Disability Support Services

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Disability Support Services office is to support students with disabilities and/or any medical condition that may affect their academic progress by collaborating with faculty and staff in removing barriers while pursuing excellence in education and service.

CORE FUNCTIONS

Our core functions relate to student support, whether academic or in any other realm were the student’ s condition may affect them. Our services are noted as:

Documentation and possible accommodations review, set up and counseling

Assist students with any challenges that arise during their academic term (academic or not)

Provide assistance and guidance for students on schedule planning

Liaise with faculty members to ensure accommodations and/or services are working or set up as intended

Assist students with troubleshooting and/or planning strategies

Assist and counsel parents KEY INITIATIVES

BY THE NUMBERS 63 266 334 36 26 13 30

Registrations Accommodation Renewals Tests Arranged Sports Related Injury Accommodations Processed Medical Withdrawal Requests Processed COVID-19 Accommodation Requests Temporary Requests Processed

LOOKING FORWARD

Although our services expanded and changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been able to continue to provide services to students and meet them where they are. We made the switch to a hybrid model and have continued to use it, as it encourages students to reach out and seek services no matter where they are located, in-person in school and/or taking courses remotely due to medical needs.

Continue to enhance our services Improve student experience and ease of access to services/procedures Obtain software management support Promote our services with students and faculty The addition of the College of Law has given us the opportunity to work on adjusting our guidelines and procedures to match the needs for the upcoming 1st cohort students, as well as taking the opportunity to review and update them as needed. This will also provide the opportunity to add a new staff member to the office, who would be taking over the oversight of the Testing Center and serve as an integral part of the DSS services and processes. 12