Faculty Training 2015

NMSU-A Students with Disability

Presenters

• Viviane AckallNMSU-A - Accessibilities Services Coordinator

• Trudy LukenNMSU - Director, Student Accessibility Services

• Dr. Bill DethlefsUTEP - Director, Center for Accommodations and Support Services

New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Accessibilities Services Department (ASD) 2400 N. Scenic Drive - Alamogordo, NM 88310 - 575-439-3724

ACCOMMODATION REQUEST FORM ALL INFORMATION IN THIS MEMO IS CONFIDENTIAL

STUDENT NAME: Maria Silva ID: xxx-xxx-xxx SEMESTER: SPRING 2015 The Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act require educational institutions to provide reasonable accommodations to all students who need them. Services for Students with Disabilities has reviewed documentation from this student who has been determined to be eligible for the following accommodations:

1. Extra time on tests and quizzes (1.5x) 2. Testing in a quiet environment (ASD can provide proctor for tests or use the ASC

tutor/building) 3. Extra time on assignments if it doesn’t compromise the integrity of the course.

Instructor’s directions here ______________________________________________ 4. Preferential seating close to the door 5. Use of tape recorder or MP3 to record lectures (student is not allowed to share or

distribute the material recorded in class without instructor written permission) 6. Written instructions for assignments and tests/quizzes 7. All extra written material should be presented to student in an accessible format at the

time it is distributed to other students in classroom 8. Instructor, please provide print out of lecture and/or PowerPoint used in classroom

Sample

(Specific to NMSU-A)

Specify how accommodations will be implemented:

_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

Instructions: the ASD will email the accommodation letter to professor and copy the student. Student must contact professor to discuss accommodations. Instructors may review it, discuss with the student privately either face-to-face or via email/canvas, write down deadlines or any information student must know in the space above, sign (keep copy), and return the original to ASD immediately after receiving it or at most by 10 days of date email was sent. If you have questions regarding the accommodations listed above, please contact the ASD Office at 575-439-3724 immediately. I understand that the above information will be sent to my instructor and I agree that the Instructor below and the ASD Coordinator communicate regarding accommodations and academic progress: STUDENT SIGNATURE: DATE: Professor’s Signature: DATE: Professor’s name: ____________________ Course:

ASD OFFICIAL SIGNATURE: DATE:

Extra Time On Tests And Quizzes

• All students that request extra time through the ASD qualifies for the services

• Extra time for testing is not optional• Not all students will use the extra time• Unless the accommodation letter is updated, continue to provide

the extra time, even if student is not using it

Extended Time for Tests and Quizzes Form

In Classroom ASC Lab

Student’s name: ____________________________Aggie ID #: __________________________

Class: _________________________________________________________________________

Date of test/exam: ______________________________________________________________

Allotted time for testing: _________________________________________________________

Time test/exam started: _________________________________________________________

Time test/exam was returned: ____________________________________________________

If student declined extra time, student’s signature: ___________________________________

Comments: ____________________________________________________________________

Professor’s Name (print):_________________________________________________________

Professor/Proctor Signature: ____________________________________________________

Protection Form

Testing in a Quiet Environment

Extra Time On Assignments

• Instructor can discuss this accommodation with the student and explain why extra time is not necessary in this class

• It is necessary to state in the accommodation letter why accommodation was not granted

Preferential Seating

• By the door

• Away from the door

• In front of the classroom

• In the back of the classroom

• At the sides of the classroom

• Stand up workstation

Recording Class

• No need for notes• If student needs to leave classroom, he/she will

not miss material• Student can focus on lecture instead of taking

notes• Students can transfer recording to notes

o Smart penso IPad and IPhone – e.g. Free Voice Record Proo Regular recorder

• Pictures of the white board

Flexible Attendance and Deadlines

• Student has a scheduled doctor’s appointment: Instructor must reschedule test

• Student missed test due to illness (disability):Instructor must make-up test

• No permission from ASD is required. Instructor should coordinate with student and ASC

(if needed) to arrange make-up test.

College Responsibility to Provide Assistive Technology to Students

• College is responsible to provide assistive technology to student in classroom and campus buildings (ASC, Library, Student Services, etc.)

• College is NOT responsible to provide assistive technology for students to take home

• ASD is allowed to provide free e-books/pdf to students if proof of book purchase is provided

A Notice of Understanding Memo will be sent to the faculty that did not return the accommodation letter properly signed to ASD.

When All Other Options Have Failed

If there is a claim from student that instructor has not provided accommodation, ASD will contact OIE and Gerald Nevarez Gerard Nevarez will initiate the taking of an internal complaint pursuant to Policy Chapter 3.25.

Instructor will have the burden to prove that she/he has provided the accommodation.

Temporary Accommodation

If student contacts instructor and requests accommodationo If instructor has time to contact ASD for accommodation, please direct

student to ASD and explain that student SHOULD follow the ASD process to request accommodation

o If student request accommodation with short notice: Instructor must accommodate student AND refer him/her to ASD

Instructor can ask the reason student is requesting the accommodation

Instructor may postpone test if not sure if accommodation can be approved

If the disability is not visually identifiable, instructor must explain to student that accommodation will be placed for this specific instance, but for future, she/he needs to provide proof of disability to ASD

Temporary Accommodation Cont.

Bottom Line: Accommodations cannot be postponed or withheld due to a

bureaucratic process.

If student goes to ASD and does not have a visually verifiable disability, and request accommodation, ASD must provide student with a Temporary Accommodation Letter

ASD Coordinator will consider the request on an individual basis

ASD Coordinator will establish a time frame for student to provide documentation of his/her disability, but this time frame is flexible and if student request more time and provide reasonable motive, it has to be granted

If student fails to complete the process to requestaccommodation, the accommodations can be revoked and instructor will be notified to stop providing the accommodations

Temporary Accommodation Cont.

Instructors and Department Heads CAN request ASD for information on student’s accommodations if it is needed in order to better understand and serve the student

Confidentiality Update

Confidentiality Update

Nobody is allowed to comment on student’s disability

o in classroom o with others faculty, students or staffo for any other reason other than providing accommodations

Questions?