Procedures for Disabilities
Office of Services for Students with Disabilities
Procedures for Disabilities
Step 1: Request Accommodations
- Complete the Disability Disclosure/Accommodation Request form and return it to the Counselor for Students with Disabilities. This indicates that you are seeking accommodations and are willing to complete all necessary tasks in order to receive services.
Step 2: Documentation and Student Intake/Self-Report
- Use the “Documentation Guidelines” to obtain documentation from a medical or mental health professional. Take the guidelines your medical or mental health care provider so they know what documentation is needed. Documentation of the student’s disability must be current enough to establish current levels of functioning (usually 3 years or less). The disability must functionally limit at least one area of daily living activities.
- Complete the Student Intake/Self-Report as thoroughly and completely as possible. Submit all documentation to the Counselor for Students with Disabilities for review.
Step 3: Meet with the Counselor for Students with Disabilities
- The counselor and student meet to discuss disability, the functional limitations and accommodations that would be appropriate based on the documentation provided. Students must sign a confidentiality statement. If special testing accommodations are needed, testing documentation must be signed. If needed, the counselor arranges for assistive technology training, students sign the borrowed equipment agreements and check small assistive technology items out from the counselor.
- The counselor provides on going counseling to assist the student in utilizing resources and in any other areas that arise while taking classes. *Students must contact the counselor before each semester to renew services.
Step 4: Contact Instructors
- If accommodations are determined appropriate, forms are prepared for the student to give to each instructor where accommodations are needed. The instructors will reply to confirm accommodations and confirmation becomes part of the student’s file. Accommodations are provided at no cost to the student. Personal items such as hearing aides are not provided.
Mrs. Kim Settlemyre
Counselor for Students with Disabilities and Special Programs
828-327-7000 ext 4222 | Office: SC 429
Fax (828) 624-5214 (confidential) accommodations@cvcc.edu