Studentmustbeadmittedtouw-Whitewater

CenterforStudentswithDisabilitiesServices

“Exploringthepossibilitiesofyourfuture”

EligibilityforCSDServices

•StudentmustbeadmittedtoUW-Whitewater

•Wearehappytomeetwithprospectivestudentsbutwillnotapproveaccommodationsataninitialmeeting

•StudentsmustcompleteanApplicationfor

AccommodationServicesForm

•Submitdisabilitydocumentationalongwithapplication

(Documentationguidelinesavailableonourwebsite!)

•Student’sapplicationanddocumentationisreviewedto

determineeligibilityforservices

•Ifeligible,studentsareassignedtoaDisabilityServicesCoordinatortodetermineappropriateaccommodationsandsetupservices

ServicesforStudentswithDisabilities

inCollege

•PostSecondaryInstitutionsfollowADAand

Section504…notIDEA

•IEPor504Planishelpfulbutusuallynot

sufficientdocumentation

•Youareresponsibletoprovideyourown

documentation.

–Documentationmustbecurrent

–Completedbyaqualifiedprofessional

–Adultassessmenttools(NotChildren’s)

Servicescontinued….

•Allservicesaredeterminedonanindividualbasis

•Studentsmustrequestandsetupaccommodationsserviceseachsemester

•Studentsmusttalktofaculty/instructorseachsemester(CSDwillnotinforminstructorsofyouraccommodationneedsforyou)

TypesofServices:

ADAMandatedvs.Non-MandatedServices

MandatedServices

CommonAccommodations

AlternativeTesting

AlternativeMedia

NoteTaking

SignLanguage

Interpreting/Captioning

Braille

Classroomaccommodations

AdaptiveComputerLab

In-classAide

HousingModifications

Non-Mandated

Fee-basedServicePrograms

SummerTransitionProgram

ProjectASSIST(Tutoring)

AdaptiveTransportation

Out-of-ClassAides

EmploymentConnections

DisabilitiesServicesCoordinator

–Meetwitheachsemestertosetupservices

–Reviewwhatservicesyouwillneedforeachclass

–Assistwithproblemsolvingandidentifying

resources

–Willnot“checkin”onyourprogress,youmust

makeappointmentsandinitiatemeetings

SummerTransitionProgram

•TheCenterforStudentswithDisabilitiesoffersafour-weekprogramforincomingfreshmenwithdisabilities.TheintentoftheprogramistohelpstudentsmakeasmoothtransitionfromhighschooltouniversitylifeatUW-Whitewater.Studentsareenrolledintwo,three-creditcourses:

•AcademicSurvivalSkills

–Thiscourseemphasizessuchthingsasnote-takingskills,test-takingstrategies,verbalandwrittenlanguageskillsandtheprocessofwritingauniversity-levelresearchpaper.

•TransitiontoCollegewithaDisability

–Thiscourseisdesignedtohelpcollegefreshmenwithdisabilitiesdevelopcommunicationskills,criticalthinkingandlearningstrategies,andskillsthroughengagementinprojectsandpresentationsandtheuseofassistivetechnologies.

•Additionally,theSummerTransitionProgramprovidesone-to-onesupportfromprofessional

staffandfacilitatesconnectionswithcampusandcommunityresources.

•TheUW-WhitewaterSummerTransitionProgramclearlycontributestoimprovedacademicperformanceandretentionofstudentswithdisabilities.Thenationalgraduationrateforstudentswithdisabilitiesis19percent,accordingtothe2010HarrisPoll.StudentsthatsuccessfullycompletetheSTPgraduateatarateof48percentatfiveyears,morethandoublethenationalrate.Infact,96percentofSTPstudentspersistfromthefirsttosecondsemesterduringtheirfreshman

ProjectASSIST

•ProjectASSISTisasupplementary,fee-basedprogramthatprovidescomprehensiveandindividualizedsupportservicestostudentswithdisabilities.Althoughitsprimaryfocusisacademicsupport,theprogramalsoaddressesstrengtheningstudents’timemanagement,organizationandproblem-solvingskills.

•Tutoring

•ProjectASSISTtutorsareundergraduateandgraduatestudentswhoaretrainedinstudyskillsandlearningstrategies,assessmentoflearningstylesandtechniquesforworkingwithindividualswithdisabilities.

•Tutoringmayinclude:

•Individualizedacademicassistancewithcoursework

•Organizationandtimemanagement

•Suggestionsforlearningandcommunicationstrategies

•Writingandmathassistance

•Referraltoothercampusservices

•Drop-intutoringsupportisavailableduringdaytimeandeveninghours.

•ComputerLab

•AssistivetechnologysoftwaresuchasKurzweil3000,TextHelpandInspirationareavailable.Adaptiveworkstationsarealsoavailable.Studentscanworkonhomeworkinthelabandhaveaccesstotutorsandstaff.Thecomputerlabhasbothdaytimeandeveninghours.

WarhawkWheels

•Curbtocurbpickup/dropoffservicesforstudents

–Academic-ridesareclassrelatedactivities

–Non-academic-rideswithinthecityof

Whitewater

•OnlyUniversityinstatethathasthisservice

•Threevansinoperation

•50riders2014-2015academicyear

OutofClassAides

•AnOutofClassAideisanindividualhiredbytheCenterforStudentswithDisabilitiestohelpstudentscompleteclass-relatedprojectsandactivitiesthatneedtobedoneoutsideoftheclassroom.

•UW-Whitewaterstudents

•Pairedwithstudentswhoneedassistanceoutsideoftheclassroom andrequest

theaccommodationthroughhis/herKeyContact

•Fee-Based.Thereisacostassociatedwiththisservice.Thestudentisbilledbasedonthenumberofhourstheyuseeachsemester.

•Hired,trained,paid,andsupervisedthroughtheCenterforStudentswith

Disabilities

•AnOutofClassAidecould:

–helpastudentwithaphysicallimitationputtogetheravisualaidforapresentation.

–assistwithtypingapaperifastudentisunabletousetheDragonNaturally

Speaking©technology.

–couldassistastudentwithwritingoutanswerstohomeworkassignmentsasthestudentdictates.

EmploymentConnections

•AnewpilotprogramatUW-WhitewaterexpandingonourWorkExperienceProgramforstudents.Workexperienceprogramassistedstudentswithlittletonoworkexperiencefindcampusemployment.

•EmploymentConnectionsprogramwillprovidethefollowing:

•ForStudents:

–Resumedevelopment

–Howtowriteacoverletter/thankyouletters

–Howtofindajob

–RightsundertheADA

–How/whentodisclose

–JobDevelopment

•ForEmployers:

–Connectionstoanuntappedtalentpoolofstudentswithdisabilities,includingVeteranswithdisabilities

–Candidatesforinternshipsandemployment

–Workforcediversity

–Consultationandongoingsupport

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