AHEAD: Association on Higher Education And Disability

Special Interest Groups

• Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions for the AHEAD Web site from the Psych SIG
submitted by Linda Cooper and Barbara Blacklock, SIG Co-chairs

Q: What constitutes adequate documentation for a psychiatric disability?

A: Documentation for a psychiatric disability should include the following components:

• A diagnosis by a licensed professional, qualified in the appropriate specialty area and not related to the student; the report should be on letterhead, dated and signed.

• Psychology

Mission of the Psychiatric Disabilities SIG

The mission of the Psychiatric Disabilities Special Interest Group is to improve services and the campus climate for students with psychiatric disabilities. This is accomplished by establishing a network for disability service providers, providing a forum to get answers to their questions, sharing useful resources, and developing and promoting the use of best practices to provide equal access to higher education for students with psychiatric disabilities.

Co-chairs
Barbara Blacklock
University of Minnesota

• Disability Studies

An interesting QUOTE??

The Disability Studies SIG was established to provide a forum to share resources, ideas and support to AHEAD members in their efforts to learn more about disability culture and explore possibilities to expand or implement Disability Studies programs and activities on their campuses. The content of this website is provided by Disability Studies SIG participants for educational purposes and does not necessarily reflect the position of AHEAD.

• Learning Disabilities and AD/HD

Purpose is to collaboratively address the current and salient issues of students with learning disabilities (LD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) in the postsecondary setting and the professionals who work with them.

Contacts:
Debby Wilkerson (listserv contact) dwilkerson@jsr.vccs.edu (email link)
Matt Buckley (co-chair) buckleym@missouri.edu
Carole Burrowbridge (co-chair) burrowbrid_c@mercer.edu

FAQS LD/ADD SIG

8/8/2006

• ADA Coordinators

"As social movements mature, they begin to look beyond the 'letter of the law', which emphasizes ethics and values, and promulgate systemic changes in attitudes, behaviors and institutional structures." - Leslie Kanes Weisman

• SIGS (Special Interest Groups)

Get Involved!

AHEAD works because of you, our members. Every day, we receive requests for information on hot topics such as open enrollment, documentation needs for students with psychiatric disabilities, transition issues, job placement, etc. These are not new questions, they are ones arise for all of us in the day to day operations. But there is a way that we can organize and help one another.

SIG's, or Special Interest Groups, are AHEAD members organized around an interest or concern. SIG's provide leadership to the AHEAD membership by providing information and referral, organizing professional development opportunities, and networking around a particular topic.

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