Past Seminars

Seminar 2: Accommodating Employees and Job Applicants with Psychiatric Disabilities in the Workplace

This seminar featured training to small and large businesses, vocational rehabilitation providers, attorneys, people with psychiatric disabilities and other interested parties.

Segment 1 -Federal and State Legal Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhi3U4vYarE

Segment 2 – Psychiatric Factors and Diagnosis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlZTq_FoNE8

Segment 3 – Legal Rights and Obligations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwYGP1nvFU

Segment 4 – Vocational Factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9apqe1a5z8

This Seminar was held on April 6, 2001 at the Koret Auditorium, Main Public Library, San Francisco, California

Speakers:

 

Triage Specialist and Emergency Room Doctor:  Loren Johnson, M.D., Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. Fellow of the AmericanCollege of Emergency Physicians,  Past Chair, California Commission to Preserve Emergency Care

 

Psychiatrist:  Bernard Sklar, M.D., M. S., Board Certified in Psychiatry and Family Medicine

 

Mental Health Attorney and Advocate:  Pamela Cohen, Esq., Protection and Advocacy, Inc.

 

Moderator: Steven Bruce, Executive Director of People With Disabilities Foundation