欢迎,家长!

学生们坐在学生中心外的楼梯上.

欢迎来到南阿拉巴马州

十大玩彩信誉平台 welcomes you, Jaguar parents and family. 你委托 our staff and faculty with your most sacred treasure and, as some of us are parents ourselves, who have sent our own children off to school, we understand. 

The best advice we can give you is this: stand behind your children, not in their 路径. 支持他们走向独立和成长. 我们作为一所大学的目标 is to foster that growth, and provide them with every opportunity to succeed and become 自信、自爱、自信、坚强. 我们知道这很困难, and at times scary, to let go and watch them succeed and fail on their own but that will create a more resilient, creative, and outstanding student. 

K-12和大学住宿的差异

Many of our students are accustomed to K-12 accommodations that are based on an IEP. The accommodations that we are able to offer at the university level can be very different from the ones they are used to because we are not governed by IDEA (the Individuals 残疾人士教育法). 学院和大学在科下运作 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and all applicable sections under the ADA (Americans 《十大信誉彩票平台》(1990.

The other major fundamental difference is that in K-12, the school district attempts to identify students who many need extra assistance to succeed whereas at the college level, students are expected to self-identify and be their own advocates to they can 获得传播自己成功所需的技能. 我们的角色变成了其中之一 a partner that assists the student rather than a leader making decisions for them.

这对你和你的学生意味着什么

教育无障碍中心 & 大学残障资源 南阿拉巴马州 is committed to creating as level a playing field as possible without creating fundamental alterations to the coursework required to graduate once they 自我确认并向我们的办公室寻求帮助. 这对他们的成功至关重要 as a student that they initiate the conversation with our office as early as possible as once they have entered into our interactive process, we can begin determining the best strategies and accommodations to help them succeed while enrolled at the 大学 南阿拉巴马州.

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描述 K-12 大学
联邦法律
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans 《十大玩彩信誉平台》(ADA)
Section 504 (particularly subpart E) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans 《十大玩彩信誉平台》(ADA)
立法目的
To ensure that all eligible students with disabilities have available a free appropriate public education (FAPE), including special education and related services (IDEA). To ensure that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be denied access to, or the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by any program or activity provided 任何公共机构或实体(504/ADA)
To ensure that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be denied access to, or the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by any program or activity provided 任何公共机构或实体(504/ADA)
服务资格
All infants, children, and youth (0 through 21 years) with disabilities (as defined by the state Administrative Rules for Special Education, and/or the ADA)
Anyone who meets the entry level-age criteria of the college and who can document the existence of a disability as defined by Section 504 and ADA
必要的文档
School districts are responsible for providing trained personnel to assess eligibility 规划教育服务
学生 are responsible for obtaining disability documentation from a professional 谁有资格评估他们的特殊残疾
接收服务
School districts are responsible for identifying students with disabilities, designing 特殊指导和/或提供住宿
学生 are responsible for telling Disability 服务 staff that they have a disability, 为每节课申请住宿. 住宿(非特殊教育) are provided so students with disabilities can access the educational programs or 其他学生使用的课程
维护自己的权利
学生 with disabilities theoretically learn about their disability, the importance of self-advocacy, the accommodations they need, and how to be a competent self-advocate
学生 must be able to describe their disability, identify strengths and weaknesses, and identify any accommodations needed and how to be a competent self-advocate