Welcome! Disability Services Information Session

1. Welcome!Disability ServicesInformation Session www.pcc.edu/disability

2. After completing this orientation, students will know how to: Info Session Outcomes

3. Prepare Information Folder • DS Contact Information • How to Schedule Appointments • DS Student Checklist • Brochures and Handouts • Copies of PowerPoint Presentation slides • Available upon request

4. Prepare Disability Services at Portland Community College works to ensure students who experience disability have an equal opportunity to participate in educational and co-curricular offerings. We do this by: • Facilitating the Accommodation Process through an individualized student-centered approach • Promoting Best Practices through collaboration and engagement within the community Disability Services –Mission

5. Prepare Disability Services – Who We Are

6. Prepare • Services Include: • Determining academic accommodations • Disability-related counseling • Self advocacy skills • Academic success skills • Consultation and referrals • Working with Disability Services • Student Choice • Consistency is Best • Typically meet at primary campus Disability Services− Counselors & Specialists

7. Prepare • Software • www.pcc.edu/adapt • Equipment • General AT loaned through the Library • Specialized AT loaned through DS • Training • Provided for all PCC students who want to learn more about Tools and Techniques • Consultation& Referrals Access for All Students

8. Prepare • Provide equal access and opportunity in the academic environment • Are available to students who are working with PCC Disability Services • Documentation of disability is required to obtain academic accommodations. Formal Accommodations:

9. Engage Accommodations • Examples • Testing • extra time, separate room, etc… • Classroom • notetaking options, preferential seating • Intent • Accommodations provide access without: • creating a substantial change in the curriculum • altering essential elements or functions of a course/program

10. Engage Commit ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY Students: • Initiate contact with Disability Services. • Provide evidence of disability before receiving accommodations. Counselors & Accessibility Specialists: • Determine eligibility for accommodations by evaluating each student’s needs on an individual basis . EACH TERM • Request accommodations from Disability Services. • Obtain Faculty Notification Letter. • Communicate accommodation needs to each instructor. • Follow accommodation procedures and timelines. Accommodation Process

11. Engage • Documentation: three potential sources: • Student’s self-report • Recommendations of qualified professionals familiar with the student • Documentation from outside sources such as: • Professional diagnosis • Observations by educators • Documentation noting past use of services • Documentation must: • Provide substantial, clear and convincing evidence that supports the need for academic accommodations • Be current and specific • Indicate how disability impacts student • If disability fluctuates or is progressive, updated documentation may be required. Establish Eligibility

12. Commit • Approved Academic Accommodations (AAA) • Informs instructors of accommodations. • Review and request each term. • Forms are customized for each class. • Review with each instructor to request accommodations specific to the class. • Accommodations are not retroactive. Faculty Notification Letter

13. Commit • Accommodation Management System • Using AIM, students can: • Create their own AAAs each term • Send email copies of their AAAs to each of their instructors • View and print their AAAs for each course • Request, schedule and track the status of accommodations AIM

14. Commit • ADS Staff Member can help you set up an AIM account and show you how to use the system. • Finding the AIM login page: • Go to the PCC Disability Services (DS) main page. www.pcc.edu/disability • Click on the big green button: • You should be taken directly to the AIM login page. Using AIM

15. Commit • For help learning and using AIM: • Online video tutorials: Click the arrow button on the DS main page (www.pcc.edu/disability) to go to our You Tube channel. • Open lab hours: • Accessibility Aides will be available to assist students with using AIM during scheduled weekly lab times. • The schedule for AIM labs offered on each campus is posted on the Disability Services website. AIM Help

16. Prepare. Engage. Commit. • Get started with DS online at www.pcc.edu/disability • click on the big blue button • Releases of Information • Complete if you want DS to help you obtain your existing documentation. • OHSU and Kaiser have their own forms, please ask the presenter if you need one. Getting Started

17. Prepare Engage Commit • Get Started with DS  Provide documentation. • DS staff will contact you to schedule an initial appointment when documentation is received. • Individual accommodation needs will be addressed during the initial appointment. What Now?