SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENTS (SSA)

Students participating in Disabled Student Programs and Services who are eligible for accommodations must complete a Support Services Agreement (SSA) each semester in order to secure accommodations for that semester.

The following are the student’s responsibility:

1. Document disability with DSPS.
2. Request accommodations appropriate to the disability from DSPS.
3. Fill out a Support Services Agreement with DSPS each semester.  Support Services Agreements may be revised more than once a semester depending on the needs of the student and the documentation in the DSPS file.
4. Identify him/herself as soon as possible to the instructor from whom the accommodations are being requested.  Present to that instructor a photocopy of the current Support Services Agreement as authorization to receive accommodations.
5. Tell DSPS early in the semester if accommodations (such as note taking, or test taking accommodations) are NOT working so that corrective or additional action may be taken.
6. Exercise rights and responsibilities as a student with a disability; ask for what is needed to be successful at College of the Redwoods.
7. Alterations of the SSA by a student are prohibited and a violation of the student code of conduct.

Some accommodations must be negotiated on an individual basis between Disabled Student Programs and Services, the student and the instructor.

A student who presents a Support Services Agreement to an instructor is authorized to receive those accommodations by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which addresses non-discrimination of disabled students in post-secondary education.  All authorizations for accommodations have been validated based upon assessment and/or review of disability verification documents kept on file in the DSP&S office.

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