Administration: Responsibilities related to the administration or management of the office serving students with disabilities.
- Develops program policies and procedures (e.g., required documentation, course substitutions).
- Develops program services.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of emerging issues in disability services (e.g., ADD/ADHD).
- Identifies/establishes program goals.
- Evaluates program services.
- Communicates program activities, services, and outcomes to institutional administrators.
- Supervise/trains program staff.
- Develops/administers program budget.
- Compiles reports on program activities/services.
- Develops program brochure and handbook.
- Responds to requests for interpretation of legal mandates on campus-specific issues.
- Evaluates program staff.
- Interprets court/government agency rulings and interpretations affecting services for students.
Direct Service: Providing services directly to students or acting on behalf of students with members of the campus community.
- Maintains confidential student records (e.g., documentation of disability).
- Serves as an advocate for students with faculty or administrators.
- Determines program eligibility for services based upon documentation of a disability.
- Responds to inquiries from prospective students or their parents.
- Consults with students about appropriate individualized accommodations based upon documentation.
- Provides information to students regarding their legal rights and responsibilities.
- Communicates information regarding program activities and services to students.
- Consults with faculty regarding the instructional needs of students.
- Consults with institutional administrators regarding the needs of students (e.g., department directors).
- Consults with other campus departments regarding the needs of students (e.g., health services, residential life, admissions, counseling services).
- Communicates information regarding program services to the campus community (e.g., admissions brochure, student catalog).
- Arranges auxiliary aides for students.
- Arranges individualized accommodations for students (e.g., testing accommodations).
- Distributes program brochure or handbook to campus departments (e.g., health services, counseling services).
- Processes complaints/grievances from students.
- Provides personal/individual counseling to students relating to disability issues.
- Coordinates assistants for students (e.g., notetakers, interpreters, readers).
- Provides academic advisement to students relating to disability issues.
- Provides counseling/advisement to enhance student development (e.g., self-advocacy).
- Assists students in self-monitoring the effectiveness of accommodations.
Consultation/Collaboration: Working with campus or community personnel and agencies regarding students with disabilities or disability issues.
- Consults with state, provincial, or community resources (e.g., rehabilitation services).
- Collaborates with physical plant to ensure modifications to campus facilities.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of adaptive technology.
- Collaborates with campus architects to review or plan new construction and renovations.
- Conducts campus-wide disability awareness activities (e.g., disability awareness day).
- Communicates program activities to campus community (e.g., via campus newspapers).
- Conducts outreach activities for high school students (e.g., college fairs, transition workshops).
- Consults with campus personnel regarding job accommodations for faculty and campus staff with disabilities.
Institutional Awareness: Providing training and expertise regarding disability issues to members of the campus community.
- Serves on campus committees to develop institutional policies and procedures regarding students with disabilities.
- Provides training for faculty regarding awareness of disabilities.
- Serves on campus committees addressing regulatory issues affecting students with disabilities.
- Provides training for campus staff regarding awareness of disabilities.
- Responsible for organizing training for campus personnel regarding the legal requirements of serving students with disabilities.
- Provides training for faculty regarding accommodations and auxiliary aides.
- Provides training for institutional administration regarding awareness of disabilities.
Professional Development: Maintaining up-to-date professional knowledge and skill.
- Attends conferences and professional development workshops.
- Reads professional literature related to postsecondary education and students with disabilities.
- Holds membership in professional organizations.