1 / 14

Vice Chair Special Topic Meeting: OSD

Vice Chair Special Topic Meeting: OSD. Michelle Peters Executive Director Office for Students with disabilities January 21 st , 2010. Introductions. Vice Chair Introductions Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD)

curran-horn
Download Presentation

Vice Chair Special Topic Meeting: OSD

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vice Chair Special Topic Meeting: OSD Michelle Peters Executive Director Office for Students with disabilities January 21st, 2010

  2. Introductions Vice Chair Introductions Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) University Center (UC) 202; osd@ucsd.edu; 858.534.4382 (V); 858.534.9709 (TTY); http://osd.ucsd.edu

  3. Role of the OSD Academic Role: Responsibility to uphold the standards of the curriculum, technical competencies, & institutional integrity Service Role: Responsibility to treat others with dignity, while maintaining other roles simultaneously Legal Role: Responsibility to ensure students with documented disabilities have equal access to UC San Diego’s programs and activities in a consistent and timely manner

  4. Types of Disabilities • Referral of Students to OSD • Student Flow: Process, Paperwork, Result • AFA: Eligibility … A Snapshot from the Perspective of a Disability Specialist

  5. Role of the OSD Equal Access through Reasonable Accommodations Retention of Quality Students Federal Statutes UC Policy UCSD Policy It takes additional time to self-manage a disability A disability presents a need to get to the same result using different or additional steps/actions along the way … Stephen Hawking – Theoretical Physicist

  6. Student & Dependent Accommodations Exam Accommodations Classroom Accommodations Students eligible for access to specialized software/hardware All other exam accommodations – OSD Academic Liaisons • A collaborative approach for eligible accommodations, working with faculty, Teaching Assistants, and the students with disabilities. For example: • Note-taking (ASL Notes or Peer Notes) • Alternative formats • Reading assignments in advance • Completing in-class assignments after class • Use of special furniture • Tape record lectures • Sign language interpreters • Captioned video or other electronic information

  7. Assistance with experiments • Additional time to complete a lab • Specialized furniture Lab Accommodations

  8. Student & Dependent Accommodations Alternative Formats (anything other than standard print) Note-Taking (peer note-taking system)

  9. Student & Dependent Accommodations Adaptive Technologies (software & hardware designed for people with disabilities) ADA Transport (provides eligibility for on-campus, between classes) Screen readers Voice activation Magnification Word prediction • OSD provides eligibility for students for on-campus travel

  10. Program Modifications • Reduction in required course load – but treated as • a full-time student • Extensions to complete programs • Housing • Scholarships • Athletics • Leave of absence • Priority Registration • Course Substitution • Medical Withdrawal

  11. Student & Dependent Accommodations Campus Living Housing & Dining Websites E-mail & other electronic information Library access Participation in organizations Physical navigation to event/meeting Parking/transportation ADA Transport Services

  12. Authorization for Accommodation (AFA) Letters Phase One – New Format Phase Two – Interest Groups Addressed to individual professors (lead professor when a TA is instructing) MUCH more specific Students have copies to share with Professor and OSD Academic Liaisons One sheet of paper (duplex) Classroom Accommodations Interest Group Exam Accommodations Interest Group Lab Accommodations Interest Group

  13. Interest Groups Interest Groups Phase 2 of AFA Meetings Fall, 2009, and quarterly after that Implementation of viable recommendations from Interest Groups Scheduled for Summer, 2010

  14. Q & A Your Feedback, Please

More Related