Disability Services
for Students
Learning Opportunities
Throughout the year, Disability Services sponsors a number of learning opportunities for students, faculty and staff. These range from assistive technology training orientations for groups, to one-on-one training sessions in a particular technology, to lunchtime topic discussions in cooperation with the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. Some sessions are on a drop-in basis, while others require pre-registration; please check the session description for more information.
If you have questions about any of these learning opportunities, please call the ACCESS Center at (541)552-6213, or email the webmaster.
Please contact us at least 4 working days prior to a session if you will need alternate format materials (large print, electronic format, or Braille) or other accommodations.
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AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) Audioconference series #1 -
October 18, 2007 12:00-2:00 in the Access Center
Tools to Bring Your Documentation Practices into Alignment
Elaine Manglitz, Clayton State University
Nicole Palazzo, Clayton State UniversityThis session will use AHEAD’s Best Practices for Disability Documentation in Higher Education as a foundation to help you evaluate your documentation policies in light of the Seven Essential Elements of Documentation and the role of Professional Judgment.
The presenters will use reflective exercises based on case scenarios and offer newly developed forms that you can adapt for use in your disability service center.
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AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) Audioconference series
#2 - November 15, 2007 12:00-2:00 in the Access Center
Be Prepared:
Emergency Planning for All Hazards, All People, All Stages
Emily Singer, The Catholic University of America
L. Irene Bowen, US Department of JusticeThis session will focus on what can go wrong on college campuses, why it matters, and how to prepare for it. The presenters will help participants ensure that their institutions consider the needs of people with disabilities in all aspects of planning for and response to emergencies.
A discussion of practical approaches to preparing for crisis management will follow a brief overview of legal requirements.
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AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) Audioconference series
#3 - January 24, 2008 12:00-2:00 in the Access Center
Effective Grievance Procedures:
How to Ensure a Prompt and Equitable Response to Grievances – and Keep OCR Out of Your Hair!
Howard Kallem, George Mason UniversityA student wants to file a grievance based on disability. What do you do with it? Where should it be filed? Is your grievance procedure up to snuff? Do you have more than one? Should there be an investigation? Who should be involved?
The presenter, formerly of OCR will discuss the components of an effective grievance procedure and how to ensure a fair result that will stand up to OCR review—and may even avoid an OCR investigation. Illustrations of how an investigation is conducted will be included.
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AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) Audioconference series
#4 - February 21, 2008 12:--=2:00 in the Access Center
Keeping Up with a YouTube® World: How can we provide effective services to the Millennial Generation?
Paul A. Hastings, Wheelock CollegeIn his book Serving the Millennial Generation: New Directions for Student Services author Michael Coomes states “This generation of students and their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors will require (us) to adopt new learning and service strategies, rethink student development theories, and modify educational environments.” Today’s students expect connectivity 24/7. “Doing” is more important than “knowing”, and learning more closely resembles Nintendo than logic.
Join us as we explore some of the traits and characteristics of today’s students and how the particular issues of this generation impact the ways in which we provide disability services to them.
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AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) Audioconference series
#5 - March 20, 2008 12:00-2:00 in the Access Center
Exploring Response to Intervention: What it Means for Disability Documentation Practices.
Susan Vess, ACTResponse to Intervention (RTI), the latest educational bandwagon, is included in the IDEA, thereby giving this movement a credibility and mandate that prior educational theories and strategies never realized. Postsecondary disability professionals are becoming aware of this concept and are curious about its implications.
A well-respected member of AHEAD, the presenter will describe RTI in theory and practice, discuss its promises and pitfalls, and describe what RTI means to disability service providers at the postsecondary level.
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AHEAD (Association on Higher Education and Disability) Audioconference series
#6 - April 17, 2008 12:00-2:00 in the Access Center
Preparing Students with Disabilities for Access in the World of Work: A Look at Current Research and Best Practices
Veronica Porter, Northeastern UniversitySince the passage of the ADA in 1990, employment of individuals with disabilities has declined according to current research using major surveys. This presentation will focus on current research that has been done on how college graduates with physical disabilities have fared in the labor market.
The presenter, a veteran AHEAD member and current researcher in disability, will highlight successful strategies and models for helping students transition and gain access to the labor market.
