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Welcome to the
Faculty Resources webpage. The following resources are designed to assist you
in interacting with students with disabilities and accommodating them in your
classroom.
The Ten Commandments of
Etiquette for Interacting with People with Disabilities
When Faculty
Are Too Accommodating
Frequently
Asked Faculty Questions
Are you a faculty member or instructor
new to issues of disability? Find out how to work with DSS, what to do when a
student hands you an accommodation letter, useful definitions, roles and
responsibilities, and more, in our Frequently Asked Faculty Questions.
Sample
Syllabus Statement
A syllabus statement is an effective method to inform students
with disabilities of the services available to them. You may use the below
sample statement, or, if you prefer, you are welcome to develop your own
statement. It should inform your students that accommodations are available
for students with disabilities, you are willing to provide those
accommodations, and they will need to be registered with DSS to begin the
formal process if they have not already done so. Be sure it is clear,
preferably in writing or when they contact you, that they should register
with DSS as well as speak to you personally in order to use academic or
testing accommodations. This interaction and communication is for your
protection as well as the protection of the student and the University.
If you have a documented disability and will need accommodations in
this class, please speak with me privately early in the semester so I may be
prepared to meet your needs. If you have not already registered with
Disability Services for Students, contact the office at 999-7411 or dss@trinity.edu. You must be registered
with DSS before I can provide accommodations.
Universal
Design in the Classroom
Learn how to make your classes
more accessible to all students with our in-depth information on best
practices to promote universal design in the classroom.
Advising
Students with Disabilities
If you are an adviser of
a student with a disability, there are two documents which may assist you as
you inform the student of his/her academic requirements and make
recommendations.
Advising Students with Disabilities
at Trinity University is a document created for faculty which address issues such as course
load, the time of day the class is taken, and modifications to academic
requirements.
College
101: Students with Disabilities Advising and Course Selection is a document created for
students with disabilities which informs them of issues they should consider
when interacting with you during advisement.
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