From JaneJarrow at aol.com Mon Nov 17 11:00:08 2008 From: JaneJarrow at aol.com (JaneJarrow at aol.com) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:00:08 EST Subject: [Azpac] ADA for Non-Disability Student Services Personnel - A New Resource Message-ID: (Please forgive the cross-post. This announcement is meant for those NOT on the ICU listserv and, NOTE!... this resource is really meant for folks at (small) private colleges and universities. It will have utility for other DSS providers, but not as MUCH utility. You've been warned... Janie) ----- Good morning! I am pleased to report that I have completed a labor of love, and the new edition of "ADA for Nondisability Student Services Personnel: What Does It Mean for Me???" is now available -- onlline.? Instead of publishing the book in hard copy form, it is available to be downloaded from a secure website and shared out to appropriate parties within your institution as individual chapters -- which is exactly how it is meant to be used.? Let me explain. Disability service providers in private colleges/universities are not the target readership for this book, but this book was written ESPECIALLY for them.? The book was written to provide them with concrete information, presented in a comfortable, conversational style, for them to share with colleagues in various student services/student affairs areas within their institution.? It was meant to open a dialogue between DSS and the folks you work with -- and rely on - every day, to make sure that the institution is meeting its mandate for equal access to programs and opportunities.? The book contains nine "chapters": Introduction Admissions Athletics Career Services Financial Aid Libraries Residence Life Student Life/Student Activities Special Topics -- Academic Advising, Technology In many ways, the folks on the ICU list have helped to write much of what is here.? Part of the reason that it took me longer than planned to get it finished was because life kept interrupting.? I would finish a section only to have a really great issue raised on the ICU list, so I had to open up that chapter and add to it significantly.? Examples abound... from recent discussions on study abroad programming and service/companion animals, to the assignment of disability-related houseing options, to discussions of athletic eligibility and full-time status, with much more inbetween. Each chapter is meant to be a "stand alone" offering.? There is repeated information regarding Title III of the ADA and Section 504, in laymen's terms, in the context relevant to the topic (e.g., there are very different examples given for "reasonable accommodation" when discussing Admissions than in discussing Residence Life).? The idea is that the DSS provider download a copy of the entire text, then either print or forward the section that pertains to each individual area (and only that section) to your colleagues.? Then suggest that after they've had a chance to look through it, you should get together and chat, so that you can answer any questions, make plans, etc. (HINT:? Serve cookies.? Works every time!)? It encourages one-on-one conversations with the people who are key to getting you what you (and you students with disabilities) need. The "Special Topics" were separated out for a reason.? This book was re-written (it was originally published in 1997) with small, private (ICU-like) institutions in mind.? The original text spoke about Academic Advising and Counseling in the context of large institutions that have academic advising offices ("Arts and Sciences Advising") or, at the very least, one or two people who do all the academic advising for all students in a given major.? This time around, I recognized that at smaller institutions, Academic Advising is more likely to be a much more personal and individual activity, conducted by LOTS of faculty, spread throughout the majors/departments.? Rather than the student affairs/student services orientation, these folks are teaching faculty first and foremost, and advisors as a secondary part of that role.? The section on Advising was written with that (and that audience) in mind.? It is important that you understand that this book is not about the DSS part of Admissions, Residential Life, etc.? It is about the part that others do in their every day activities that brings them in contact with students with disabilities.? There is no policy for service/companion animals in these pages -- that is something that YOU should be developing as the designated disability services person.? There is, however, extensive discussion of the issue of service/companion animals and the concerns they raise in the residence hall.? You won't find information about the management of confidentiality of records within your office, but there is significant discussion about the confidential nature of disability-related information for the folks in Admissions and Financial Aid.? That is why, when it came to Technology, I started out to write much more, and then realized that for the intended audience, less WAS more.? The nondisability student service personnel on your campus really do not need to understand the difference between JAWS and Window Eyes, or between CART and Typewell.? They only need to know and understand that the availability of technology is making a difference in the extent to which students with disabilities can be fully functional on campus, providing they do their part to be available to those USING adaptive technology.? Then I refer 'em back to you! So, you ask -- how much is this WONDERFUL resource going to cost me?? I have set the price at a low $125.? That comes out to less than $15 per area "bridged," with unlimited ability to share the info with as many folks as you choose (as opposed to a single print book that has to be passed around or -- illegally! -- photocopied!).? What's more, you can have it almost immediately.?When you send me your money, you will get a url and a password in return that will take you directly to the site where the copy wll be waiting for you. So... $125 for a resource you can't afford not to have.? Such a deal!!!? Remember, too, that Members of AHEAD and WAPED get an automatic 10% discount.?Go check it out at: http://daisweb.com/node/353 I can't say "get yours before the supply runs out," since there will be a never-ending supply, but I CAN promise that it will be worth your while to have access to this resource.? I think I am prouder of this than anything I have done in a long time.? I hope you'll appreciate it, too. Janie PS - Feel free to repost this to other lists you are on! 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