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Overview:This workshop helps HR professionals understand how to navigate the difficult and often murky challenge of dealing with "invisible disabilities."

To make matters more confusion, the recent amendments to the A.D.A. have a significant impact on the rights of mentally employees as well as the responsibilities of employers. This practical workshop address both the legal and psychological issues that often arise, such as confidentiality, fitness for duty evaluations, when and why to drug test, the relationship between conduct problems and mental illness, and how to directly address mental health problems with managers and employees.

Why should you attend: Risk of litigation if psychiatric disabilities aren't handled correctly, mental illnesses are one of the most treatable disorders but only a third of individuals who have them get help, this costs organizations millions of dollars each year,

Areas Covered in the Session:

• How the ADA, FMLA and Workers' Comp intersect
  
• When do conduct problems become mental illness?
  
• What do you say to a depressed employee?
  
• What protection do alcoholics and substance abusers have under the A.D.A.
  
• How to handle threats and other disruptive behavior
  
• The 5 biggest mistakes managers make in managing mentally ill employees
  
• What do you do when an employee talks of suicide
  
• How to handle an employee who comes back from rehab

Who Will Benefit:

• Chief Human Resource Officers
  
• Senior Management Team
  
• HR Managers, Directors, and Administrators
  
• Supervisors
  
• Employment Managers
  
• Training Director