ARC Services

Services Offered

Facilitation of Academic Accommodations:

• Disability documentation validation
• Liaison with instructors
• Classroom accessibility
• Program accessibility
• Addressing disability-related academic concerns

Interagency Communication, Resources, and Referral:

• Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Mental Health Agencies
• Hospital/rehabilitation services

Academic Support Services:

• Provide access to Assistive Technology, including:
  • Tape recorders, electronic spellcheckers, talking calculators, FM listening devices
  • Copier with enlarger function
  • Braille Embosser
  • Assistive software including Kurzweil Reader, Zoomtext, and JAWS Software
  • Computers equipped with print enlarger, speech synthesizer or adaptive keyboard
• Coordinated access to external interpreting service providers: American Sign Language Interpreters

Testing:

• Each faculty member is responsible for administering or making provisions for their students with disabilities to take class tests, quizzes, and to provide other classroom accommodations.
• When the ARC must be involved, the following can be provided:
  
  • Assistive technology
  • Readers/Scribes
  • Monitoring of tests
  • Distraction-reduced testing environment

Consultation and Training for Faculty and Staff:

• Professional development
• Individual student consultation
• Resource for federal legislation

Please complete and submit the ARC Request for Services Form to set a meeting with an ARC Coordinator.