Suitable Representative Training

This is the training for Suitable Representative Volunteers. Please coordinate with the OAH ADA coordinator before you take this training, if you want to become qualified as a Suitable Representative under WAC 10-24-010(20).

These training materials discuss how to represent someone in hearings before OAH when a suitable representative has been appointed by OAH as an ADA accommodation.

Please use this training checklist which has hyperlinks to all of the documents and videos required for the training:

Training checklist

Here is a separate list of the documents:

Overview of New Accommodation Rule WAC 10-24-010
Suitable Representative Role and Responsibilities
Communicating with a Client through an Interpreter
Costs and Requests for Reimbursement
Introduction to the ADA
Strategies for Working with People who have Disabilities
Communicating with and about People with Disabilities
Guide to Etiquette and Behavior for Working with People with Disabilities
Respecting Choice and Preferences of the Client
Introduction to Training - Slides
Scope of Duty - Slides
How to Participate in Your Hearing – OAH Brochures - Slides
Overview of Common Forms and Pleadings - Slides
Appointment Process, the Case Record, and NOA - Slides
Administrative Law - Slides
Substantive Law - Slides
Accommodating Parties with an Intellectual Disability
Accommodating Parties with a Learning Disability
Accommodating Parties with a Psychiatric Disability
Accommodating Parties with a Head Injury
Accommodating Parties with Low Vision or Blindness
ADA Primer for State and Local Governments 2015
WA State Access to Justice Technology Principles 2004
General Resources