June 23, 2011
9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
3 CEU clock hours
Location: 1947 College Road, 115 Stillman Hall
REGISTER: (fees can be found on the registration form)
In this half-day training, Brent Simonds, MSW, will guide participants with a look at disability in society through a historical perspective and learn how portrayals of those in the disabilitiy community affect our own biases. Mr. Simonds will also provide essential tools for effective techniques to build positive interactions with people from this population within clinical settings, communities and work or organizational settings.
Participants will have learned at the completion of this training:
How to look at their own feelings and biases towards those with disabilities
A history of disabilities in the United States ...and where are we today?
Effective techniques to use for interactions while working with persons in this population
Meet your presenter: Brent Simonds
Brent moved to Columbus in April of 1998 to attend The Ohio State University, after transferring from the University of Toledo. The following year he was injured in a diving accident at a party near campus and fractured his spine, resulting in a cervical spinal cord injury. Not letting quadriplegia slow him down, he returned to school a year and a half later and earned a Bachelor’s in 2004 and a Master’s degree in 2005 in Social Work, both from Ohio State.
