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Education and Training
Online Courses and Tutorials
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- Online Self-Study Courses
- Online Tutorials
These online courses are offered thanks to a Statewide Consumer Network grant awarded to AU by SAMHSA
Online Self-Study Courses (with optional registration and exam)
Advocacy Unlimited's online self-study courses are open to all our website visitors and offered at no cost. Courses include self-advocacy and systems change training modules as well as supplemental and refresher training modules to augment AU's Advocacy Education Course, our long standing and highly effective classroom curriculum. You can take these courses at your own pace.
Registration for these online self-study courses is not required. However, if you register, you will be able to take an online exam after you've completed a course. If you get a passing grade on the exam (70% or higher), you will receive a Certificate of Completion. This is available only to those who register. Register now!
Online Tutorials (no registration, no exam)
Advocacy Unlimited's online tutorials are also open to all our website visitors and offered at no cost. Registration is not necessary, and there are no exams. Various computer training courses will be included. You can take these tutorials at your own pace.
Online Self-Study Courses
- Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
A comprehensive, clearly written, and understandable overview of the Americans with Disability Act. After completing this self-study course, you will have a good understanding of the ADA and be able to answer the following questions:
• What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
• What is "discrimination" under the ADA?
• Do I have a "disability" under the ADA?
• What is "a qualified individual?"
• What may an employer ask about my medical condition?
• What is a "reasonable accommodation?"
• When can an employer discipline or fire an employee with a psychiatric disability?
• What if an employer refuses my request for a reasonable accommodation?
Options:
· I would like to register and take this course
· I am already registered, just take me to this course
· I want to take this course without registering
· I've already taken this course, and now I want to take the exam
If you are a business, organization, or agency…
You may also be interested in the Reaching Out to Customers with Disabilities tutorial below, an online ADA course for businesses.
- A Guide to Preparing and Giving Legislative Testimony
This online self-study course includes guidelines for preparing and giving legislative testimony plus two examples of actual testimony given at two public hearings. Whether you are planning to speak at a legislative hearing or just submit written testimony, this tutorial will help you deliver an effective message.
- Cultural Awareness
This course is being completely updated and will be available soon. To be notified by email when this course is available, please click here!
I would like to register and take this course
I am already registered, just take me to this course
I want to take this course without registering
I've already taken this course, and now I want to take the exam
Online Tutorials
- Internet Basics
Part 1: Internet Basics
Part 2: Email
The Top Twelve E-Mail Mistakes
Part 3: "Non-Techie" Technical Term Definitions
- Computer Tutorials from GCFLearnFree.org®
GCFLearnFree.org® offers learn at your own pace tutorials plus free instructor led online classes, all at no cost!
Learn at your own pace computer and technology training tutorials -- Topics include Internet Basics, Internet Safety, MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. Even includes Career Development.
Instructor led online classes -- Computer and technology skill 3-week classes, with online instructors to guide you along the way. Registration required.
- Wellness and Recovery Training from Network of Care
Free online consumer trainings for people working on their recovery…
As part of their commitment to individuals, families, and providers in the behavioral-health community, Network of Care has partnered with several organizations to produce these wellness and recovery trainings, which are free to all Network of Care visitors. These online tutorials are complete with audio. Initial contributors include the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health America, Recovery Innovations, and recovery leaders Mary Ellen Copeland and Shery Mead.
Wellness and Recovery Trainings from Network of Care (opens in a new browser window)
(To view these modules, you need the latest version of the free Adobe Flash Player. If you don't already have it installed, you can download it here: Adobe Flash Player.)
- Reaching Out to Customers with Disabilities - An online ADA course for businesses
As a business owner or operator, or someone thinking about opening a business, you may have wondered what you have to do to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This course explains how the ADA applies to businesses in ten short lessons. Putting these lessons into practice will allow you to comply with the ADA and welcome a whole new group of customers to purchase your goods, products, and services. And you may find that making your business more accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities is not as difficult as you thought.
Reaching Out to Customers with Disabilities (opens in a new browser window)
You may also want to visit the complete ADA Business website (opens in a new browser window).
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