Determining Reasonable Accommodations Common Accommodations Obtaining Academic Accommodations Southern Polytechnic State University is committed to providing equal opportunities to all qualified students with disabilities. The Counseling Services Office is responsible for the coordination of services to students with disabilities, with the primary objective of arranging reasonable academic accommodations. Upon presentation of acceptable documentation, Counseling Services will then address the needs of each student on an individual basis. Students are encouraged to become self advocates, although Counseling services will advocate for students when the circumstances warrant it.
All information regarding disability is kept strictly confidential.
Top of Page Obtaining Academic Accommodations Students with disabilities who require accommodations must seek assistance from Counseling Services in a timely manner, usually prior to the start of classes or as soon as a disability becomes known. Students with disabilities must provide documentation or their disabilities and how they limit their participation in courses, programs, services, jobs, activities, and facilities of the University. Counseling Services will maintain documentation of the disability. The Disability Services Coordinator and the student with a disability will discuss the interaction between the disability and the academic environment and together determine the reasonable accommodations. The Disability Services Coordinator will write individualized letters to faculty members certifying that the student has a disability and stating the determined reasonable accommodations.