ORAHEAD Fall 2022 Conference Schedule
Wednesday, November 2nd, through Friday, November 4th
Hallmark Resort — 744 SW Elizabeth St, Newport, OR 97365
and
Virtual Conference
Wednesday, November 2nd
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Check-in
Check-in for the in-person conference. If you are attending the virtual conference, you will receive a Zoom address in advance of the conference.
10:00 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. - Welcome
10:05 a.m. - 11:35 p.m. - Session One
Designing for Justice: Open Education and Accessibility presented by Veronica Vold (Open Oregon Educational Resources) and Phoebe Daurio (Open Oregon Educational Resources)
Veronica Vold and Phoebe Daurio from Open Oregon Educational Resources will discuss open education as a strategy to promote justice and advance accessibility on your campus. Whether you are already collaborating with your campus open education program or just learning about OER for the first time, this presentation is for you! Open Oregon Educational Resources is a statewide program of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Veronica Vold serves as the Open Education Instructional Designer and Phoebe Daurio serves as the Open Education Grant Project Manager. Our team promotes textbook affordability for community college and university students, and facilitates widespread adoption of open, low-cost, high-quality materials. We provide tools and resources to make equity, diversity, and inclusion primary considerations when faculty adopt course materials.
11:35 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Introductions and Ice Breakers
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch Buffet
Included for conference attendees.
1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Session Two: Movie Screening and Discussion
Drunk on Too Much Life by Michelle Melles (New Day Films) is an intimate and powerful documentary following the filmmaker's 21-year-old daughter’s mind-opening journey from locked-down psych wards and diagnostic labels towards expansive worlds of creativity, connection and greater meaning. On their journey, the family begins to question the widespread idea that mental illness should be understood in purely biological terms. They learn the myriad ways that madness has meaning that goes far beyond brain chemistry.
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Session Three: Breakouts
Deaf Interpreters and Hearing Interpreters in the Classroom presented by Mel Deleon (Portland Community College). Come and discuss the various settings in which Deaf Interpreters, with other campus and community supports, can drastically improve a Deaf students college experience! PCC will share a case study of working with a Deaf refugee remotely who had limited computer literacy during the pandemic. We will share what we learned and how we want to improve.
Remote Instruction a panel facilitated by Katie Wolf (University of Oregon). Panelists from various institutions will discuss their experience responding to and navigating requests for remote instruction as a disability accommodation on their campuses. Panelists include Jeff Larson, Director for Learning Support Services at Linfield University, Jen Dugger Spalding, Director of the Disability Resource Center at Portland State University, Kaela Parks, Director of Accessible Ed and Disability Resources at Portland Community College, and Martha Smith, Director of Disability Access Services at Oregon State University.
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Dinner Buffet and Trivia
Additional tickets for the dinner buffet are available for partners and families at $25 per ticket.
Thursday, November 3rd
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast Buffet
Included for conference attendees.
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Session Four: Listserv in Real Time
Jeff Larson (Linfield University) will facilitate a Listserv in Real Time. This session provides a chance for participants to pose a question or make a comment just as you would over the listserv, but in real time! Responses are generally limited to three replies, before the topic changes to a new thread.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Open Business Meeting
All conference attendees are encouraged to attend.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Session Five: Breakouts
Doing the Work: Building Explicit Anti-Racism into the Practices of Your Disability Services Office presented by Jen Dugger (Portland State University) and Stacie Taniguchi (Portland State University). The nationwide reckoning with white supremacy and racism in this country, brought about by the pandemic and murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmad Arbery has altered the course of many colleges and universities. However, we in Disability Services must reassess whether and how we have evolved to meet this ever-present need, integrating anti-racist practices into our work and centering the experiences of our Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) students with disabilities. The presenters will focus on the process that the Disability Resource Center at Portland State University has gone through to begin and the specific work that has been done thus far. As James Baldwin was famously quoted, “Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced” and it is (beyond) the time that we in Disability Services face our ethical responsibilities to the wellbeing and retention of our students of color.
Connecting the Docs: Documentation Best Practices a panel discussion facilitated by Lauri Evans (University of Oregon). This presentation aspires to lead to a discussion regarding the use of both external and internal documentation when engaging in the interactive process, determining accommodations and ensuring access. Many factors contribute to effective and accurate documentation, this presentation strives to generate thought and conversation surrounding those factors.
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Session Six: Breakouts
Building Future Leaders: Transformative Professional Development Opportunities for Student Workers presented by Jewls Griesmeyer-Krentz (Linfield University) and RT Tougas (Portland State University). Student workers are absolutely essential in our efforts to provide bridges to accessibility for our disabled students. However, they could also be integral in building greater, proactive equity in the future. Our student workers do work, but they are students first. It is our job to make sure that their work with our offices also provides an opportunity for their development as future leaders. This presentation will offer attendees concrete suggestions for building professional development opportunities into the framework of student jobs. Topics covered will include applying anti-ableism and anti-racist concepts, trauma informed practices, and equitable organizational leadership principles. We will discuss a year-long, progressive plan for a three-part series of student worker retreats. Participants will also have the opportunity to work on their own plan for student worker professional development. Each participant will leave with at least one concrete idea to provide social-justice driven professional development for their student workers.
Post-Secondary Interpreter Coordinators a panel discussion facilitated by Stacey Rainey (Western Oregon University). This breakout session will consist of a panel of Interpreter Coordinators at various Oregon colleges/universities who will share their experience with hiring, scheduling and coordinating post-secondary interpreters. The panelists will answer a list of pre-set questions as well as take questions from the audience. Stacey Rainey will moderate this discussion as well as participate, as needed.
Friday, November 4th
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast Buffet
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Session Seven: Keynote
Keynote Address presented by Linda Abbott, LMHC (TNG Strategic Risk Management Solutions). Colleges and universities across the country are seeing a rise in mental health conditions among students and this increase is influencing the work of Disability Support Services offices as more students seek accommodations. This keynote will explore ways in which staff can support students who are struggling with their mental health, the barriers many of these students may face, and how to recognize behaviors that require a referral to additional resources such as the Behavioral Intervention Team. Many Disability Services staff are in a position to not only help students receive the appropriate accommodations for equitable access to their education, but also to serve as a safe place for students to seek support and understanding. This talk will provide practical tools for supporting students as well as a discussion about how this changing landscape is potentially changing the work Disability Services staff provide day to day.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Session Eight: OCR Year in Review
Amy Kim from The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will share some of this year’s most compelling cases. OCR assists individuals with disabilities who face discrimination and guides institutions in developing solutions to civil rights problems by investigating complaints, initiating compliance reviews, and providing technical assistance. OCR representatives will review recent, illustrative OCR decisions.