Complying with ADA Standards for Accessible Design Seminar
DISCLAIMER
Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Complying with Federal Accessibility Requirements
History of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the ADA Standards
Entities and facilities that are covered
Scoping requirements – what has changed
Readily-achievable barrier removal
Alterations
New construction
Compliance dates
New policies and procedures
Safe harbors
Relationship between ADA federal requirements and building codes
Applying the Revised Standards – Technical Standards
What has changed?
What has been removed?
What has been added?
• Dwelling units
• Children’s environments
• Overview of swimming pools, fitness rooms, golf courses, sports courts
• Bathrooms/toilet rooms
• Reach ranges
Questions and Answers
Credits
Architects
6.5 Continuing EducationHours (HSW)
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW PDHs
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
International Code Council
6.5 Contact Hours
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Continuing Education
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 HSW (Public Protection) continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including West Virginia. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in West Virginia.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP000007000), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Code Council has approved this event for 6.5 contacts hours (.65 CEUs) in the special area of Accessibility.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to contractors, but it has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board for continuing education approval.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Kristin Bjornson
Kristin Bjornson has over 10 years of Interior Design experience. Her previous work of plan reviews, space planning, design development and knowledge of CAD help to identify issues in relation to accessibility barriers. She has worked on commercial, residential and education projects across the United States. Kristin received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Interior Design from Harrington College of Design in Chicago.