Faculty and Staff CDS Information
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How are students approved for accommodations?
In order for students to receive accommodations, they must provide documentation of their disability to the CDS office and complete an intake appointment. Once students are found eligible for an accommodation, the CDS Staff inputs this eligibility into AccessPortal and notifies the student of their rights and responsibilities for accommodations. Students must request accommodations each quarter and for each class.
What are my responsibilities?
After a student has formally requested accommodations, the Faculty Notification letter is sent to faculty through email. It is also available to you on the Faculty AccessPortal. This is the legal notification that they have requested an accommodation in your course.
Communicate privately with this student to review each of the accommodations and discuss how they will be most effectively implemented in your course. This may also take place over email. It is the student’s responsibility to contact you regarding the implementation of their accommodations in your course, but you are also welcome to initiate this conversation.
Implement any academic accommodations for this specific student in a timely manner, or notify the CDS Office if you believe that a specific accommodation is unnecessary due to the format of your course. If the CDS Office has additional action items for you (ie, notetaking announcements, testing arrangement information, etc), you will receive an additional email.