Statement for the Faculty Syllabus

The following statement should appear on your syllabus each semester directing the student with a disability to the ACCESS Center:

Students with physical, cognitive, or psychological disabilities are encouraged to meet with the Director of Disability Services, Cindy Yarberry, in the ACCESS Center, to discuss possible accommodations. She can be reached at 444-6897 or at yarberryc@umhelena.edu. All information will be kept confidential.

General Information and Letters of Accommodation

Faculty members are an integral part of the success of any student with a disability. Most students will share the information of their disabilities readily with instructors; some, however, decide not to share such information and never seek accommodations. If a student has been granted a letter of accommodation from the Disability Services Director, it is his responsibility to share the letter of accommodation with the teacher. He may choose to seek accommodations in some classes but not all. If a faculty member is concerned that a student has a disability which has not been either disclosed to him or not diagnosed, she may displomatically discuss that matter with the student or raise her concern with the Director of Disability Services. It is the student's right, however, to keep the nature of his disability private.

Testing Students with Disabilities

If a student gives a faculty member a letter that requires testing accommodations, the faculty member should be aware that it is the student's responsibility to request the teacher to send a copy of the test to the ACCESS Center at least 24 hours in advance of the test. The student should also come to the ACCESS Center to make an appointment to use the quiet testing room. If a scribe or test reader is required, those arrangements should also be made at that time, as well as interpreter services if necessary. The instructor should send directions with the test, stating its requirements: open/closed book, notes possible, computer test, calculator permitted, regular time allowed for the test, etc. The ACCESS Center will return the completed test to the instructor's mail box.