AHEAD Virtual Mini-Conference

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Tuesday, July 30

11:00 – 12:30 Block 1 (2 concurrent sessions)

• V1.1: Legal Year in Review
• V1.2: Postsecondary Disability Resources and Accessibility - Where are we going and how did we get here?

12:30 – 1:00 Break

1:00 – 2:30 Block 2 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V2.1: Barriers to Access and Equity in Higher Ed: The Role of Documentation in the Accommodation Process
• V2.2: Supporting Autistic Students Through College Transitions 
• V2.3: Creating Access for Graduate Students:  A Panel of Perspectives

2:30 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 5:00 Block 3 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V3.1: Determining Clinical Accommodations: Building Confidence as a Health Science Disability Professional
• V3.2: Advancing Equity for Deaf Students: Insights from Deaf Disability Services Professionals
• V3.3: Developing Written Guidance Documents for Campus Disability Offices

Wednesday, July 31

11:00 – 12:30 Block 4 (2 concurrent sessions)

• V4.1: Office for Civil Rights - Year in Review
• V4.2: Updating Disability Self-Advocacy Through the Lens of Critical Disability Studies

12:30 – 1:00 Break

1:00 – 2:30 Block 5 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V5.1: Navigating the Intersection of Title IX and Disability Support for Pregnancy and Related Conditions
• V5.2: Cohesive Collaboration between Colleges and High Schools to Support Students with Disabilities
• V5.3: Beyond Accommodations: Increasing the Retention of Students with Disabilities 

2:30 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 5:00 Block 6 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V6.1: Building and Implementing a Campus ADA Transition Plan
• V6.2: Notetaking: A process in review
• V6.3: An Innovative Approach to Office Structures: Supporting Students and Faculty on Complex Requests

Thursday, August 1

11:00 – 12:30 Block 7 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V7.1: The New Title II Digital Access Regulations: What Institutions Should Know
• V7.2: Streamlining Housing Accommodations Processes for a More Effective Residence Life Partnership
• V7.3: Navigating Mental Health Disabilities as a New Professional in Disability Services

12:30 – 1:00 Break

1:00 – 2:30 Block 8 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V8.1: Mitigating the Intersectionality of Ableism and Racism
• V8.2: Accessing AI: The Role of Disability Services in Higher Ed’s Evolving Artificial Intelligence Relationship
• V8.3: Disability Access in Prison Education Programs: Lessons Learned from the Inside

2:30 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 5:00 Block 9 (3 concurrent sessions)

• V9.1: When faculty say, “No.” The interactive process to determining reasonable accommodations
• V9.2: Make Your Data Talk: Program Review through the Lens of Assessment
  
• V9.3: Tested By Faculty: Effective Collaboration for Facilitating Testing Accommodations

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All registrants for the in-person Baltimore conference will receive a code for free registration for the virtual conference. Event links and information will be sent the week before the virtual conference.

Members Pricing

• Register for all three days: $349.00
• One day registration: $179.00

Non-Members Pricing

• Register for all three days: $499.00
• One day registration: $249.00

Discount code to receive the member rate: AHEAD Members Discount Codes (member sign-in only)

Registration to the Virtual Conference should be treated like registration to an in-person event- each registration supports access for one person to the virtual event. A single registration cannot be shared with any other individuals to access the Virtual Conference.

There is a 10% discount on registration of 10 or more people from the same institution.

Links to recordings cannot be shared. To receive access to the recordings, you must be registered for the virtual conference.

No refunds are available because recordings of most sessions will be available to all registrants to watch at their convenience.

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