If you need assistance, please, take the responsibility for making me aware of this. Tell me the first week if you need extra help, change in format, etc. If you have a disability or other special need, please inform me as soon as possible if you will need special accommodations. Please make requests for accommodations in person and then follow-up with our agreements in writing. It is your responsibility document in writing for me any agreed upon changes to current assignments, due dates etc.
Writing is an important skill for social work practitioners.
I put a tremendous focus on your writing in all of my classes. A medical or legal excuse is required in order to make up work missed in class or to make significant adjustments in assignment due dates. Incompletes or In progress are only given in extreme circumstances and only with a written plan initiated by you and agreed upon by the instructor to complete the course. An incomplete cannot be given if the student has completed less than half of the course or is failing at the time the incomplete is given. Attendance in class is important in order for you and your classmates to engage in discussion about the course topics.