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July LIVE Virtual Home Mods/ Inclusive Design Continuing Education
Live Webinar: Inclusive Bathrooms: July 18, 2:00-3:30pm EST
Live Webinar: Inclusive Kitchens: July 25, 2:00-3:30pm EST
Live-Virtual 1 and 2 day course:
Inclusive Housing:
Space Planning, Design & Building a Business
July 11: Space Planning & Design
July 12: Building A Business
CLICK HERE to REGISTER AND FOR INFO:
http://empowerability.com/ProfessionalEducation.html
Can’t make the above dates????
Recorded/self-paced courses coming soon!!!!
The 2017 Summer Continuing Education Schedule is here!!!
Live Webinar: Inclusive Bathrooms:
June 6, 2:00–3:30pm EST
July 18, 2:00-3:30pm EST
Live Webinar: Inclusive Kitchens:
June 13, 2:00-3:30pm EST
July 25, 2:00-3:30pm EST
Live-Virtual 1 and 2 day course:
Inclusive Housing:
Space Planning, Design & Building a Business
June 20 & July 11: Space Planning & Design
June 21 & July 12: Building A Business
CLICK HERE to REGISTER AND FOR INFO:
http://empowerability.com/ProfessionalEducation.html
Can’t make the above dates????
Recorded/self-paced courses coming soon!!!!
The 2017 Continuing Education schedule is here!!!
Live Webinars:
Inclusive Bathrooms:
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7:00–8:30pm EST
Inclusive Kitchens:
Thursday, February 9, 2017 7:00-8:30pm EST
CLICK HERE to REGISTER AND FOR INFO
Live-Virtual 1 and 2 day course:
Inclusive Housing:
Space Planning, Design & Building a Business
Wednesday March 8, 2017: Space Planning & Design
Thursday March 9, 2017: Building A Business
CLICK HERE to REGISTER AND FOR INFO
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Why EmpowerAbility for your
continuing education?
After many years of presenting at professional conferences and continuously educating and collaborating with professionals on home and community design projects, Debra Young has taken the last 15+ years of content and case studies and developed it into webinars and live virtual continuing education courses on inclusive (person-centered) housing and community design.
What are the benefits of a live webinar and live virtual course?
- You get expert content from the comfort of your own home.
- You get access to the content expert, readily available to answer all of your questions.
- You get the opportunity to interact with colleagues and develop professional connections.
- You get to participate in interactive work groups on actual case studies (for 1 & 2 day courses).
LIVE Home Modifications Course!
Inclusive Housing: Space Planning, Design & Building a Business
Dates & Locations:
April 13-14, 2016 Austin, TX
May 16-17, 2016 Hamden, CT
May 19-20, 2016 Philadelphia, PA
June 13-14, 2016 Charlotte, NC
June 16-17, 2016 Virginia Beach, VA
June 20-21, 2016 Arlington, VA
The course is scheduled as a two-day course; however, attendees can choose to register for just one day or both days of the course.
Discounts for groups of 2+, email dyoung@empowerability.com
FOR MORE INFO & to REGISTER: http://www.empowerability.com/ProfessionalEducation.html
April Inclusive Housing/Home Modifications Course in Austin, Texas! See Future Dates & Locations
Discounts for 2+ attendees–see link to brochure for details and pricing.
LIVE COURSE: April 13-14, 2016 Austin, Texas
Inclusive Housing: Space Planning, Design & Building a Business
The course is scheduled as a two-day course; however, attendees can choose to register for just one day or both days of the course.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER CLICK HERE!
http://www.empowerability.com/ProfessionalEducation.html
Future Dates & Locations:
May 16-17, 2016 Hamden, CT
May 19-20, 2016 Philadelphia, PA
June 13-14, 2016 Charlotte, NC
June 16-17, 2016 Virginia Beach, VA
June 20-21, 2016 Arlington, VA
My gift to you: Home Modifications Continuing Education Course Early Bird Registration Extended!
Don’t miss Early Bird Registration! Discounts for 2+ attendees–see link to brochure for details and pricing.
LIVE COURSE:
Inclusive Housing: Space Planning, Design & Building a Business
The course is scheduled as a two-day course; however, attendees can choose to register for just one day or both days of the course.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER CLICK HERE!
January 14-15, 2016 Las Vegas, NV
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FOR VEGAS EXTENDED 1 WEEK!
