As a disability service provider, you face a growing range of situations involving students with disabilities. And, in today's environment of ever-changing policy, how can you be sure you meet your students' needs adequately - and within legal guidelines?
Get the answers you need to avoid an OCR investigation or lawsuit with The Solution Book. First, you're presented with challenging "Scenarios" that you are likely to face. Each Scenario is followed by "Questions to Consider" that give you the opportunity to test your own or your staff's knowledge of the particular situation. Next, "Strategies" are provided from your colleague's tried-and-proven techniques to help you understand the implications as well as the answers to the particular situation. Lastly, "From Real Life" summarizes lawsuits and OCR rulings that deal with similar situations so you can be sure to avoid a lawsuit on your campus.
You learn how to determine if a service animal is a legitimate accommodation, how to work with recruiters of student-athletes to get documentation of disabilities up front, why it's important to discuss personal care attendant issues with students, what to do when access to facilities and architecture clash, and much more throughout the following chapters:
- Documentation
- In-Class Accommodations
- Out-of-Class Accommodations
- Supporting Students
- Working with Faculty
- Communicating with Parents
- Collaborating with Other Units
(2006. Softcover. 285 pp.)