Potential College Student Safety Risks: Understanding How to Reduce Risks and Possible Institutional Liability
Best For: Higher Education
Date/Time: 8/13/2015, 1 PM Eastern
Duration: Scheduled for 90 minutes including question and answer session.
Presenter(s): James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D. and Attorney at Law
Price: $299.00 webinar, $349.00 CD, $399.00 webinar + CD. Each option may be viewed by an unlimited number of attendees in one room using one unique login. CD includes full audio presentation, question and answer session and presentation slides.
Who Should Attend? Administrators, faculty, staff, coaches, higher education counsel
Date/Time: 8/13/2015, 1 PM Eastern
Duration: Scheduled for 90 minutes including question and answer session.
Presenter(s): James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D. and Attorney at Law
Price: $299.00 webinar, $349.00 CD, $399.00 webinar + CD. Each option may be viewed by an unlimited number of attendees in one room using one unique login. CD includes full audio presentation, question and answer session and presentation slides.
Who Should Attend? Administrators, faculty, staff, coaches, higher education counsel
From college and university science labs to their sports fields to
study abroad, institutions may potentially be placing their students in
harm’s way. They send their children: a safe environment and a job at
the end of the educational journey. This webinar addresses the first of
these two overriding “customer” concerns. There are three major areas of
particular concern where universities may be placing their students at
risk: the laboratory, the athletic field and the study abroad
experience.
STEM students and their professors deal with all the risks that modern laboratory science presents, including toxic chemicals, radiation, high voltage electricity, and bio-hazards. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration takes a keen interest in lab safety training and practices, while the National Institutes of Health and the Public Health Service help regulate animal-related issues. Despite all this regulatory activity, every year some hapless students suffer severe injuries, and occasionally even death, due to unsafe laboratory conditions and practices. Most such tragedies, and the related reputational and legal risks for the colleges and universities where they occur, are entirely avoidable.
The same may be said of sports injuries. From football concussions to cheerleading accidents, campus playing fields, field houses and gyms are scenes of safety concerns institutions of higher learning can and should successfully address.
Last, but hardly least, institutions routinely send their students to the four corners of the world in ever-increasing numbers. Study abroad now encompasses not only semester- and year-long residential experiences, but also faculty led short-term tours, as well as overseas internships. From sexual assault to kidnapping, and from pandemics to terrorism, students are called on to cope with all the threats and challenges once confined to military and business travelers. All this international activity requires institutions to deal with issues ranging from insurance to threat assessments to immunizations.
Bottom line: no matter how good a program is, if it is unsafe and results in high-profile tragedies, all of the faculty and staff work on quality programming is for naught, and the institution may be left dealing with a significant blow to its reputation and facing potential legal risk. Please join Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D. and attorney at law, as he discusses the potential unintended risks college students face and strategies for reducing the potential institutional liability which may accompany such risks.
His teaching experience includes continuing legal education courses, MOOCs on the Canvas Network − including “Risk Management in Higher Education: Student Issues” − and presentations at numerous national forums, including the Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Annual Homeland Defense and Security Higher Education Summit sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School.
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STEM students and their professors deal with all the risks that modern laboratory science presents, including toxic chemicals, radiation, high voltage electricity, and bio-hazards. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration takes a keen interest in lab safety training and practices, while the National Institutes of Health and the Public Health Service help regulate animal-related issues. Despite all this regulatory activity, every year some hapless students suffer severe injuries, and occasionally even death, due to unsafe laboratory conditions and practices. Most such tragedies, and the related reputational and legal risks for the colleges and universities where they occur, are entirely avoidable.
The same may be said of sports injuries. From football concussions to cheerleading accidents, campus playing fields, field houses and gyms are scenes of safety concerns institutions of higher learning can and should successfully address.
Last, but hardly least, institutions routinely send their students to the four corners of the world in ever-increasing numbers. Study abroad now encompasses not only semester- and year-long residential experiences, but also faculty led short-term tours, as well as overseas internships. From sexual assault to kidnapping, and from pandemics to terrorism, students are called on to cope with all the threats and challenges once confined to military and business travelers. All this international activity requires institutions to deal with issues ranging from insurance to threat assessments to immunizations.
