Evacuation of Students With and Without Access and Functional Needs
Recorded Monday, April 25, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. EST
Overview
This presentation is on strategies for planning and responding to the needs of children during evacuations and features Marcie Roth, director of the Office for Disability Integration and Coordination at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Richard Devylder, Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation at the U.S. Department of Transportation presented. Both presenters are national leaders in planning for and responding to the needs of children and adults with disabilities and others with access and functional needs. The webinar will be an opportunity to look at planning and responding from a functional needs perspective and a universal team approach.
Related links and resources
- Access and Functional Needs Transportation and Evacuation Planning Toolkit (California Emergency Management Agency)
- Drop, Cover and Hold On: Modification for People with Disabilities or Access and Functional Needs (California Emergency Managment Agency) [PDF, 442 KB]
- Feeling Safe, Being Safe Workbook (California Department of Developmental Services)
- Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (U.S. Department of Education)
Additional information about this webinar
This webinar is free to the public and will accommodate the first 500 visitors that enter the site. This webinar will last approximately one hour. In addition to airing live, the webinar will be recorded and viewable at a later date and linked from this web page. The live webinar will offer Closed Captioning and a transcript of the webinar will be posted with the recorded version of the webinar.
How to view our webinars
The Community Preparedness Webinar Series is conducted via DHS's HSIN Connect system. You do not need to register in advance, nor do you need a HSIN account in order to view our webinars. Audio for this webinar will be broadcast within HSIN Connect; there will not be a concurrent, phone-based teleconference. Questions and answers will be moderated via text-based chat inside the webinar. In order to ensure that your computer is capable of viewing our webinars and webcasts, we highly recommend that you read the below documents and perform the compatibility test prior to the start of the event. In addition, please ensure your computer's speakers are working prior to the webinar. If for any reason you have trouble accessing the system, please send an email to citizencorps@dhs.gov.
Last Updated: 10/16/2012
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