Teaching Students with Disabilities
Good teachers know that all their students bring unique and interesting
abilities to their classrooms, and effective teachers seek ways to bring
those abilities to light. The Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA) have
encouraged colleges and universities to develop policies for making students
with disabilities a respected and involved part of their educational missions.
But for teachers, that means having to think more carefully about how their
pedagogies and classroom policies help and/or hinder students with various
disabilities. The links below offer suggestions for how to transform classroom
activities and attitudes in order to welcome all students into the learning
space of the course. Faculty at ISU are encouraged to be familiar with specific ISU
policies regarding the rights of students with disabilities.
Approaches to Teaching Students with
Disabilities
- Approaches to Serving Students
with Disabilities (Wisconsin)
- Links to six reports on how different campuses around the country have
effectively met the needs of students with disabilities.
- A
Systematic Approach for Assisting Students with Learning Disabilities
in Postsecondary Education (Peggy Waller and Carol Puffer, LD Online)
- Good
Teaching Practices for Students with Disabilities (Washington)
- Resource Guides
For Faculty (Heath Resource Center, GWU)
- This site includes several short "guides" for helping faculty understand
disabilities and their roles and responsibilities. Specific disabilities
discussed include brain injury, blindness, deafness/HOH.
- Teaching
Students with Disabilities (Berkeley)
- A series of tips on working with students who may have various disabilities,
including visual or auditory impairments, attention deficit disorder, etc.
Disability Support Centers at Colleges
and Universities
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Center for Persons with Disabilities (Utah
State)
- Center for Research on Women
with Disabilities (Baylor)
- Center on Human Policy (Syracuse)
- Disability Support Services
@ U of North Dakota
- Disabled Students Center
@ Santa Monica
- Office of Disability
Concerns (ISU)
- Regional Center for
College Students with Learning Disabilities @ Fairleigh Dickinson
- Teaching Resources
@ UIUC
Other Resources
- Accessible Web Design (Wisconsin)
- College Freshmen
with Disabilities: A Biennial Statistical Profile (Heath RC)
- Disability Accommodations
in Science Education (WVU)
- Disability Guidelines
Statement Regarding ADA (UND)
- Learning Strategies Database (Muskingum)
- Teaching Students
with Disabilities (Yale)
