Disabilities Support Services
The Office of Academic Development provides services and coordinates academic accommodations for students with disabilities. Students who wish to receive classroom accommodations due to a disability must meet with either the Director of Academic Development or the Disabilities Specialist within the first two weeks of every semester that they are enrolled. We will discuss reasonable and appropriate accommodations with students and assist students with arranging those accommodations. All discussion between our staff and students is strictly confidential. Students are not required to reveal a disability unless they will need classroom accommodations.
New Students
Every new student who will require accommodations must complete the Special Services Survey to identify with our office as a student with a disability. After the student has provided acceptable accommodation and signed a consent form, we will prepare memos notifying professors of the accommodations. (N.B. Students do not have to submit new documentation every semester.) After the professors have been notified, it is the student's responsibility to speak with their instructors about particular needs and to make the arrangements to receive them. If professors have questions, they may contact the Office of Academic Development for clarification.
Students who will require accommodations for placement inventories should contact the Director at least one week before the date they plan to attend Summer Orientation. By phone, call 215-572-4086 or send an e-mail to pizzi@arcadia.edu.
Other support services available to student with disabilities
The Disabilities Specialist or the Director of Academic Development can provide one-to-one instruction in time management, organizational skills, prioritizing, or other reading, learning and study strategies. Peer tutoring is free to all undergraduate students enrolled at the university. Student with disabilities may discuss their need for these services with our staff.
Current students who need more information may go to the Learning Resource Network's organization in MyArcadia.
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