Access Coordinator - Student Disability Services - UTK

Job description

This position engages students with disabilities in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans, provide support for a caseload of students, refer students to appropriate campus resources, and provide education and training to campus and community partners. Accommodation Provision: - Communicate with prospective students and their families about the process for registering with Student Disability Services (SDS) - Create an environment that makes students feel comfortable with requesting accommodations - Assess student accommodation requests - Engage students in an interactive process to develop accommodation plans - Determine appropriate accommodations through review of documentation from medical, psychological, and educational professionals and the utilization of professional judgment - Provide students with information about additional campus services - Document interactions with students in database management system - Collaborate with all functional areas of Student Disability Services (SDS) as well as University departments to assist with the provision of accommodations Training and Programming: - Develop and present training and educational programs to instructors,...