Course Outline

Effective disability management values employee well-being, and a supportive workplace culture. However, the reality is that insurers, legal counsel, and Boards and Tribunals have based their work on assumptions of best practices for physical disabilities in for profit workplaces.

In this course we will explore best practices with an emphasis on mental health disabilities and conditions to implement a comprehensive foundation ensuring open communication and accommodation processes in non-profit workplaces.

Additionally, this course will be delivered across three sessions. Participants must attend all three sessions in full to complete the course and receive a certificate of completion.

Trainer Bio

Lana Frado has several decades of experience advocating for individuals with disabilities. In particular, she is passionate about the right to accessible education and employment for individuals with social disabilities, as well as fairness and equitable access in the justice system. She is the former Executive Director of Sound Times Support Services, an organization staffed, governed and driven by people with lived experience. In addition to her long career in non-profit management at Sound Times, she has been employed in project-based work with the National Office of the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Consumer/Survivor Development Initiative, the Ontario Ministry of Health and the former Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. She has held numerous leadership positions, including Ministerial appointments, in governance, system design and delivery strategies. She is a psychiatric survivor.