Student Handbook
Academic Information 73
disability must •
Be submitted from a qualified professional and typed on a letterhead that includes the date and signature of the qualified professional
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Include the date(s) of the evaluation
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State the diagnosis or diagnoses of the disability
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State the symptoms or impact of the disability on daily functioning
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Make a reference to the types of evaluation procedures that were utilized
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Include the evaluation results/scores (as appropriate)
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Include the limitations of student functioning (especially as related to the higher education environment)
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Provide recommendations and rationale for accommodations which would be helpful in assisting institutional personnel in determining appropriate and necessary support
4. The documentation must be current, giving an accurate picture of how the disability impacts the student at this point in time. In most cases, documentation should be less than three years old. For psychiatric disabilities the documentation should be current within the past year, with updates provided (as appropriate) during a student’s enrollment at ATS. 5. The documentation, when initially submitted to ATS, must be provided at least one month prior to the first course, and two weeks prior to the first day of class for each semester. 6. Once the Disability Resource Center has received the documentation, the Accommodations Committee completes the Graduate Student Assignment of Accommodation form, with consideration given to recommendations for reasonable accommodations made by the professional who evaluated the student. 7.
The reasonable accommodations that are provided to the student by ATS will be listed on this form. The Graduate Student Assignment of Accommodations: Professor form, signed by the student and the professor, is a form listing the reasonable accommodations so that the professor can work with the student on implementation of the accommodations in the course. The office personnel work together with the student and the professor to ensure that the reasonable accommodations are effectively implemented in each course for each semester.
8. The student is responsible for communicating to the professors which of the specific accommodations would be applicable for each respective course at least two weeks prior to the beginning of the course.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords eligible students certain rights with respect to their education records. (An “eligible student” under FERPA is a student who is 18 years of age or older or who attends a postsecondary institution at any age.) These rights include: 1. The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days after the day the Seminary receives a request for access. To request access a student must submit a written request to the Office of the Registrar that identifies the record(s) the student wishes to inspect. The Registrar’s Office will make arrangements for access and notify the student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. If the records are not maintained by the Registrar’s Office, the Registrar’s Office will advise the student of the correct official to whom the request should be addressed. 2. The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes is inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA. A student who wishes to ask the Seminary to amend a record should write the Office of the Registrar, clearly identify the part of the record the student wants changed, and specify why it should be
