Transcript I know Disability Services provides accommodations… what

Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Next to the Student Health
Center
Office Hours 8:00-5:00 Monday-Friday
912 -279-5806
http://www.ccga.edu/ODS/
Office of Disability Services (ODS)
 The ODS is the centralized agency for receiving students’
disability-related documentation and approving
requested accommodations.
 Students must voluntarily disclose information about
their disability with the ODS and provide documentation
to support their requested accommodations. The process
of documentation review involves the assessment of the
individual’s disability with respect to the documentation
presented and the accommodations requested.
 Documentation provided must meet Board of Regents'
criteria.
 Students requesting services must still meet the CCGA
admission criteria and be “otherwise qualified.”
What are disability accommodations?
 Accommodations are academic adjustments, services,
equipment, etc. that allow a student with a disability to have
equal access to academic information and equal access to
demonstrate mastery of that information.
 Accommodations do not compromise academic standards or
essential course functions.
 Students with disabilities who receive accommodations must
still meet all admission and academic standards, including
attendance requirements.
 Examples of accommodations include: extended time for exams,
reduced distraction testing environment, large print handouts,
peer note taker, permission to record lectures, sign language
interpreter, books in alternate format, etc.
Our office serves students with various types of
disabilities, including but not limited to:
•Blindness/Visual Impairment
•Deafness/Hearing Impairment
•Mobility Impairment
•Learning Disabilities
•ADD/ADHD
•Acquired Brain Injury
•Psychological Disorders
•Medical Illnesses/Injuries
•Initial Meeting:
•Upon receipt and review of disability documentation, ODS will meet with
the student to discuss reasonable accommodations appropriate for their
disability and an accommodation letter will be issued to the student.
•Information to Faculty:
•At the beginning of each semester, the student will give a copy of their
current accommodation letter to each of their professors.
•The professor will acknowledge receipt of the accommodation letter by
signing the Faculty Academic Accommodation Form.
•The student will return the Faculty Academic Accommodation Form to
ODS to be placed in their file.
•Semester Updates:
•Each semester, a student will need to report to ODS with a copy of their
schedule to pick up the Accommodation Letter and the Faculty Academic
Accommodation Form and to discuss any changes which may need to be
made to their accommodation letter.
•The ODS assumes that any student who does not pick up their
accommodation letter for the semester has chosen not to utilize
accommodations.
•If agreed upon by the instructor and the student, the instructor can
provide extended time in the classroom. Please note: it is best if the
student is allowed to begin and end the test in the same environment.
•The instructor can also provide a reduced distraction test environment
in their office or another quiet environment; however the regular
classroom setting or alternate seating in a classroom (e.g. the back of
the room) is not considered a reduced distraction testing environment.
•If the student and the instructor are unable to make arrangements for
appropriate testing accommodations in the classroom, the student may
request to take their exams with ODS.
•Students are responsible for providing their instructors with an exam
accommodation form for each test and returning the completed form to
ODS at least 48 hours prior to the exam.
• The instructor determines the date and time of the exam for their course.
•To ensure test integrity, it is recommended that students testing with ODS
take the exam at the same time as the other students in the class or at a time
which allows for some overlap. Please note: If your class is held after 5 p.m.
and you are unable to provide testing accommodations for a student on your
own, the test time will have to be adjusted to fit into the office hours.
•It is acceptable to give a student testing with the ODS an alternate form of
the test. This will help to ensure test integrity if the student has to take the
test at a time other than when the rest of the class is taking it.
ODS Expectations of Faculty/Staff
 Instructors are expected to maintain the confidentiality of the student being
served by Disability Services.
 Instructors are expected to provide reasonable accommodations listed on the
student’s accommodation letter.
 If listed as an accommodation on the student’s letter, instructors are expected
to locate a suitable note taker for the student.
 If you are unable to locate an acceptable note taker, providing copies of
detailed power points and your lecture materials is considered an
acceptable alternative.
 The instructor is expected to make all lecture information, tests, quizzes,
course assignments, etc. accessible to all students, including those with visual
impairments. Disability Services can assist by providing test proctors, space
for testing, assistive technology, etc. to help aid in ensuring access, but
ultimately it is each individual instructor’s responsibility to make lectures,
assignments, exams and so on accessible to all students.
ODS Expectations of Faculty/Staff
 Instructors are expected to contact the ODS if they have
questions or concerns regarding how to meet a student’s
accommodations.
 Instructors are not expected to change the course guidelines or
standards.
 You are only expected to accommodate the student in order for
him/her to meet them. If you feel providing an accommodation
fundamentally alters the nature of an objective of your course,
please contact the Office of Disability Services to discuss this issue
further.
College of Coastal Georgia
Office of Disability Services
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact
Jennifer Zak, Director of Counseling and Disability Services at
[email protected] or 912-279-5806 or come by the Office of
Disability Services, located in the Campus Center, 2nd Floor, Next
to the Student Health Center.