附加服务

During their academic career, students with disabilities may find they are need of 补充支持. The coordinator is available to provide a variety of support 根据需要发给学生.

服务范围包括:

• Consultation with the coordinator regarding the transition into life at Skidmore
• 妇女培训
• 与教师沟通
• Referral for on and off campus support
• Liaison with the 咨询中心, Health Services and other offices as necessary
• 学术支持
• Development of specific skills (study habits, test-taking strategies, time management, 等.)
• Coordinating services offered by the Office of 学生学术服务
• Consultation regarding the content of disability-related documentation

辅导

The Office of 学生学术服务 (SAS) provides tutorial services that are available to all students enrolled at 火博体育大学. 学生协调员 access services will help ensure students with disabilities have equal access to these services and students with disabilities are encouraged to utilize these services as 需要.

Assistive Technology and Equipment

火博体育大学 uses a variety of equipment and software that can be accessed on 校园或借给学生. 学生 who borrow adaptive equipment and/or software assume responsibility for the 项目 and agree to return borrowed 项目 to the coordinator of student access services by the return date indicated at the time of the loan. 学生 must also agree to repair or replace 项目 in the event of damage, loss or theft. A hold may be put on a student's academic records if 项目 are not returned or restitution 是不是做得不及时. Eligible students should communicate with the coordinator regarding needs for the following:

• Adaptive furniture in housing and in the classroom
• 智能笔贷款
• 测试用计算机
• 读写金牌 语音合成软件
• 收集 记笔记软件

服务的动物

Some individuals with disabilities use service animals to assist them in activities 日常生活. The ADA defines a service animal as any guide dog, signal dog or other animal individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including but not limited to guiding individuals with impaired vision, alerting individuals with impaired hearing to intruders or sounds, providing minimal protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair or f等hing dropped 项目. Service animals are working animals, not pets. 服务性动物是允许的 to accompany students with disabilities anywhere on campus and are not required to be certified by a state or local entity. Service animals must be appropriately licensed in accordance with local regulations and wear a valid vaccination tag.

Owners are responsible for appropriate care and management of service animals. In the event a service animal's behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or the student handler fails to comply with the service animal agreement, the owner will be expected to remove the animal from campus.

情感支持动物

For some individuals, emotional support animals (ESAs) have been proven effective to help reduce the effects of psychological disorders and function to help lower anxiety, cope with panic attacks, predict seizures and alleviate post-traumatic stress. esa, however, do not meet the definition of a service animal as described above and therefore are not specifically covered under the law. Requests for ESAs in campus housing are made through the Housing Accommodation Committee (HAC). 民政事务协调会覆核申请 and documentation submitted by students. If an ESA is approved, students will meet with a representative of 住宅生活 to review the ESA policy and agreement. In the event an emotional support animal's behavior poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or the student handler fails to comply with the ESA agreement, the owner will be expected to remove the animal from campus.