| Learning Goals |
Learning Objectives |
| Students will... |
Students will be able to... |
| Gain a historical perspective and understand the legal framework for working with students with disabilities in higher education |
- Understand the emergence of Disability Services as a distinct field in Higher Education
- Educate the campus community on the role, responsibility, and ethics of disability services |
| Gain working knowledge of accessibility, accommodations, and the provision of auxiliary aids and services as well as the identification of resources and the development of policy and implementation protocol |
- Understand best practices for the development of disability services policies
- Research and benchmark in the development of policy
- Incorporate important compliance issues in policies and procedures |
| Understand rights and responsibilities of students, family members, and university faculty, staff, and administration |
- Assign rights and responsibilities to students, faculty, and staff
- Educate students with disabilities on rights and responsibilities
- Educate faculty, staff, and students on rights and responsibilities
- Address discrepancies in the application of rights and responsibilities |
| Acquire case management skills relevant to developing and implementing intake practices, advising and advocacy, and the provision of management of accommodation services |
- Develop intake interview procedures
- Practice formulating and implementing interview questions that effectively capture a student’s self-report
- Identify and isolate major life impacts and match appropriate accommodations |
| Understand disability as diversity with respect to student identity development |
- Understand transience and intersectionality of an individual’s disability
- Develop advising skills for interacting with students at various points of the identity development spectrum |