Accommodations
Steps to Self-Identify
A student seeking accommodations is required to provide medical documentation that will substantiate the claim of disability. A licensed professional qualified in the area of disability must provide documentation on his/her office letterhead. Documentation must have been completed no more than three years prior to the date that the student submits a request for accommodations. The documentation should address the nature as well as the recommended accommodations, and should describe how the specific disability impacts functioning in the academic setting. The documentation should also address the specific diagnosis, the tests used in making the diagnosis, and when appropriate, scores.
Faculty will not provide accommodations without proper notification from the Office of Disability Services. It is the student's responsibility to self-identify with the Office of Disability Services and to request accommodations each semester.
Steps to Self-Identify as a Student with a Disability:
- Contact the Office of Disability Services (Student Union, room 203,(985-549-2247) to request information regarding policies and procedures for self-identification and accommodations.
- Complete the Student Information Form (available to download at this link OR submit on-line.
- Read and review the Course Accommodation Policy for Students with Disabilities (available to download at this link).
- Provide the Office of Disability Services with appropriate documentation of your disability.
- If appropriate, an evaluation must be conducted by a qualified professional.
- The documentation must include the name, address, phone number and credentials of the professional who conducted the evaluation and must be on letterhead stationary.
- The documentation must clearly state the diagnosis of the disability, a summary of the tests used in making the diagnosis as well as the resulting scores.
- The documentation must address the nature and extent of the disability and the recommended accommodations and describe the disability in behavioral terms in relation to the specific accommodations sought.
5. When the documentation is received by the Office of Disability Services, a meeting
will be scheduled to discuss accommodation needs.
AD/ADHD Accommodations
Students requesting accommodations due to AD/ADHD must have the Attention Decifit/Hyperactivity Disorder Documentation Request Form (this link will allow the user to download the form) completed by a qualified professional in order to receive accommodations. A qualified professional includes a licensed psychiatrist, psychologist, medical doctor, or other qualified mental health professional. In order to be considered current, the qualified professional's statement must be within three years prior to the date of the most recent request from the Office of Disability Services.
The documentation provided must include information that diagnoses the AD/HD, describes the functional limitations in an educational setting, and indicates the severity and longevity of the AD/HD for the purpose of determining academic adjustment(s) or other accommodation(s).