In This Section

• Overview of Services
• Policies and Procedures
• Eligibility
• What is LD and ADHD?
• Applying to UNC
• Resources

Important Information for the Fall 2008 Semester

• Questionnaire If you are requesting accommodations for fall 2008 classes, complete the linked survey. Directions for submission are at the top of the questionnaire.
• Priority Registration Read UNC's policy on priority registration.
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Policies and Procedures

Working with a Learning Specialist

Once you have become eligible, you will be assigned to work with one of the Learning Disabilities Specialists who will be your primary contact in the Academic Success Program.  Prepare for your first appointment by completing a questionnaire (follow this link, and then cut & paste into your browser: Questionnaire.   Bring the completed questionnaire with you to your first appointment, or, send a completed copy to aspinfo@unc.edu.

You will work with your specialist to determine the accommodations you will need for your classes, as well as any services you might have interest in using.  Your specialist is available to problem-solve and trouble-shoot with you as well.  If you are concerned about a class or a professor, don’t feel as if your accommodation is helping or want to talk about a different accommodation, talk to your specialist.

Requesting Accommodations

Testing

1. First meet with your specialist at Academic Success Program (ASP).

After you meet with your Learning Specialist and testing accommodation decisions are made, she will forward your testing accommodation information to Department of Disabilities Services  http://disabilityservices.unc.edu/  (DDS).

• Jim Kessler, director of DDS, will send an official letter (paper or email) to each of your professors in which they will be informed of your accommodations.  Mr. Kessler will “cc” this letter to you.

2. Meet with each of your professors for the classes in which you will have testing accommodations.

If you plan on taking exams in the Disabilities office, both you and your professor must fill out and sign the testing accommodation planning worksheet, which can be downloaded from an email sent to all ASP students from DSS (let your specialist know if you never received this email).

Make sure you arrange the following with each professor:

• Exam delivery and return info
• Date and time in which you will take the exam with your testing accommodations at DDS.

After both you and the professor sign the worksheet, make sure you make a copy of it and give it to your professor.

3. Complete the online testing accommodation form.

Use the information from the testing accommodation planning worksheet you completed with your professor to complete the online form (the link to the online form is included on the worksheet).

DEADLINE:  You must complete the online testing form within one week of meeting with your learning specialist and getting your accommodations approved.

Note-taking

• Be sure to first check out the course website to see what types of notes are already available online.  You may also want to talk to your professors or TAs and ask if they may have another source of notes to share with you.
• For classes in which you feel you need a note-taker, bring copies of those notebooks with you to your appointment with your specialist, and be prepared to share them. 
• Deadline to request a note-taker is Friday, February 15th.

Reading Technology

• Once you have been approved to use a text-reader, you will need to order your books.
• If you’ve already been approved to use a text-reader and simply need to order books, log on to the ASP Moodle site (http://disabilityservices.unc.edu/eservice) for ordering instructions.