services at college for students with learning disabilities

[b] Hi I am a college student who can help you. Today most colleges have an office called disability office where students who are dyslexic can go to get free tutoring for their courses. Preregeistation for courses. They also might provide counseling 1 on 1. You can also take your exams in a private setting and if you need a reader and notetaker to help these are available to you throught the disability office. When taking the exams you can have extra time offered to you. Good luck in college.[/b]

Usually the people who staff these offices are cluless bottom feeders. They are pretty useless. They will just give you the runaround.

[quote=”Anonymous”]Usually the people who staff these offices are cluless bottom feeders. They are pretty useless. They will just give you the runaround.[/quote][b]Hi I just read your response. What college do you go to. I attend a communtiy college. I find the staff to be very helpful in the disability office. I do not feel they are clueless. Try going to a community college.[/b]

I’m a faculty member at a large state supported university. We have an office for students with disabilities that seems to be staffed by very competent caring folks. That said, my experience at four different universities suggests that much depends on the individual faculty member. Some of them, unfortunately, don’t really believe in accommodating, and do their best to avoid it. I can tell you what I do: I let the office for students with disabilities administer my exams and I let them decide how much time the student needs—I only tell them how much time the other students as a guide. I also allow anyone, not just students with disabilities, to tape my classes. I’ve had one student who was entitled to a note-taker, and we found a student in the class who was willing to do that. I’ve taught a blind student, as well as many students with dyslexia. My courses tend to be very language intensive, and my graduate courses are also very reading intensive. Yet many of my students with dyslexia have performed quite well. Hope this helps you.

I’m a faculty member at a large state supported university. We have an office for students with disabilities that seems to be staffed by very competent caring folks. That said, my experience at four different universities suggests that much depends on the individual faculty member. Some of them, unfortunately, don’t really believe in accommodating, and do their best to avoid it. I can tell you what I do: I let the office for students with disabilities administer my exams and I let them decide how much time the student needs—I only tell them how much time the other students as a guide. I also allow anyone, not just students with disabilities, to tape my classes. I’ve had one student who was entitled to a note-taker, and we found a student in the class who was willing to do that. I’ve taught a blind student, as well as many students with dyslexia. My courses tend to be very language intensive, and my graduate courses are also very reading intensive. Yet many of my students with dyslexia have performed quite well. Hope this helps you.

[quote=”guestprof”]I’m a faculty member at a large state supported university. We have an office for students with disabilities that seems to be staffed by very competent caring folks. That said, my experience at four different universities suggests that much depends on the individual faculty member. Some of them, unfortunately, don’t really believe in accommodating, and do their best to avoid it. I can tell you what I do: I let the office for students with disabilities administer my exams and I let them decide how much time the student needs—I only tell them how much time the other students as a guide. I also allow anyone, not just students with disabilities, to tape my classes. I’ve had one student who was entitled to a note-taker, and we found a student in the class who was willing to do that. I’ve taught a blind student, as well as many students with dyslexia. My courses tend to be very language intensive, and my graduate courses are also very reading intensive. Yet many of my students with dyslexia have performed quite well. Hope this helps you.[/quote

Thank you for being a decent and reasonable person.

[quote=”Anonymous”][quote=”Anonymous”]Usually the people who staff these offices are cluless bottom feeders. They are pretty useless. They will just give you the runaround.[/quote][b]Hi I just read your response. What college do you go to. I attend a communtiy college. I find the staff to be very helpful in the disability office. I do not feel they are clueless. Try going to a community college.[/b][/quote]

This must be the exception that proves the rule.