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Employing and Retaining Individuals with Disabilities September 14, 2010 Work Ability Utah Medicaid Infrastructure Grant # 1QACMS030319.

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1 Employing and Retaining Individuals with Disabilities September 14, 2010 Work Ability Utah Medicaid Infrastructure Grant # 1QACMS030319

2 Division of Services for the Blind and Visual Impaired -DSBVI- Services

3 Utah Center for Assistive Technology (UCAT) Accommodations

4 Sanderson Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing The basics…

5 DSDHH/SCCDHH DSDHH is … Division of Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at… Sanderson Community Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Taylorsville

6 “One-Stop Center” Among Individualized Services Programs… Deaf Program Hard of Hearing Program Interpreting Program Vocational Rehabilitation Outreach and Technology Demonstration Lab

7 HATIS Director Telecommunications equipments/devices CLA-7 Neckloop

8 Sorenson Video Phone Telecommunications equipments/devices Sorenson SignMail

9 Alerting Devices To alert employee that someone is calling… MirrorMotion Sensor Phone Flashing Light

10 Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) Comtek Pocket Talker

11 Utah Interpreter Program Interpreter certification process Interpreting training lab and testing room ICAN – Interpreter Certification Advancment Network Mentoring and training services Services extending to rural areas through videoconferencing www.aslterps.utah.gov

12 Final, but Terrific Offer Workforces Awareness Promoting the adults with hearing loss into the world of working Training them from interviewing skills to finding the right job to working with the co- workers, Enhancing the needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at the work sites Workforces Awareness Promoting the adults with hearing loss into the world of working Training them from interviewing skills to finding the right job to working with the co- workers, Enhancing the needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at the work sites

13 Contacts Robin Traveller Hard of Hearing Specialist rtraveller@utah.gov 801-263-4879 Sanderson Community Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 5709 South 1500 West Taylorsville, UT 84123 801-263-4860 VP, TTY, Voice 866-590-4949 Eleanor McCowan, Director Deaf Programs emccowan@utah.gov 801-675-5753 (hearing callers) Direct VP

14 Questions and Answers

15 Thank You Work Ability Utah Medicaid Infrastructure Grant # 1QACMS030319


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