Accessibility Programs & Services

You must have:

1. Diagnosis by a developmental pediatrician, neurologist, psychiatrist, licensed doctoral-level clinical or educational psychologist, or combination of such professionals
2. Evaluation should be usually within three to five years of application for services

Evaluation should contain the following information:

• Clear statement of DSM III, IIIR, or IV diagnosis
• Date of diagnosis
• Summary of procedures and instruments used
• Summary of evaluation results
• Medical history relating to use of medications
• Statement of impact and limitations of academic performance
• Recommendations for academic adjustments to compensate for the disability
• Name, title, and appropriate licensure information.

Please provide:

• Diagnosing physician
• Name
• Licensure
• Dates of diagnosis and most recent contact
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Functional nature of debilitating illness
• Clinical evidence of disability
• Recommended accommodations

You must have a diagnosis by an audiologist with an audiogram describing the scope of hearing loss:

• Deaf
• Hearing loss of 70 dB or greater in the better ear
• Hard of hearing
• Hearing loss of 35 to 69 dB in the better ear
• Impact of hearing loss in an academic environment
• Recent contact with a qualified professional

You must have a diagnosis by a licensed school or private psychologist.

• Name, title, and appropriate licensure
• Evaluation usually within five years of the student’s application for assistance
• Specific identified learning disability, including the degree of severity
• Battery of tests including aptitude, achievement, and information processing such as:
  • WAIS-R
  • Woodcock-Johnson
  • TASK
  • TOWL-2
  • Stanford Binet
  • KAIT
• Reference to specific academic accommodations requested

Please provide:

• The nature of disability
• Type of mobility devices
  • Wheelchair
  • Walker
  • Cane
  • Braces
• Academic environment issues
  • Distances
• Physician’s information
  • Name
  • Licensure
  • Date of most recent contact
  • Impact in academic environment
  • History and impact of medications on learning
  • Type and severity of impairment

You must have a diagnosis describing the amount of vision loss.

• Blindness
• Visual acuity in both eyes of less than 20/200
• Visual field of less than 20% despite best correction with glasses
• Low vision
• Visual acuity better than 20/200 but worse than 20/70 with correction
• Documentation must include a diagnosis by a medical doctor or optometrist/ophthalmologist

Please provide:

• Diagnosing physician’s credentials
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Functional nature of debilitating illness
• Clinical evidence of disability
• Recommended accommodations

This is a paid tutorial program in which a student works one-on-one with a paid tutor in a specific subject where the student needs more support. The paid tutors are seasoned faculty members who are proficient in working with students with learning disabilities and/or differing learning styles. They are also proficient in using special software programs, which they also incorporate into their tutorials. In addition, they are also trained academic coaches.

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Academic Coaching is a collaborative program between a coach and a student which helps students develop skills, strategies, structure, support , self-reliance, self-awareness and responsibility. Coaching is an individualized process that facilitates goal clarification and academic achievement, which also stimulates and motivates students toward reaching their scholastic goals through structure, support and feedback.

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The B.O.L.D. program is built around the concept of universal design (UDI), which means we proactively seek to build learning opportunities and a support environment that anticipate the needs of students with leaning disabilities. The B.O.L.D program offers services that are individualized and go above and beyond standard accommodation.

If you are applying for the B.O.L.D. program, you need to provide three letters of recommendation addressing your motivation, aptitude, ability to set realistic goals, interpersonal skills and readiness for college.

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By participating in the S.E.A.D. program, student should be able to achieve the following:  have a smooth transition into the college atmosphere, increase awareness of strategies and skills for application in the social college atmosphere, and make connections with students and staff to maintain support throughout their college experience.

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