Reasonable Accommodations in the Classroom – On-Demand Training

Collaborate Effectively to Ensure Students’ Needs are Met With the return to “normal” operations in a post-COVID world, campuses are seeing higher numbers of qualified students registering for disability accommodations. With larger numbers of students with disabilities on campus, it’s important to understand what types of accommodations in the classroom are reasonable and when an accommodation may be unreasonable and challenge the fundamental nature of an academic course or program. As the number of students eligible for accommodations has risen, so has the complexity of disability conditions, as well as the number of accommodations needed to help level the playing field. This increase in complexity and increase in the number of accommodations has created, at times, tension and a need for disability offices and faculty to collaborate effectively to ensure accommodations are implemented in the classroom. Our expert presenter explores these issues, plus additional challenges encountere