Steps to Receive Accommodations
Step 1:聽First Time Applicants and Previously Approved Students
All students requesting academic accommodations are required to聽read carefully all sections of information on the HCU Academic Accommodations Web site.聽 After doing so, the student should print, complete sign and date the Application for聽Services and the Acknowledgement聽Forms and submit the forms聽along with your documentation and detailed class schedule to the Disability Services Director at your initial meeting.聽 The Acknowledgment form is submitted each semester along with your detailed class schedule for that semester.
Step 2: All Students – Check Your Documentation
Check your documentation to see if it meets the criteria listed on this website for your specific disability. 聽No accommodations will be written until you submit all required documentation and the documentation meets the criteria for your disability.聽 This documentation is submitted at the initial meeting. 聽If you have preliminary questions about the documentation criteria for your disability, please contact the Accommodation Services Director.
Step 3: Submit Documentation and Schedule an Appointment
First Time Applicants
You should contact the Accommodation Services Director, to schedule an initial intake appointment.聽 Bring your completed Application for Services form, 聽documentation and signed Acknowledgement form with you to the initial intake appointment.聽 During the initial intake appointment you will complete the Consent to聽Release form for Academic Accommodations, sign any needed confidentiality forms, and accommodation requests/needs will be discussed.聽 Once the documentation has been reviewed, the聽Director聽will contact you to schedule another appointment to finalize accommodations and complete the accommodations request process, or to advise you of additional documentation needed.
Students Who Have Previously Received Accommodations at HCU
Academic accommodations must be applied for in person and written each semester.聽 You should contact the Accommodation Services Director to request an appointment at the beginning of each semester to review and discuss accommodations for that semester.聽 Students will also need to bring a current copy of their detailed class schedule to this appointment.
Step 4: All Students – Letters of Accommodation
When you are approved for accommodations, the聽Accommodation Services Director will write a Letter of Accommodation to your instructors for that semester stating that you have a documented disability (specific diagnosis or disability is not specified) which requires specific accommodations listed in the letter. The letters are stamped 鈥渃onfidential,鈥� placed in sealed envelopes stamped 鈥渃onfidential,鈥� and sent to instructors of record, usually within 48 hours after the appointment.聽 Students are then to stop by the Director’s office to pick up their own copy of the accommodation letters.