Future Dates & Locations:
April 13-14, 2016 Austin, TX
May 16-17, 2016 Hamden, CT
May 19-20, 2016 Philadelphia, PA
June 13-14, 2016 Charlotte, NC
June 16-17, 2016 Virginia Beach, VA
June 20-21, 2016 Arlington, VA
Course Description:
Day 1: Space Planning & Design 9:00am–4:45pm (6 contact hours)
This intermediate level course starts with a review of the housing laws and the different types of design, generated from their inception as it relates to environmental modifications. Attendees will participate in interactive activities to use knowledge of design principles to environmental modification recommendations. The course is filled with visual imagery to provide examples of the design of each of the major home areas (e.g.: Entry, second floor access, Kitchen, Bathroom) as it conforms to a varied spectrum of users. Space relationships and drawing the built environment for the purpose of either reading drawings and/or creating concept drawings to accompany a home/environmental modification assessment will be reviewed. This course will also incorporate content and examples specific to design for aging, design for the senses and gerontechnology to provide attendees a holistic approach to creating an environmental modifications plan. Case studies will be provided for attendees to apply what they have learned throughout the day and create/modify a concept drawing to accompany an environmental modifications plan.
Day 2: Building a Business 9:00am–4:45pm (6 contact hours)
Interested in starting your own home modifications business? As a private practitioner, you must carefully plan your business development and strategies for marketing. Prioritizing your goals and objectives, time management and finances are imperative to the success of running the business. Marketing and networking, as well as, explaining the distinct value of your services as a home modifications consultant, are essential to building relationships and obtaining referrals/clients. This course will incorporate content regarding building a home modifications business including home modification business models, process for home modification service provision, creating clearly defined business contracts, accessing funding, as well as marketing and advertising. The roles of the home/environmental modifications team members will also be discussed, for successful inter-professional collaboration as a means to advocate and market services.
Are you Comfort-Able on your toilet?
I have a strange habit of always going into the ADA stall in community bathrooms to do a quick visual check of the space, as I have yet to find one that does not have something ‘wrong’ 🙂
On this last occasion I was checking out a bathroom and noticing the typical errors—flush control not mounted on the wide side of the toilet area, door hook installed too high—and I noticed a woman near the sink area with an inquisitive look. We engaged in conversation about the ADA stall and she proceeded to tell me that her husband was a remodeler and ‘everyone wants a comfort height toilet’ so he recommends them to all of his clients. Hoping that I did not have a look of horror on my face, I politely let her know about my passion for space planning and that not all people benefit from comfort height toilets. She quickly interrupted me and said, “now I am talking about comfort height toilets, not ADA height”. I assured her that I knew the difference, and gave credit where credit was due regarding having the knowledge that there are different height toilets on the market, but continued our conversation with regard to feature-matching fixtures to meet the needs of the client.
A standard toilet measures 14 ½” above the finished floor to the top of the porcelain bowl. This does not include the toilet seat, which can be different thicknesses and change the overall total height. Federal law dictates that an ADA height toilet is to fall between 17”-19” above the finished floor. This leaves the comfort height toilet. A comfort height toilet is approximately 2” taller than a standard height toilet, measuring ~16.5” above the finished floor to the rim (not including toilet seat). At 16.5” above the finished floor, this toilet height is not ADA-compliant as it is ½” lower (however, there are toilets on the market that are called ‘comfort height’ and do fall within the 17”-19” ADA height range).
I discussed that not all persons benefit from a comfort height toilet, as this is due to each person having different ergonomic needs based on their own body measurements. It is also about the physiological position that one’s body must be in to maximize the ability to evacuate the bowels (yes, I am an Occupational Therapist by background, so I went there). Look at the toilet systems of some other cultures; you will frequently find a bathroom stall with nothing else but a hole in the floor that requires one to squat to get the job done. Obviously this scenario does not work for someone who has difficulty with sit-to-stand from a surface that puts their hips at a level below their knees, but these are the variables that need to be considered when choosing a toilet; especially since this is something that we as humans need to use multiple times a day.
I am 5’3” and have a longer torso and shorter legs; a comfort height toilet is currently too high for me. At this time, a comfort height toilet is also too high for my husband, who happens to have a spinal C5-C6 incomplete spinal cord injury. Most people would have a knee-jerk reaction and say, he should have an ADA height toilet, or at least a comfort height toilet, when in fact, that is too high……for him. Will we benefit from a higher toilet in the future? Perhaps, but it is not the right choice for us right now.
There are many variables when choosing a toilet, height being one of them. Determining height also has many factors to consider including anthropometrics, transfer status (how one gets on/off the toilet), as well as how many different users will have access to this toilet. A comfort height toilet is a great option; operative word here being ‘option’. We have choices because we all have different needs. Feature-matching fixtures to meet a person’s (or household’s) needs is key.