http://daisweb.com/blog/2 en http://daisweb.com/node/360 <p>It may be too cold, or too expensive, or too time-consuming to travel over the next few months, but you can still access quality professional development that is timely, practical, and comfortably conveyed to a computer screen near you!! </p> <p>Three online professional development courses are to be offered by DAIS during the first three months of 2009. </p> <p>For more information, check out <a href="/node/361">Winter ’09 Online Workshops</a></p> http://daisweb.com/node/360#comment Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:40:30 -0600 susie 360 at http://daisweb.com http://daisweb.com/node/354 <p>A NEW resource from DAIS - an online book- is waiting for you now! <!--Act soon to save a place for yourself at the October workshops. --> Service providers at independent colleges and universities can make the most of the school year by providing new (updated) information to your colleagues in student services with this new book: <a href="/node/353">ADA For NON-Disability Student Services Personnel: What Does It Mean for Me???</a></p> <p>Check back often for more professional development opportunities from DAIS!</p> <p><!--<br /> http://daisweb.com/node/263<br /> Back-to-Basics: What IS the Accommodation, and WHY Am I Making It?</p> <p><a href="http://daisweb.com/node/354">read more</a></p> http://daisweb.com/node/354#comment Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:27:42 -0600 susie 354 at http://daisweb.com http://daisweb.com/node/343 <p>Dates have been set for the next <a href="/node/342">Community College Boot Camp</a>, and <a href="/node/263">three important workshops (with multiple offerings)</a> have been planned to help postsecondary disability service providers to better serve the students in front of them now, today! DAIS has long been recognized for the very practical information shared in professional development activities, and these workshops are no exception. Whether you need to think through the "why's and wherefore's" of the accommodations you are providing ("Back-to-Basics: What IS the Accommodation, and Why Am I Making It?"), or need to know more about the laws that guide program implementation ("Understanding the Legal Mandates Without Becoming an Attorney"), or are struggling with helping faculty in hands-on programs to create nondiscrimnatory guidelines ("Developing Technical Standards and Eligibility Criteria That Are Appropriate and Legally Defensible"), DAIS has something to offer you this Fall.</p> <p><a href="http://daisweb.com/node/343">read more</a></p> http://daisweb.com/node/343#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:16:21 -0500 susie 343 at http://daisweb.com