May 2020
Service Animal Video for First Responders

Niagara University First Responders Disability Awareness Training in conjunction with the on campus studio created a service animal video for first responders. NU partnered with the Missouri Governor's Council on Disabilities, The Yang Tan Institute on Disabilities at Cornell University and the Northeast ADA Center and Western New York Heroes and its service animal program Pawsitive for Heroes. The final product will be debuted through the nation's trainers. The full interviews will be available on our website. We ask trainers to send us an email to request the video.
American Society for Evidence-Based Policing Conference will be Virtual - June 1,2

In an effort to offer law enforcement their program, ASEBP will hold a virtual conference at no cost . Topics include EBP In a Global Pandemic: Going Online, Use of Force, and Urban Violence in the Time of Coronavirus. Here is the link to the agenda for the conference. There are still a couple summaries missing and speakers who haven't registered yet but please share. Click Here for program information. Link to register Click Here  
New Guidance for COVID-19 Enforcement and Engagement

 The Policing Project at NYU School of Law is releasing two resources for police and communities, outlining steps for improving the COVID-19 public safety response. Sections include How (and how not) to enforce Social Distancing and Re-Imagining community engagement during a crisis .


Resources in this Edition

The COVID-19 Dashboard at John Hopkins University providing updated numbers nationally and globally, The Lerner Center for Public Health Information at Syracuse University has information for health professionals, decision makers, and the public, health and medical research, and how to protect and prevent the spread. The ADA National Network has information guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities act (ADA). They have a section dedicated to COVID-19 resources.

Resources
ADA National Network continues to provide updated resources for COVID-19 and other supports. Click Here to visit.


COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (Realtime Covid-19 map) Click Here

Upcoming Training Information

March 16th, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Amherst, NY, Safety Awareness for Individuals with Disabilities and Families
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March 17th & 18th, 2020-CANCELLED
  • Steuben County, NY Law Enforcement Disability Awareness Training Train the Trainer
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March 24th, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Amherst, NY, Disability Education& Awareness for Municipalities
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March 25th & 26th, 2020-CANCELLED
  • Seneca County, NY Law Enforcement Disability Awareness Training Train the Trainer
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March 31st, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Amherst, NY, Firefighter/EMS Disability Awareness Training
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March 31st, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Amherst, NY, Safety Awareness for Individuals with Disabilities and Families
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April 22nd & 23rd, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Pennington,South Dakota, 9-1-1 Telecommunicator Disability Awareness Training Train the Trainer
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April 27th & 28th, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Lee's Summit,Missouri, Law Enforcement Disability Awareness Train the Trainer
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April 29th & 30th, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Lee's Summit,Missouri, 9-1-1 Telecommunicator Disability Awareness Train the Trainer
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April 29th, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Lee's Summit,Missouri, Safety Awareness for Individuals with Disabilities and Families
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May 10-13,2020 CANCELLED
  • National ADA Symposium, Kansas City, MO
June 22nd & 23rd, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Pierre, South Dakota, Law Enforcement Disability Awareness Train the Trainer
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June 24th & 25th, 2020-POSTPONED
  • Pierre, South Dakota, 9-1-1 Telecommunicator Disability Awareness Train the Trainer
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October 21 & 22, 2020
  • Rapid City, South Dakota, FF/EMS Train the Trainer
  • More information to come



AVAILABLE ONLINE TRAININGS:
EMS online 6 hour Training Available:
The EMS online training adapted the national Train the Trainer program into a compatible, easy to use 6-hour program. Customized exclusively for EMS in front of a live studio audience of EMTs, the training addresses the basics of all areas EMS need to know to ensure proper, appropriate, proactive response when interacting and addressing the need of individuals with disabilities.
Individual rate-$27.50
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Mental Health and De-escalation Training for Law Enforcement Professionals
This training program stems from a program that was originally developed at the University of Alberta, Department of Psychiatry, to advance the mental health training of police officers.
It proved overwhelmingly successful, showing increases in police mental health awareness, communication, de-escalation and empathy skills as well as an increase in police efficiency and a decrease in number of use-of-force occurrences.
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