Disability Services

PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING AND RECEIVING ACADEMIC ACCOMODATIONS

• The student completes the Initial Intake Form. Please come to our office to fill out the form at Speert Hall Rm 134 (formerly Wayne Hall). 
• Bring all disability documentation to our office when you come to fill out the intake form.
• William Paterson University requires that all students seeking accommodations provide appropriate documentation to Disability Services in order to:    
  • Determine eligibility as a qualified individual with a disability and
  • Determine appropriate academic accommodations for that student.
• For general guidelines for documentation accepted by William Paterson University useful in determining and providing accommodation services, see below:

Guidelines: Post Secondary Level

Guidelines: ADHD

Guidelines: Physical Medical conditions

Guidelines: Psychological

During the initial interview, a Disability Services staff member will review your educational strengths and weaknesses and any previous accommodations in order to provide individualized accommodations.

• The Disability Services Coordinator reviews the student's documentation.
• If documentation qualifies the student for accommodations, the Disability Services Coordinator prepares an Accommodation Form for the classes which the student requires accommodations.
• Disability Services emails the Accommodation Form to the student.
• The student is required to sign the Accommodation Form.
• Disability Services creates copies of the form for the student's file.
• It is the responsibility of the student to email the Accommodation Form to his/her professors and confirm receipt to discuss implementation of the accommodations.