General Supports - Disability Service

Areas we will cover : 45 min Disability Service contact & role in supporting students Disability Supports Assistive Technology Academic support Exam accommodations Library privileges Occupational Therapy Disclosure What is the code of practice ? Questions ?

Disability Service contact & role in supporting students A Disability office will work to address the specific support needs of students. Address across a number of departments to aid in the use and understanding of your specific support requirements Address any concerns issues you may have in relation to your disability and its impact on your study If your issues is related to your course i.e. issue with a specific module your appointed college tutor is your first area of contact. For all communication that is related to your learning difficulty please contact are department by email askds@tcd.ie

Disability Service Supports http://www. tcd

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) What is Assistive Technology ? Assistive technology is the use of very simple technology - your mobile phone or use of e-mail to the very complex - use of voice recognition software or technology that will read information from your computer screen. Such technology support can help you create, proof and build confidence is your writing examples include: Text to voice software Proof/ Spelling software Mind-mapping software Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) Text to Speech software: Balabooka software http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/assistive-tech/training/Balboolka.php Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) Spelling & grammar s/w : Ginger Software http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/assistive-tech/new/training/ginger.php Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) Mind-mapping software s/w : Freemind http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/assistive-tech/training/Freemind.php Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) My-Study bar - http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/assistive-tech/Academic-Support.php Consists of eight useful software collections that are free for you to download and use. Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) Text to Speech software: Texthelp Read & write http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/assistive-tech/new/training/ginger.php - Available on all PC labs & for 30 days free Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Technology Support or Assistive Technology (AT) Note-taking Support http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/assistive-tech/Note-taking.php Similar to previous year - Physical – ergonomic referrals – use of Dragon s/w SLD – Audio note taker / Livescribe & R&W Less with mental health – day to day activities – remembering tools No new blind students – sensory figures low.

Academic Support What is academic support ? Academic support aims to give the student the tools to improve your writing, exams and presentation skills Academic support is not a proofreading service There are a host of online resources available to students to interact with and workshops to attend ran by Student learning and development

Academic Support – Student Learning & development http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/student-learning/undergraduate/

Academic Support – Disability website http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/academic-support.php

Academic Support – Disability website http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/academic-support.php

Exams Accommodations Examination accommodations are based on the impact of a disability on the student All students registering the Disability Service have examinations accommodations set to 10 mins extra per hour For this accommodation to be awarded all students exams with this accommodation are helped in a separate group venue to that of their class piers, this will be communicated to you solely via your mytcd.ie portal. To ensure the Examinations Office can set up your accommodations for examination purposes the following deadlines are applied: Michaelmas term: End of week 8, Semester 1. Hilary & Annual examinations: End of week 3, Semester 2. Supplemental examinations: End of week 44, Semester 2.

Exams Accommodations Our Website give more details on how exam accommodation are set and communicated: http://www.tcd.ie/disability/services/exam-accommodations.php

Library - Special Borrowing Privileges Students registered with the DS are entitled to special borrowing privileges in the Library. You student number is forwarded to the Library service and from 2 weeks of completing registration with the Disability service you will have access to SBP indicted to the library staff by a tick on there system This allows you to borrow extra books, and also to borrow items from some of the Libraries non-lending collections. The rules regarding fines and overdue items that apply to all students will also apply to you.

Library - Special Borrowing Privileges You can borrow up to 8 books from the Library. You are restricted to a maximum of 4 books from the Lending collection. A lending item which has a yellow sticker on the spine of the book, may be borrowed for one week, lending items without a yellow sticker are for 4 weeks. What cannot be borrowed? All Periodicals/Newspapers Theses, Ref&Bib books Most Official Publications. Research Area items A fine of 50c per item per day are charged on all overdue items. This increases to 2.50 (Super Fines) per item per day during exam time on week loan books only.

Occupational Therapy Support Occupational Therapy focuses on all the activities or ‘Occupations’ that you do on a day-to-day basis, such as getting to college, planning your workload, organising your time or going to societies. Practical Strategies - Student Centred

Occupational Therapy Support

Disclosure All information and medical evidence provided is stored securely with the Disability Service No evidence/ personal statements are shared to any external parties or academic areas without agreement from the student Minimum information is shared to the relevant staff within Trinity (i.e. teaching staff, your Tutor) to help them to also provide assistance were required were there is a need - This information ( student name & number )is shared twice a year : Week 7 (Michaelmas) Week 7 (Hilary)

Disclosure of Disability related information: The final page of the Code of practice asks you to tick yes to areas

What is the Code of Practice ? The Code of Practice has two main purposes: To outline for students with disabilities their rights and responsibilities in receiving reasonable accommodations while studying at Trinity; To define Trinity's rights and responsibilities to students with disabilities and the College community By signing the code of practice you are formally completing your registration with the Disability Service http://www.tcd.ie/disability/current/Code-of-practice.php Boundaries of are support / i.e. change in support need / communication with are office

Questions ? Any questions on the above? If you wish to mail in your query or would like meet 1:1 to discuss the above supports in more details please mail me at askds@tcd.ie Boundaries of are support / i.e. change in support need / communication with are office