Alphabetized below are instructions for accommodating a student with a disability. Services outlined on an Accommodation Recommendation Form (AR) are designed to promote full classroom access and academic/programmatic opportunity.

If you need to enlarge a syllabus, handout, overhead, quiz, examination, or other class materials for a student with a visual disability, please send the materials to Kok Keong "Yip" of the Dean of Students Office at 125 Dempsey Hall. In order to provide optimal services, we need at least three days to respond.  Materials should be modified prior to the actual class session so that the student can receive or use them at the same time as other students.

Quizzes or tests utilizing extended time should be administered in Testing Services.  Faculty members are required to submit the exam, the manila Test Reservation Card, and Testing Services Cover Sheet to Testing Services at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled testing time.  If you do not have a Test Reservation Card or a Testing Services Cover Sheet, please call Gena Frey at (920) 424-0073 or frey@uwosh.edu or pick them up at the table outside of Polk Room 4.  Exams should be administered at the same time as the rest of the class unless extenuating circumstances arise (i.e. extended time conflicts with consecutive classes).  Faculty members and students should collaboratively determine an appropriate alternate test time.

For Project Success students, extended time can be offered in their main office where there are a number of private testing rooms. In addition, a staff member can pick up the test from you and return it once it is completed (call Jill Teal at (920) 424-1033). The Testing Center is also equipped to assist Project Success students as well as other students with this accommodation.

Furniture:

Some physical conditions require the use of podiums, padded chairs, or other specialized furniture. Facilities Management should have this furniture in place by the beginning of class if our office is already aware of the need, and Disability Services will have a sign placed on it asking that it not to be removed or used by other students. Please contact Marla (424-3100) at  the Dean of Students Office for assistance.

Notetaker:

Faculty members are responsible for announcing the need for a notetaker unless the professor or the student needing the service has approached a qualified individual with this opportunity.

Naturally we would ask that you never announce the name of the student needing the services in class as this would compromise their confidentiality.  Ideally, we are looking for a volunteer that has a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.  The notetaker will be compensated $50 for the first student and $25 for each additional student that is approved for notetaking services in the class, and he/she should contact the Dean of Students Office (125 Dempsey Hall; (920) 424-3100) to pick up a notetaking pad and make arrangements for payment.  The notetaking pad allows the notetaker to give a copy of their notes to the student immediately after each class.  Notetakers and students receiving this service also make a commitment to attend every class barring extenuating circumstances such as illness, family emergency, etc.

Please also facilitate a brief introduction of the student with the disability and the notetaker, and make sure the notetaker has the student’s name and your course’s name/number before he/she comes to our office. If you are having difficulty identifying a notetaker, please contact our office immediately.

Proctors read the exams to the student and/or write the student’s responses to questions. Proctors are instructed not to answer questions for students nor "embellish" their responses. A student assistant in our office coordinates proctoring services. You may contact this person at (920) 424-3100.

Proctoring occurs in the Testing Center.  The student receiving this service is responsible for notifying the student assistance when the test needs to be administered.  Should the student assistance be unavailable due to her/his own class commitments and we are unable to find another student assistant to proctor the exam, our office will request the faculty member and the student to reschedule the exam at another time.

The student should speak with you regarding taping arrangements, and has been provided a recording agreement form as an OPTION for you and the student to sign. It addresses such matters as copywritten material, limits of tape use, destruction of recordings, etc. The student should not tape any portions of class when other students are asked not to take notes.

If you have additional questions or concerns regarding a student with a disability, or your efforts to assist this person, please contact: 
Debbie Gray Patton, (920) 424-3100; 125 Dempsey Hall.

Accommodation Recommendation (AR) Faculty and Student Instructions/
ADA Advisory Board/ Applying  for Reasonable Accommodations /
Submit Problem and Concern / Campus and Building Accessibility Map/
Disabilities and Possible Accommodations / Faculty/Staff Handbook/
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