Developing Contracts and Requesting Bids: Interpreters and Speech-to-Text Providers
Institutions frequently face a variety of challenges with providing accessible environments for deaf students. One common challenge is the semester-to-semester changes in the number of registered deaf students and service provider availability.
Creating an Accommodation Request Form
Whether your institution has one comprehensive form that is routed through one designated office or several forms within various departments, the goal is for the forms to be easily located.
Crafting a Letter of Accommodations for Faculty
Prior to the beginning of the semester, the disability services office can provide guidance to faculty on how to make classroom environments accessible to deaf students in their courses.
Deaf Student Orientation Guide
Student orientations are an opportunity for students to learn about the support services available on campus, including when and how to access them. At the end of orientation, deaf students and the disability services staff should have a shared understanding of expectations, roles, and protocol for accessing auxiliary aids and services. This guide offers strategies for building an orientation program for deaf students.
Tutoring Deaf Students
A guide for strengthening tutoring support for deaf students in college including considerations for access, culture and identity of students, and online distance tutoring.
Supporting Deaf Youth Through Mentoring
Interventions, programs, and practices are evaluated for their effectiveness.
Deaf People and Educational Attainment in the United States
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the most current data on educational attainment trends and trajectories for deaf people in the United States, serving as a resource for community members, educators, researchers, and policymakers.
Student Planning Guide: Testing and Accommodations
This step-by-step guide explains how to request and use accommodations on standardized exams to help students meet their goals after high school.
Remote Access Services: Student Evaluation Template
Student evaluation of remote services is critical to ensure effectiveness of services received. This evaluation template helps institutions to gather structured input from students regarding the quality of the technology as well as the communication access services received (i.e., interpreting or speech-to-text services).
Providing Remote Access Services
Use this tool to guide you through the process of providing remote access services. Answer each question with a “YES” (left) or a “NO” (right). Once complete, you should have a comprehensive plan for implementing services. If at any point your answer is unknown, determine whom to ask and note that on your to-do list.
Study Abroad Planning Guide
An increasing number of deaf students are pursuing study abroad opportunities which can raise many questions for disability service professionals on how to plan for accommodations. Study abroad experiences provide opportunities for deaf students to learn essential social and professional skills to be marketable in today’s workforce.
Study Abroad Poster
This poster is for institutions that will provide accommodations to affiliated study abroad programs.