Date: 7/30/2020

Video Description: Amy Nitza, PhD, Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz, addresses the following topics:

• Not being able to meet face-to-face with consumers
• Reassuring consumers that ILCs are still there for them, and virtual help is effective
• Dealing with stress and methods for recovery

Webinar Recording: Managing Disruption and Continuing to Deliver

Date: 7/15/2020

Video Description: Keri Gray, Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Communications for the American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) addresses the following topics:

• Voter Suppression: What it is, How it Impacts Outcomes, Why it Matters to the Disability Community
• Stakeholder Education: Approaches and Tools that Work
• Levering Candidate Questionnaire and Forums to Advance Your Cause
• Making the Most of REV Up!'s Tools and Resources

Webinar Recording: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count

Webinar Transcript: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count (PDF)

Additional Resources: aapd.com/advocacy/voting

Date: 7/9/2020

Video Description: A roundtable of representatives from ILCs around the state discuss how they adapted to operate in the "new normal" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Topics include:

• Ensuring all staff have proper technology, including Internet access
• VPN and other forms of remote access such as LogMeIn, SplashTop, Google Remote Desktop
• Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Skype
• Temporary phone numbers via Google Voice
• Voice over internet protocol
• Zoom with encryption to allow for staff calls, plus staff with consumers
• Zoom alternatives
• Managing bandwidth
• Peer counseling, wellness calls and emotional support strategies for staff and consumers

Webinar Recording: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations

Webinar Transcript: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations (PDF)