DISABILITY ADVISORS

The content of CDSP 101 and the delivery methods are informed by characteristics unique to College Disabiliy Services personnel. 

CONSIDERATIONS

DSP PERFORMANCE CONTEXT - WORKING ENVIRONMENT 

(A) Locate your institution's policies & procedures for 

     (1) obtaining services for a learning disability

     (2) obtaining a course waiver

     (3) obtaining a course substitution

     (4) obtaining remedial math services


(B) Locate your institution's criteria for 

     (1) evaluating documentation of a learning disability

     (2) analyzing historical standardized test data 

     (3) transcript evaluation

     (4) evaluating college placement test data


(C) Locate your institution's programs for:

     (1) Disabled Student Services

     (2) At-Risk or Low Income Student Services

     (3) Remedial Math

     (4) Instructional / Assistive Technology

     (5) Mathematics Ed Tech Service providers (ALEKS, MyMathLab, etc.)

     (6) Educational Psychology & Assessment

     (7) Educational Neuropsychology & Neuroimaging


(D) Office politics: supervisors, managers & peers' attitudes toward content:

     (1) Enlist managers in need analysis

     (2) Enlist managers in creating program goals

     (3) Ask managers to serve as mentors and supporters of staff adopting new practices. 

     (4) Ask managers to keep statistics of MLD students served and ways served for followup study. 


(E) Site Visits to college Disability Services offices:

     (1) interviews with learners, data gathering

     (2) interviews with supervisors, data gathering

     (3) reward system: what, who, how


DSP TRAINING ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION

CONSTRAINTS THAT MAY INHIBIT INSTRUCTION