Bottom line: no matter how good a program is, if it is unsafe and results in high-profile tragedies, all of the faculty and staff work on quality programming is for naught, and the institution may be left dealing with a significant blow to its reputation and facing potential legal risk. Please join Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D. and attorney at law, as he discusses the potential unintended risks college students face and strategies for reducing the potential institutional liability which may accompany such risks.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Just a sampling of what this webinar will cover:- Review OSHA lab safety principles
- Discuss the major components of an outstanding lab-safety training program
- Understand NIH rules, regulations, medical and training requirements for working with animals
- Hear the latest from the NCAA and sports medicine concerning common athletic-injury threats
- Review the elements to include in a study abroad safety manual
- Discuss training tips for short-term study tour faculty/staff leaders
- Understand the major threats facing students studying and residing abroad
- Review the components of an adequate study abroad insurance program, including health, repatriation, kidnapping and general liability coverages
- AND MUCH MORE!
YOUR CONFERENCE LEADER
Your conference leader for “Potential College Student Safety Risks: Understanding How to Reduce Risks and Possible Institutional Liability” is Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera. Dr. Castagnera holds a law degree and a Ph.D. in American studies from Case Western Reserve University. Jim brings three decades of experience in higher education to this webinar. Prior to law school he served Case Western Reserve as director of university communication. He went on to teach at the University of Texas-Austin, the Widener University Law School, and at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School. Currently, and for the past 19 years, he has been Rider University’s associate provost and legal counsel. His diverse duties include risk management, regulatory matters, faculty and student disciplinary cases, litigation management, governance and institutional policies. He is the author of 19 books, including the Handbook for Student Law for Higher Education Administrators (Peter Lang, 2010, revised edition 2014), and Al Qaeda Goes to College: Impact of the War on Terror on Higher Education (Praeger 2009).His teaching experience includes continuing legal education courses, MOOCs on the Canvas Network − including “Risk Management in Higher Education: Student Issues” − and presentations at numerous national forums, including the Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Annual Homeland Defense and Security Higher Education Summit sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Achieving On-Campus and Online Access for Students with Disabilities: College and University Strategies and Regulatory Requirements
Best For: Higher Education
Date/Time: 8/20/2015, 1 PM Eastern
Duration: Scheduled for 90 minutes including question and answer session.
Presenter(s): James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D. and Attorney at Law
Price: $299.00 webinar, $349.00 CD, $399.00 webinar + CD. Each option may be viewed by an unlimited number of attendees in one room using one unique login. CD includes full audio presentation, question and answer session and presentation slides.
Who Should Attend? Administrators, faculty, staff, higher education counsel
Date/Time: 8/20/2015, 1 PM Eastern
Duration: Scheduled for 90 minutes including question and answer session.
Presenter(s): James Ottavio Castagnera, Ph.D. and Attorney at Law
Price: $299.00 webinar, $349.00 CD, $399.00 webinar + CD. Each option may be viewed by an unlimited number of attendees in one room using one unique login. CD includes full audio presentation, question and answer session and presentation slides.
Who Should Attend? Administrators, faculty, staff, higher education counsel
According to the U.S. Department of Education, 88 percent of all
American colleges and universities enroll students with documented
disabilities. Without a doubt, due to the Americans with Disabilities
Act and other federal and state legislation, together with vastly
improved diagnostic, medication and treatment regimes, students with
disabilities represent a large and growing presence on our campuses.
This poses new challenges for colleges and universities when it comes to
the classroom and the Internet and any related adaptive technologies,
and achieving full participation in the college experience for their
students with disabilities, both on campus and online.
Effectively utilizing technology has almost become a requisite for success in college. Too often, however, students with disabilities face unintended obstacles when it comes to the Internet and other resources most of us take for granted. Included are questions relating to the availability of necessary adaptive technologies and modifications in traditional instructional methods which allow the student with a disability to benefit from an available technology such as Kurzweil reading, Dragon text to speech, etc. Regardless of the reason, the large and growing population of students with disabilities on our campuses in search of a meaningful educational experience presents evolving challenges that track changes in instructional technology, as well as legal expectations. A recent commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education describes the current higher education environment many students with disabilities are facing. “Most people assume technology expands opportunities for students with disabilities. While the potential exists, it can be realized only if technology is designed and coded with equal access in mind. Despite years of public-awareness campaigns, legal challenges, and advocacy efforts, many commonly used technologies built or purchased by colleges—email systems, learning-management systems, library databases, classroom materials—actually do more to prevent students with disabilities from equal participation than paper-based systems ever did.” (Kyle Shachmut, “A New Obstacle for Students with Disabilities,” 9/12/14. Accessed at http://chronicle.com/article/A-New-Obstacle-for-Students/148795.)
