Where is a good place to start a training effort on the ADA?
As previously mentioned, personnel at all levels of an organization might benefit from ADA information and training. Getting the support and commitment from top management is an imperative place to start for any such effort. It is important for any such information dissemination initiative to be seen as a company-wide commitment for a real impact to occur. In larger companies, where human resource professionals are the personnel chiefly responsible for employee recruitment, interviewing, pre-employment screening, benefits, compensation, and training, this department may be the appropriate place to focus initial information dissemination efforts. It would also be useful to include employee and labor relations personnel in this round of training. The next level of training in larger companies, and perhaps the first level of focus in smaller companies is that of managers. Some of the topics on the ADA employment provisions which can be targeted to the information needs of supervisors are
