Employing and Accommodating Individuals with Psychiatric Impairments

May 8 2007
Webcast

Trainers: Kimberly Bisset, Ed.D., Employment and Training Manager, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation with Kendra Duckworth, JAN Consultant. Moderator: Beth Loy.

This Webcast will offer a variety of accommodation solutions and practical tips for the successful employment of people with psychiatric impairments. The presenters will provide examples of real-life accommodation situations with win-win outcomes. Attendees are encouraged to e-mail questions to question@jan.wvu.edu for the trainers to address during the session. Handouts will be available.

Sponsored by NAMI Newton Wellesley and Eastern Massachusetts, Inc., a local area grassroots organization that is part of a national network of family groups working to improve the quality of care for and treatment of those with mental illnesses now known to be biologically based brain diseases.