Sound pedagogy, along with risk management and avoidance of unwanted litigation, all require that universities and colleges face these challenges. Please join Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera, legal counsel, Rider University, as he discusses how to better prepare your faculty and staff to recognize and wrestle with these challenges, and describes both the legal requirements to accommodate students with disabilities, and the practical considerations involved.
He is the author of 18 books, including the Handbook for Student Law for Higher Education Administrators (Peter Lang, 2010, revised edition 2014) and a text book titled Counter Terrorism Issues: Case Studies in the Courtroom (CRC Press 2013).
His teaching experience includes continuing legal education courses, webinars and presentations at numerous national forums, including the Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Annual Homeland Defense and Security Higher Education Summit sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Effectively utilizing technology has almost become a requisite for success in college. Too often, however, students with disabilities face unintended obstacles when it comes to the Internet and other resources most of us take for granted. Included are questions relating to the availability of necessary adaptive technologies and modifications in traditional instructional methods which allow the student with a disability to benefit from an available technology such as Kurzweil reading, Dragon text to speech, etc. Regardless of the reason, the large and growing population of students with disabilities on our campuses in search of a meaningful educational experience presents evolving challenges that track changes in instructional technology, as well as legal expectations. A recent commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education describes the current higher education environment many students with disabilities are facing. “Most people assume technology expands opportunities for students with disabilities. While the potential exists, it can be realized only if technology is designed and coded with equal access in mind. Despite years of public-awareness campaigns, legal challenges, and advocacy efforts, many commonly used technologies built or purchased by colleges—email systems, learning-management systems, library databases, classroom materials—actually do more to prevent students with disabilities from equal participation than paper-based systems ever did.” (Kyle Shachmut, “A New Obstacle for Students with Disabilities,” 9/12/14. Accessed at http://chronicle.com/article/A-New-Obstacle-for-Students/148795.)
Sound pedagogy, along with risk management and avoidance of unwanted litigation, all require that universities and colleges face these challenges. Please join Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera, legal counsel, Rider University, as he discusses how to better prepare your faculty and staff to recognize and wrestle with these challenges, and describes both the legal requirements to accommodate students with disabilities, and the practical considerations involved.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Just a sampling of what this webinar will cover:- An overview of federal disability laws and how they relate to on-campus and online access for your students with disabilities
- The roles of administrators, professional employees, and faculty in serving students with disabilities and accommodating their needs
- Setting the proper balance between communication and confidentiality in your university’s services for students with disabilities
- Determining the appropriate “reasonable accommodation” in ensuring access for your students with disabilities
- The special challenges of online learning and possible responses
- The role of adaptive technologies such as Kurzweil reading and Dragon text to speech in your efforts to accommodate your students with disabilities
- New technologies for sight- and hearing- impaired students
- Rules and best practices regarding service and emotional-support animals
- Testing and other assessment issues
- Model policies and procedures for identifying and accommodating students with disabilities
- Disciplinary, academic integrity, and academic standing issues
- AND MUCH MORE!
YOUR CONFERENCE LEADER
Your conference leader for “Achieving On-Campus and Online Access for Students with Disabilities: College and University Strategies and Regulatory Requirements” is Dr. James Ottavio Castagnera. Dr. Castagnera holds a law degree and a Ph.D. in American studies from Case Western Reserve University. Jim brings three decades of experience in higher education to this webinar. Prior to law school he served Case Western Reserve as director of university communication. He went on to teach as a full-time faculty member at the University of Texas-Austin and the Widener University Law School, and as a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School. Currently, and for the past 18 years, he has been Rider University’s associate provost and legal counsel. His diverse duties include risk management, regulatory matters, faculty and student disciplinary cases, litigation management, governance and institutional policies.He is the author of 18 books, including the Handbook for Student Law for Higher Education Administrators (Peter Lang, 2010, revised edition 2014) and a text book titled Counter Terrorism Issues: Case Studies in the Courtroom (CRC Press 2013).
His teaching experience includes continuing legal education courses, webinars and presentations at numerous national forums, including the Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Annual Homeland Defense and Security Higher Education Summit sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School.
EducationAdminWebAdvisor.com QUALITY COMMITMENT
EducationAdminWebAdvisor, a division of DKG Media, LP, wants you to be satisfied with your webinar. If this webinar does not meet your expectations, email us atservice@educationadminwebadvisor.com.CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
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