Special Needs Students
CCU’s services for students with disabilities provide support services, tools, and reasonable accommodations to enable them to fully participate in the academic environment. CCU will work with students on an individual basis and encourage them to:
- Meet academic requirements
- Promote self-advocacy
- Build a network of resources
- Create self awareness
Determination of Accommodations
Accommodations are determined through an assessment of professional documentation (within five years) which clearly identifies the student's disability. Students should submit this documentation to CCU's Special Populations Coordinator prior to beginning their program of study in CCU's College of Adult and Graduate Studies. A Certificate of Accommodation is not retroactive and will be effective at the time issued. Students must provide professors with a copy of their Certificate of Accommodation before the start of each course.
Rights and Responsibilities
Students:
- Provide official documentation to CCU's Life Directions Center that supports a need for accommodations.
- Make a request to the professor in a timely manner regarding testing and classroom accommodations.
- Need to make the necessary arrangements with their professor regarding how and where the accommodations are provided for extended time for testing.
Faculty:
- Provide accommodations for extended time for testing.
- Deny accommodations to students who cannot provide a current Certificate of Accommodation. Professors are encouraged to refer students to the Life Directions Center to obtain the appropriate certificate.
- Acknowledge the request for reasonable accommodations and support a successful learning environment through compassion and sensitivity.
The Life Directions Center:
- Determine reasonable accommodations as supported by official documentation.
- Deny accommodations that are not supported by official accommodations.
- Ensure that students receive appropriate and reasonable accommodations.
- Provide resources such as note takers, word processors, etc. to meet the specific student needs.
