在浩博体育app,包容性是我们价值观的核心. We welcome individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to providing equal access, enabling you to thrive academically and socially — a commitment that is a shared responsibility among all members within our vibrant SU community.
我们的残障服务团队会与您紧密合作, 确保提供合理和适当的住宿,以支持您的大学之旅. Our goal is to empower you, fostering confidence, success and independence, as you grow into a stronger self-advocate.
我们鼓励您探索我们全方位的服务, 我们邀请您与我们富有同情心的员工见面. We are here to address your unique needs, 确保你在州立大学期间获得必要的支持和资源.
Requesting Accommodations
STEP 1: Gather Appropriate Documentation
For specific guidelines on documentation, refer to the Documentation Guidelines below, 并选择您要求住宿的残疾(或残疾).
您的文件将被审查,以确定是否有资格获得任何住宿. 请注意,需要足够的时间来审查所有文件. It is possible that you will be asked to provide additional documentation or that a consultation with an evaluator will be necessary before a decision can be made.
第三步:与残疾人服务办公室会面
学生将收到残疾服务办公室的信息, through their SU email or a text message, to schedule a meeting with a Disability Services staff member once your request for 住宿 and documentation have been reviewed. During the meeting, 学生和残疾服务人员将讨论住宿要求.
会议结束后,学生将收到一封电子邮件, 重申就住宿要求和会议讨论的任何后勤问题所作的决定.
Documentation Guidelines
Susquehanna University students who seek 住宿 based on their disability are responsible for completing an online Disability Disclosure and Request for Accommodation form and for providing appropriate supporting documentation. A student who seeks academic 住宿 on the basis of a disability is responsible for obtaining the needed evaluation and resulting documentation, 并主动与残疾服务办公室联系. Susquehanna University approaches requests for 住宿 with the belief that each student’s circumstance is unique and that a flexible approach is the right way to determine appropriate 住宿.
本身, a 医疗 diagnosis does not establish a need or an entitlement to 住宿 under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act as Amended (ADA-AA). 这意味着有任何紊乱或状况都不会, 本身, 根据第504条或《浩博体育app》得出任何结论. 因此, the documentation required by Susquehanna University extends beyond the 医疗 diagnosis and encompasses the four key elements of a person’s disability status under Section 504 和 ADA. Those key elements are that:
这个学生有身体或精神上的缺陷
这种障碍限制了学生参与主要的生活活动*
the degree of limitation is substantial, and
学校可以做一些合理的事情, 需要的,可预见的有效的反应损伤
Documentation that substantiates each of these four areas serves as a foundation that legitimizes a student’s request for appropriate 住宿. 如果学生在一个以上的残疾的基础上寻求住宿, 然后,可能需要不止一名专业人员参与诊断和其他文件的制定. The Director or Assistant Director of Disability Services will review the documentation and collaborate with the student to determine reasonable and appropriate academic 住宿. The 住宿 afforded to each student will be determined on an individual basis and will be based on the documentation provided.
Accompanying documentation such as IEPs or 504 plans or letters from previous educational institution’s disability office are welcomed to complement 医疗 documentation; however, these supporting materials alone 不 提供住宿需求的证明文件,不作为住宿申请的批准文件.
高中的IEP和504计划的内容差别很大. 一份高中计划对于决定适合的高中生活非常有帮助, but these plans 不 always include specific recommendations for 住宿 that can be implemented in the college setting or an indication of how students’ needs may have changed over time. 另外, 许多iep和504计划不包括心理或心理教育评估的结果. 鉴于这种, students’ IEP or 504 Plan 不, 在自己, 证明住宿要求的充分文件. 学生s who are eligible for 住宿 in high school are encouraged to request an updated assessment prior to graduation from high school. Check out the difference between高中vs. 大学 了解更多与之相关的主要差异住宿和期望.
*The Medical Provider Form, 列出根据2008年《浩博体育app网站》定义的“重大生命活动”的例子. According to the ADA, 一个主要的生命活动也包括一个主要身体功能的运作, 包括, but not limited to, functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, 消化, 肠, 膀胱, 神经系统, 大脑, 呼吸, 循环, endocrine and reproductive functions.”
Diagnosing any physical, 医疗, 慢性健康状况需要下列专业人员的专业知识:
一名医生
在申请住宿的领域具有经验和专门知识的其他医疗专家.
Please have one of these aforementioned professionals complete the supporting documentation for your request for 住宿. 另外, 让专业人员评估自己的家庭成员被认为是不合适的.
Blindness or Low Vision requires the expertise of the following professionals who can diagnose or provide information regarding this condition:
眼科医生
验光师
Please have one of these aforementioned professionals complete the supporting documentation for your request for 住宿. 另外, 让专业人员评估自己的家庭成员被认为是不合适的.
