Event Details
January Flathead Valley Chapter Meeting
| Date: | January 9, 2025, 11:30am – 1:00pm |
| Organizer: | Flathead Valley Chapter Board |
| Location: | FVCC, Arts & Technology Building Room 139 777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901 |
| Price: | Free for members: $25 for non-members |
| Event Type: | Meeting |
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Program: Engaging Employees with Disabilities
Speaker: Emily Shuman, Director of Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Date: Thursday, January 9th, 2025
Time: 11:30am-1:00pm
Legislative updates & introduction with the speaker to follow.
Place: FVCC, Arts & Technology Building, Room 139
777 Grandview Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901
Zoom option available for those joining remote.
Program Content & Takeaways
This training breaks down employer responsibilities under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and provides guidance on engaging employees with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations. Participants will receive an overview of the employment portion of the ADA, to include who has rights and who has responsibilities. We will discuss how to engage in the interactive process for implementing reasonable accommodations, as well as common types of reasonable accommodations. We will cover common mistakes employers make with employees with disabilities. Finally, we will discuss proactive steps, best practices, and resources for fostering a welcoming, inclusive workplace to support employees with disabilities.
Bio & Contact information
Emily Shuman leads all the Rocky Mountain ADA Center’s workforce and daily operations. She mentors RMADAC’s staff to ensure her team has the tools needed to deliver on the center’s mission to supply informative technical assistance, customized eLearning courses & (online and in person) training(s), effective information dissemination and concise outbound communications.
Shuman works closely with center directors from across the national network to improve operational practices and program(s) including spearheading efforts to increase accessible social media & website practices within the collective.
She is RMADAC’s public spokesperson and works directly with regional, and national media to ensure the public understands their rights and responsibilities under the ADA. An accomplished writer, Shuman contributes op-ed pieces and informational articles. She also hosts the center’s popular podcast initiative which features many noted guests including Senator Tammy Duckworth and former Major League Baseball All-Star Jim Abbott.
Before joining RMADAC, Shuman spent four years as in workforce development, serving Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act recipients as a case and program manager. She specialized in supporting youth with disabilities by educating them on their ADA employment rights. Shuman also facilitated compliance with ADA Title II responsibilities for youth requiring reasonable modifications to access workforce services. Prior to those roles, she spent three years as a program supervisor for adults with developmental disabilities living in host homes under an HCBS waiver.
Emily has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Information Technology-Management. She contributes articles to the Colorado Springs Mom Collective and the Southern Colorado native enjoys the outdoors and spending time with her teen son.
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