1. Center for students with disabilities (csd)
DISABILITY SERVICES
Center for students with disabilities (csd)

2. Differences Between High School & College
Free
Attendance taken, checks homework, impart knowledge, helps students to learn
Most time is structured, limits defined by teachers and parents
College
Tuition, fees, etc.
Sometimes attendance isn’t taken; homework might not be graded/checked
Unstructured, more “free” time
Cost
Attendance
Daily Grind
Differences Between High School & College

3. Differences Between High School & College
6-8 hours per day
Whatever it takes
Tests/quizzes often
Passing grade keeps your seat
Same Case manager for years
College
12 hours/week
2-3 hours of study for each hour of class
2-4 per semester
Need to get C’s or better to keep your seat
A set of new faces
Class Time
Study Time
Frequency of exams
Academic Standards
Support Team
Differences Between High School & College

4. SERVICES AVAILABLE AT CSD
Tier 1
Mandated Service
Application
Intake/Service Plan
Request Services
Training for Services
Delivery
SERVICES AVAILABLE AT CSD
Tier 2
Success Services
Pre-Enrollment
Fall Orientation
Basic Trainings: Services
Basic Assistive Technology
Ongoing Case Management
Tier 3
Fee-Based
Success Services
Summer Transition Program
Project ASSIST
Adaptive Transportation
Employment Connections
Out-of-Class Aides

5. HOW DO I ACCESS SERVICES?
Submit a CSD application (uww.edu/csd)
Submit documentation (more than an IEP)
Meet with your Disability Services Coordinator for an intake appointment before your first semester begins
Discuss documentation and accommodations
Get answers to your questions

6. SELF-DISCLOSURE Students are not required to request accommodations
If a student has been approved for services, they need to tell their professors if they want to use those services
If a student chooses not to disclose, the instructor is not obligated to provide accommodations
Students are responsible for monitoring their own performance, attendance, work, etc.

7. WHAT DOES A DISABILITY SERVICES COORDINATOR (DSC) DO?
Every DSC has a caseload of about students
Decides accommodations
Answers questions and refers students to on- and off-campus resources
Has check-in meetings with students
Helps student develop self-advocacy and independence
Focuses on the student’s strengths
Does not monitor class attendance or grades

8. THE DSC’S OF CSD:

9. WHICH ACCOMMODATIONS CAN I HAVE?
ALLOWED
NOT ALLOWED/provided
Extended time on exams/quizzes
Low distraction room for testing
Sign language interpreting
Volunteer note taking
In-class aides
Assistive technology, etc.
Modified curriculum
Using notes or a notecard on test
Exam retakes
Extra time for assignments
Modified assignments
Personal care aides (not provided by CSD), etc.

10. WHICH ACCOMMODATIONS CAN I HAVE?
Your Disability Services Coordinator will look at:
Documentation
Previous Accommodations
Conversation with student
Your accommodations will be entered into a system which you will use to tell your professors which accommodations CSD recommends

11. SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM
Program of Opportunity
Four weeks during the summer
Two three-credit courses—Academic Study Skills and Transition to College with a Disability
Live on campus
Get familiar with disability services and prepare for college life

12. PROJECT ASSIST Fee-based tutoring program
Student can sign up every semester
One-on-one tutoring
Drop-in tutoring
Time management and organization tutoring

13. WARHAWK WHEELS Fee-based adaptive transportation service
Winter-Only, Full Semester, and Non-Academic Rides contracts available
Students can schedule rides to classes, the grocery store, etc.
Rides for students with temporary disabilities

14. EMPLOYMENT CONNECTIONS
Students “opt-in”
CSD partners with Career & Leadership
Partnership with Great Lakes ADA Punch-In Employment readiness online course
Employment workshops
Employment opportunities shared
Fee-based direct outreach & connections with employers

15. IN- AND OUT-OF-CLASS AIDES
Serve as the “eyes, hands, and ears” for students in and out of class
Out-of-class aides are fee-based; fee depends on number of hours required
Help with lab courses, projects, etc.
Do not serve as personal care assistants

16. HOW CAN I PREPARE FOR COLLEGE?
Begin practicing independence
Begin to scale back on accommodations that aren’t offered in college
Learn how to study
Get to know the functional limitations of your disability (ask teachers and parents)
Practice advocating and asking for help
Start using organization tools (planner, reminders on phone, etc.)
Connect with Vocational Rehab services in your county