-disabled child befriend a classmate with a disability
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School Admissions and the child with a disability
Colleges
DisabilitiesUnderstood is available to work with colleges and universities in the following areas
- Sensitivity and awareness training for students and professors
- Keynote speaking for diversity conferences
- Implementing and sustaining disability affinity groups
Medical Schools
DisabilitiesUnderstood is available to work with medical schools in the following areas:
- Sensitivity and awareness training for medical students
- Is disability a problem to be cured?
- How to help parents of children with disabilities