October 15, 1984

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Mad Hatter

_A Douglas College Newsletter

 

 

 

Accessing Learning Support Services For

Resource Centre

With a grant from the Ministry of
Education to supplement current sup-
port services for students with spe-
cial needs, the Access Learning Re-
source Centre has been established.
A warm welcome is extended to Jody
Pilling who has been hired as the
Learning Assistance Instructor.

The major function of the ALRC is

to provide assistance to students
with special needs in accessing reg-
ular college courses/programs. The
aim is to provide services to dis-
abled students who require individ-
ual assistance, assessments, and
skill preparation in order to meet
course/program requirements. The
ALRC would be responsible for:

- providing remedial assistance for
students with learning problems

- educational assessments to ident-
ify learning styles and deficits

- offering instruction in skill
preparation

- providing individual services to
enhance accessibility

The ALRC services are available to
students with physically and/or sen-
sory handicaps, learning disabil-
ities, and emotional handicaps.
ferals for services must be made
through Gladys Loewen, Coordinator
of Adult Special Education at local
2791 in the Student Services Centre.

The ALRC is located in Room 2710 in
the Student Services Centre. Jody's
local is' 2710.

Ref-

Disabled Students

It looks like this will be a busy
and exciting year. As the number
of students with disabilities in-
crease, the need for support ser-
vices also increases. A wide
range of support is available for
students with disabilities and the
faculty who teach them. This in-
cludes physical, sensory, emotional
or mental handicaps as well as
learning disabilities.

Services include:

- readers

- notetakers

- writers

- researchers

- information about disabling
conditions

- brailling if necessary

- taped versions of textbooks

- photocopying service to copy a
classmates lecture notes

- learning assistance

Please contact Gladys Loewen at
local 2791 if you have questions
regarding a student or need as-
Sistance.