Part 1: READING RESPONSE REFELECTIONS (FOCUSED)
This week’s readings shifts the focus from using the disability label as the basis for accommodation decisions to using the student’s contextual and functional needs as the basis of accommodation decisions.
(FOCUS)
In addition, they examine the accommodation process from the student’s perspective. In what ways do these different perspectives inform your philosophy of disability services for neuro-diverse students?
Include a list of new and salient ideas, vocabulary (and names of important people and organizations),information, issues and perspectives learned from the week’s readings (you may use bulleted notes, and these may be brief).
Provide your reflection to the readings. You may use the following questions to guide you:
1) How have the readings supported and/or contradicted what you thought before?
2) Were there ambiguities, contradictions, areas of concern and/or confusions among the readings, explain the significance?
3) How do the readings inform your philosophy of Disability Services for Neurodiverse Students?
4) And/or were the readings useful (if so, to whom), explain?
Try to focus on your analysis rather than a summary of the articles.
Length: Total of approximately 250 Words (1 page) for Reading Response (this includes the list and your reflection).
Part 2: GIVE AN ANALYSIS/REFLECTION OF THE READINGS IN YOUR OWN WORDS
*YOUR ANALYSIS IS FROM A DISABILITY ADVOCATES PERSPECTIVE/LENS *DON’T OVERGENERALIZE YOUR STATEMENTS
*DON’T REUSE CITATIONS FROM PART ONE / DO NOT USE PARTICULARLY LONG QUOTES TO FILL THE LENGTH GUIDELINES. THIS IS YOUR ANALYSIS!
Your responses should be SUBSTANTIVE: they should demonstrate a serious engagement with the text(s), all claims you make should be fully and completely explained and claims about what the text says should be backed with PROPER quotations and/or evidence from the text. Be sure to provide enough reference information in your responses so that we can find the page/quotation/etc. that you are referring to or discussing in your responses. YOU MAY NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES – ONLY WHAT IS PROVIDED.
This should focus more on your REFLECTION / REACTION (3-5 Citation should be incorporated/PER REFLECTION) in approximately 2 paragraphs (200 words) per reading. Cite the source after response
Citations: APA Style
Readings:
1) Barnard-Brak, L., Lectenberg, D., & Lan, W. Y. (2010). Accommodation strategies of college students with disabilities. The Qualitative Report, 15(2), 411-429.
2) Cawthorn, S. W., & Cole, E. V. (2010). Postsecondary students who have a learning disability: Student perspectives on accommodations access and obstacles. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 23(2), 112-128.
3) Kurth, N. & Mellard, D. (2006). Student perceptions of the accommodation process in postsecondary education. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 19(1), 71-84.
4) Trammell, Jack. (2009) Red-Shirting college students with disabilities. Learning Assistance Review, 14(2), 21-31.
