Seward County Community College is making a good faith effort to comply with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); accessibility to programs, services and facilities by all students and patrons is a high priority. Students in need of accommodations should contact the Dean of Student Services, to initiate their request for services.
After a written request, by the student, for services, an intake process will be conducted; the existence of a qualified disability must be verified, and appropriate strategies and resources identified. Students must provide documentation of their disability before receiving services. In the case of a medical disability, students should submit documentation from a qualified expert stating the nature and severity of the disability, the diagnostic procedures used, and recommendations for academic assistance. In the case of a learning disability, documentation must be submitted from one of two sources:
- Students diagnosed prior to high school graduation can submit IEP documents;
- Students diagnosed after completion of high school must submit a recent psycho- educational evaluation performed by a licensed psychologist. Information obtained is confidential and is used solely for the purpose of identifying appropriate support services.
Seward County Community College offers academic support services to students with physical or learning disabilities. SCCC is committed to providing assistance to students that will facilitate their independence and academic progress. Assistance is tailored to the needs of the individual student. Academic support services offered based on individual need include:
- Campus orientation;
- instructor notification;
- note-taking assistance;
- alternative testing accommodations;
- assistance in obtaining texts in alternative formats;
- assistance in obtaining an interpreter;
- accessibility accommodations; and
- additional specific services when necessary
Service Animals Policy
Beginning on March 15, 2011, only dogs are recognized as service animals under titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A service animal is a dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability. Examples of such work or tasks include:
- guiding people who are blind
- alerting people who are deaf
- pulling a wheelchair
- alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure
- reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications
- calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack
- or performing other duties
Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person’s disability.
Assistance Animals
An assistance animal, also known as an "emotional support animal" or "therapy animal" is defined as an animal that works, provides assistance, or performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or that provides emotional support that alleviates one or more identified effects of a person's disability. An assistance animal is not a pet.
Students who are seeking to bring an Assistance Animal to campus must first submit a request to Accessibility Services. The student will be asked to provide documentation pertaining to the request before the final decision is made. Accessibility Services will review each request on a case-by-case basis. Assistance Animals are only allowed in specific areas in campus housing.