1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar Student Services | 1999-2000 Undergraduate Calendar Student Services |
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| Carleton University |
500 University Centre
Telephone: 520-6608
TDD: 520-3937
Fax: 520-3995
Website:www.carleton.ca/pmc
Larry McCloskey - Associate Director, Student Life Services, responsible for the Paul Menton Centre
Nancy McIntyre - Learning Specialist / Co-ordinator, Learning Disabilities
Diane Proulx - Learning Specialist / Co-ordinator, Physical Disability Programs
Matthew Cole - Co-ordinator, Attendant Services
Carleton University has a Senate-approved policy on Academic Accommodation (see p. 31). This policy promotes reasonable efforts to accommodate students with disabilities so that they will have the opportunity to meet learning objectives and be fairly evaluated in their performance. The University is strongly committed to providing reasonable access and reasonable accommodation for all individuals with identified and duly assessed disabilities. In no case, however, does academic accommodation negotiate away, lower or remove the academic standards and learning objectives of any course or program at the University.
A series of brochures and flyers on resources and services available to students with disabilities at Carleton University may be obtained from the Paul Menton Centre free of charge. Information is also available on the website.
The Paul Menton Centre provides individualized support services, based on appropriate and up to date documentation, to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder (ADD), visual impairments, head injuries, physical disabilities including mobility impairments, or who have psychiatric or other medical disabilities. The Centre accommodates as many requests as resources permit.
Students are responsible for applying for special services by making an appointment with the appropriate coordinator. All requests will be considered on an individual needs basis. Students are advised to come to the Centre early in the term to discuss service requests.
Examination accommodations for all tests and examinations (in-class, itv, or formally scheduled) must be arranged by specific deadline dates. Please refer to the Paul Menton Centre for a list of deadlines for all examinations. Accommodation requests not made prior to the specified deadlines will not be fulfilled.
Students referred by the Paul Menton Centre have access to the Joy Maclaren Adaptive Technology Centre, located on the main floor of the MacOdrum Library, Room 232. Heather Cross, Coordinator of Library Services for Students with Disabilities, is located in the department of Reference Services, Room 206 (520-2600, extension 8186). Students are advised to contact her for a complete list of services available in the Library including use of the Centre, research assistance, stacks retrieval, assistance with photocopying, and reserves assistance. Services at the University of Ottawa for students with disabilities are also available to Carleton students. Students must obtain a letter of referral from Heather Cross for each academic year to have access to services at the University of Ottawa.
The Joy Maclaren Adaptive Technology Centre has six workstations on which students have access to various software applications (word processing and spreadsheets), SS-Labs, CUBE, Chat Accounts, the Campus Network, large screen monitors, adjustable-height computer tables, a voice recognition system, screen magnification, screen reading and a scanner.
The Library's contact for transcription services is Margaret McLeod of the department of Reference Services (520-2600, extension 8943). Students referred by the Paul Menton Centre are registered with the W. Ross MacDonald School, the provincial agency which provides texts and other course related material in alternative formats for students with a print disability. For tapes that must be borrowed from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic, there is a lifetime registration fee of $75 (U.S.) plus a $25 (U.S.) annual fee. It is essential to obtain course outlines as early as possible, and to get your requests in early.
Students may scan text using the Reading Edge, a reading machine, and have the scanned material recorded onto audio tape or downloaded onto a disk. This machine is housed in the Joy Maclaren Adaptive Technology Centre.
A limited number of portable computers, two and four-track tape recorders, and personal FM systems are available for loan. Written referral by a Paul Menton Centre Coordinator is required.
It is the student's responsibility to initiate early enquiries. If specialized equipment or services, such as personal FM systems or sign language interpreters, are required, please contact the Centre at least a month prior to the start of classes. The Centre acts as liaison for agencies which may provide funding for various services. Early enquiries are required to arrange these services.
It is required that the student have a recent psychoeducational assessment available which has been administered after the age of 16 or within three years of initial registration at the Paul Menton Centre. This will allow Paul Menton Centre staff to organize services that address each individual's particular learning disability.
To receive accommodation, students with ADD are required to have formal identification from a psychiatrist, psychologist or physician. For further information contact the Paul Menton Centre.
The campus of Carleton University is well equipped for accommodating persons with physical disabilities. The buildings are in close proximity to each other and most are connected by tunnels. All of the main buildings have elevators and are ramped for outside entrance and egress. Most sidewalks have been made accessible by curb-cut renovations. A building-by-building accessibility inventory is available from the Centre or on the website.
Students with non-visible disabilities may have legitimate needs which are not easily recognized or understood within the University community. Students with psychiatric or medical disabilities may wish to contact the Paul Menton Centre to discuss personal or academic issues of concern to them. Appropriate documentation is required.
The Attendant Services Program in Residence offers 24 hour assistance with activities of daily living such as personal care, room chores, cafeteria assistance, etc. The program is available to students with various levels of disability and attempts to respond to individuals according to their specific needs. In order to provide comprehensive services only a limited number of program spaces are available each year. A guide describing the program in detail is available free of charge by contacting the Attendant Services Co-ordinator at 520-6615.
For students who need an accessible room in residence but do not require attendant services, a limited number of rooms are available based on the following criteria: the need for special accommodation, level of disability, whether the applicant has housing alternatives in the area, and the date of application. For further information contact the Accommodations Officer in the Department of Housing and Food Services at 520-5612.