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Disability ServicesDisability Services
Processes:Fitting the Pieces Together
Janet Killen
Disability Support Services Director
Wake Tech Community College
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Disability Service Provider at Disability Service Provider at Community Colleges vs. Community Colleges vs.
Colleges/UniversitiesColleges/Universities• Processes and accommodations similar • Students very different• Examples of community college students
• Psychiatric at unsteady stage• Occupational Course of Study; EMD• Autistic• Complicated medical situations
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Disability Service Providers at Disability Service Providers at Community Colleges vs. Community Colleges vs.
Colleges/UniversitiesColleges/Universities• Important to have in place someone who:
• Understands community college students with disabilities
• Has some knowledge of the legal world of disabilities in the post-secondary environment
• Contact Student Development Services at the NCCCS office for training opportunities; community colleges would be wise to pay for training and conferences for service providers
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ProcessesProcesses
• Connecting with Disability Services
• Accessing Student Accommodations
• Establishing Policies and Procedures
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Connecting with Disability ServicesConnecting with Disability Services
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Connecting to Connecting to Disability ServicesDisability Services
• Student Self-Identifies• Inquiry (Students, Parents, Counselors)• Documentation Guidelines by Disability• Initial Interview
• ADA vs IDEA• Review Documentation• Functional Limitations• Accommodation Determination (Service Contract)
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Connecting to Connecting to Disability Services—Student FileDisability Services—Student File
• Service Contract
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Connecting to Connecting to Disability Services—Student FileDisability Services—Student File
• DSS Admissions Checklist
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Connecting to Connecting to Disability Services—Student FileDisability Services—Student File
• Documentation• Counseling Record• Consent to Send Information• Staff Assistant Agreement• Borrowed Equipment Agreement• Testing Log• Study Session Log
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Connecting to Connecting to Disability ServicesDisability Services
Office processes:• Generate Accommodation Notices • Compile Student DSS File• Update DSS Student List
Student List is on Microsoft ACCESS• Address, curriculum, active/inactive,
accommodations• Can be sorted for data such as Perkins
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Connecting to Disability ServicesConnecting to Disability Services
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Accessing Student AccommodationsAccessing Student Accommodations
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Accessing Student AccommodationsAccessing Student AccommodationsProcess: Notifying Instructors of Process: Notifying Instructors of
Student AccommodationsStudent Accommodations
• Accommodation Notices Provided to Instructors • Permission from student
to send (Request for
Accommodation Notification)
• Or hand delivered by
student• Attachments
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Accessing Student Accommodations Accessing Student Accommodations Process: Alternative TestingProcess: Alternative Testing
• Alternative Testing• Scheduling tests and
proctor
• Picking up, logging, and delivering tests
• Extended time, distraction-reduced environment, reader, scribe
• Enlarged Print
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Accessing Student AccommodationsAccessing Student Accommodations
• Priority Registration (who included)• Letter sent to student• Student Appointment• Allows DSS to hire interpreters and staff
notetakers, scan books, request furniture, assistive technology
• Reduced Course Load
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Accessing Student AccommodationsAccessing Student Accommodations
• Student procedures for staff assistance• Assistive listening devices or other
equipment students take with them• Accessible materials
• Enlarged print• Scanned textbooks or class material
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Establishing Policies and ProceduresEstablishing Policies and Procedures
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Establishing Policies and ProceduresEstablishing Policies and Procedures
• Mission of Disability Services• Policy of Nondiscrimination—ADA
and Section 504• Admission to the College• Qualifying for Services• Record Maintenance
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Establishing Policies and ProceduresEstablishing Policies and Procedures
• Accessible Services• Accessible Materials• Adaptive Equipment• Academic Services
• Alterantive Testing
• Faculty Notification
• Priority Regisration
• Study Sessions
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Establishing Policies and ProceduresEstablishing Policies and Procedures
• Class Attendance• Trying to fine tune wording to try to avoid
misunderstanding and student abuse of absences
• Examples of wording
• Service Animals• Facilities• Grievance Procedure
• 504/ADA Officer or Dean of Students
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Graduation AccommodationsGraduation Accommodations
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