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学生 with documented disabilities who are registered with Disability Support 服务 make up approximately 6% of the 盈禾体育 student population. This fact sheet is designed to help parents understand the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities as well as the policies and procedures that have been 在盈禾体育为这个小组建立的.


What is Disability Support 服务 (DSS) at 的 盈禾体育?

盈禾体育 is mandated by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to provide equal access to facilities, educational and co-curricular programs, campus activities, and employment opportunities to qualified 残疾人士.

DSS如何提供平等的访问机会?

Disability Support 服务 ensures that students with disabilities have physical and academic access to the educational experience at 盈禾体育 by providing reasonable 以及适当的安排. DSS认为,最成功的学生是 self-advocates who identify their own needs, take personal initiative in problem-solving and decision-making, and effectively use all available resources to fully participate 在教育经历中.

学生如何符合资格使用决策支援服务?

服务 are available to all students with documented disabilities that substantially limit a major life activity such as: learning, hearing, seeing, reading, walking, 和口语. It is the student’s responsibility to self-identify and provide current documentation from an appropriate professional (physician, psychologist, etc.) to 民政事务处. 学生必须亲自到DSS申请学术住宿 每学期办公室.

发展支持计划如何了解残疾学生?

DSS通过多种方式了解残疾学生. 大多数学生和他们的 families provide documentation of the disability as the student begins his/her academic 在盈禾体育的职业生涯. 其他来DSS的学生没有被诊断出来. DSS提供 these students with resources for obtaining diagnostic evaluations that may warrant 住宿的提供. 文件是学生的责任 社区学院不提供.

How will students with disabilities tell their professors that they are eligible 获得学术住宿?

Having met with a member of the DSS staff to discuss accommodations for the current semester’s courses, eligible student and their professors will receive Request for 通过电子邮件发送住宿信. 教授被要求回答问题 协调器作为收据的一种形式. 作好安排是学生的责任 for accommodations (this might include reminding a professor to deliver a test to DSS). Instructors are not expected to provide accommodations “on demand” or “after 这样的事实.”

Can faculty members approach the topic of students with disabilities at the start 当然?

学生’ disability information is confidential and should never be discussed or 指在同学或其他个人面前. 维护学生的权利 to privacy and to indicate a willingness to provide accommodations, instructors may 在每门课程的教学大纲中包括一份声明,例如:

"服务 for 学生 with Disabilities: Any student with a documented disability 可以安排合理的住宿. 作为这个过程的一部分,学生受到鼓励 to contact the Office of 学生残疾服务 as early in the semester 尽可能(www).freeflowlife.net/dss)."

After receiving a Request for Accommodations letter, an instructor may invite the student to an office hour to discuss any special circumstances related to a disability.

常见的住宿条件是什么??

的 most commonly requested accommodations are: extended time for test taking, testing 在一个没有干扰的环境中,并帮助做笔记. 住宿是 不是为了保证成功. 它们旨在“创造公平的竞争环境” so students have equal access and are assessed on their learning and not on the impact 他们在教育环境中的残疾.

什么是延长测试时间?

Extended time for testing is an accommodation that grants the student the right to 在考试上多花些时间. 时间半是一个普遍的准则 or starting point, but each student’s allotted time is determined on a case-by-case 基础. 延长时间并不意味着无限的时间. 在收到请求后 Accommodations letter from a student who wishes to use the DSS Testing Center, the faculty member is responsible for delivering the test to 民政事务处. 测试 is accompanied by a completed Test Cover Sheet which supplies DSS with such information as: materials students can/cannot use while testing, special instructions, latest 可以进行测试的日期,交付测试的地点等.

Can a faculty member review a student’s documentation/file before agreeing to accommodations 比如延长考试时间?

Only the DSS staff has access to the files containing students’ documentation. 从 time to time, DSS will confer with faculty who are concerned about a student. DSS can supply only general information to the faculty member along with strategies to meet the learning needs of the student in the classroom and explanations of the accommodations 待提供.

What types of disabilities do 盈禾体育 students disclose to Disability Support 服务?

盈禾体育 students disclose a variety of disabilities including, but not limited to: physical 残疾(e.g. Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy); learning 残疾(e.g. dyslexia, language disorders, dyscalculia); psychiatric 残疾(e.g. 抑郁症, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder); chronic health 残疾(e.g. 哮喘、癌症、 chronic fatigue syndrome); Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Blindness/Visually Impaired; Deafness or Hard of Hearing.

How can I reach DSS to discuss any of the above information or other disability related 问题?

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