耳聋或听力困难需要以下专业人士的专业知识来诊断这些情况:
医生
Otorhinolaryngologists
耳科医生
听力学家
Please have one of these aforementioned professionals complete the supporting documentation for your request for 住宿. 另外, 让专业人员评估自己的家庭成员被认为是不合适的.
自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)需要以下专业人士的专业知识来诊断这种情况:
Developmental pediatrician
Developmental 医疗 doctor
神经心理学家
精神病学家
Please have one of these aforementioned professionals complete the supporting documentation for your request for 住宿. 另外, 让专业人员评估自己的家庭成员被认为是不合适的. Relevant testing domains 不ed below.
Submit documentation that includes thefollowing information to the Request for Accommodations Form:
The 医疗 professional’s:
名字
Title
Professional credentials
Contact information
License number/certification
Area of specialization
Address of place of employment
Documentation within the last five (5) years and age-appropriate to determine the need for 住宿 and/or services based on the individual’s current level of functioning in the educational setting
一份清晰的诊断说明,描述了该病症是如何被诊断的
Information on the functional impact
符合DSM-5的特定诊断, 包括自闭症谱系障碍的标准
目前自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)对主要生命活动的功能限制. These may include but 不 limited to:
Communication or language skill
Social interactions
受限制的、重复的和/或刻板的行为、兴趣或活动模式
Sensory functioning, 特别是对教育环境中可能存在的环境条件的敏感性
Motor skills and planning
支持功能限制陈述的证据
Recommended 住宿
详细说明这些住宿将如何帮助该学生,使他们平等, 适当和合理地获得服务和计划
相关测试领域应包括以下评估:
认知
Executive functioning
表达性和接受性语言和沟通
Psychiatric, personality and behavior
Sensory-motor integration
Attention/Memory/Learning
Visual-perceptual motor skills
Academic achievement
Documentation for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) require the expertise of the following professionals who can diagnose this condition:
Clinical psychologists
神经心理学家s
精神科医生
其他受过相关训练的医生,如神经科医生
Please have one of these aforementioned professionals complete the supporting documentation for your request for 住宿. 另外, 让专业人员评估自己的家庭成员被认为是不合适的. Relevant testing domains 不ed below.
因为合理的安排是基于目前残疾的影响, documentation must be current. 在大多数情况下, 这意味着诊断评估必须在三年内使用成人规范的仪器完成. 旧的信息, while providing a history of impairment, 是否不能充分解决当前致残状况的影响.
IEPs and 504 Plans, early psychoeducational evaluation reports, 老师的评论, 来自导师或学习专家的文档可能都是有用的信息来源,但是, in and of themselves, 是否不被视为临床文件,以提供住宿.
诊断评估必须包括多于自我报告. Checklists and/or surveys can serve to supplement the diagnostic profile but in and of themselves 不 adequate for the diagnosis of ADHD and 不 substitute for clinical observations and sound diagnostic judgment. 所有数据必须在逻辑上反映出个人要求提供便利的学习的实质性限制.
评估应包括针对注意力不集中的标准化措施, hyperactivity and impulsivity as well as diagnostic information to demonstrate functional impairment in an educational setting. 认知、记忆和执行功能都是应该解决的领域.
Submit documentation that includes thefollowing information to the Request for Accommodations Form:
A description of the impact the diagnosed disability has on a specific major life activity as well as the degree of significance of this impact on the individual. 评估者应该用具体的测试结果或临床观察来支持建议.
Relevant testing information must be provided.
The assessment of the individual must not only establish a diagnosis of ADHD but must also demonstrate the current impact of the ADHD on academic functioning in postsecondary education. 除了, psychoeducational assessment is important in determining the current impact of the disorder on an individual’s ability to function in academically related settings. The Disabilities Services Office views a complete psychoeducational assessment as the primary tool for determining the degree to which the ADHD currently impacts functioning in postsecondary education. 首选工具包括但不限于:
Submit documentation that includes thefollowing information to the Request for Accommodations Form:
评估者的:
名字
Title
Professional credentials
Contact information
License number/certification
Area of specialization
Address of place of employment
自学生入学之日起三(3)年内进行的评估
一份综合报告,包括考试成绩和对严重损伤的明确诊断
所有规范措施的标准分数和百分位数. (除非同时包括标准分数和/或百分位数,否则不接受同等成绩.)
Evidence of a significant discrepancy in cognitive/achievement and in information processing that demonstrates a substantial limitation for which an accommodation is recommended
明确的诊断(DSM-V诊断标准)
描述影响学习的功能限制
Recommended 住宿 for this student, so they have equal, 适当和合理地获得服务和计划
上诉必须在最初的住宿决定后10个工作日内提交. 上诉必须包含学生最初提交的文件, response from the Disability Services Office, 以及他们想提供的其他信息. 学生将收到书面通知, 由教务长或负责学生生活的副主席和学生主任负责, typically within 15 working days. 在对上诉进行审查并作出决定之前,最初的住宿决定将继续有效.