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Defining the Roles of Services to Students with Disabilities: Creating a Certificate for Service Providers. Susan Asselin, Virginia Tech Peggy Weiss, UNC – Chapel Hill Jane Warner, The Citadel Virginia AHEAD Fall Conference October 1, 2009 John Tyler Community College Chester, VA .
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Defining the Roles of Services to Students with Disabilities: Creating a Certificate for Service Providers Susan Asselin, Virginia Tech Peggy Weiss, UNC – Chapel Hill Jane Warner, The Citadel Virginia AHEAD Fall Conference October 1, 2009 John Tyler Community College Chester, VA
What Are We Doing Today? • Starting a conversation with you about the value of a on-line certification program for disability services providers and others in higher education who work with students with disabilities. • Asking for your help to begin to develop a curriculum towards a certification process.
Beginning Questions • What are your thoughts on the need for a certification for disability service providers? • Would it make a difference in your hiring practices if an individual had certification in this area? • Would you consider that this program be used for existing staff to update their knowledge? • Would it make sense to use the AHEAD Professional Standards as a starting point to develop the program?
Today’s Goal • Use a DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) approach to solicit expert input on knowledge and skills needed by college disability service providers to determine the feasibility of developing and offering a professional certificate program.
Objectives • Brainstorm all the position titles in disability services or other programs that provide direct services to students with disabilities (e.g. N4A Athletic Learning Specialists) • Examine AHEAD Professional Standards categories and major duties and prioritize by importance and frequency • Determine specific professional knowledge and skills for tasks under each duty • List additional experiences outside course that would be beneficial • Describe the ideal delivery model • Recommend what should we do next?
Think, Think, Think • What are your job titles? • What traits do you consider essential to this job?
AHEAD Professional Standards • Administration • Direct Service • Consultation and/or Collaboration • Institutional Awareness • Professional Development