Syllabus Disability Statement

A statement placed on course syllabi indicating a faculty member's willingness to provide reasonable accommodations to a student with a disability normalizes the accommodation process. Please use the following statement on your course syllabi:

The University is committed to providing students with documented disabilities equal access to all university programs and facilities.  If you think you have a disability requiring accommodations, you must register with Disability Services for Students (DSS). Contact DSS at (603) 862-2607 or visit them in MUB 118. If you have received Accommodation Letters for this course from DSS, please provide me with that information privately so that we can review those accommodations.

Rationale:
The statement should be an invitation to students who have disabilities to meet with the faculty member, in a privatel environment, to review course requirements and to discuss their need for accommodations. Establishing reasonable accommodations is the responsibility of UNH DSS and are considered on a case-by-case basis based on the functional impact of each individual and the specific essential requirements of a course will vary.

Getting Help: Consultation/Intervention Decision Tree

The Troubled Student The Disruptive Student

Student is troubled, confused, very sad, highly anxious, irritable, lacks motivation and/or concentration, demonstrates bizarre behavior or is thinking about suicide

Student's conduct is disruptive or dangerous, uses verbal or physical threats, is actively threatening suicide and is resisting help.
Consultation
Resources		 Consultation/Intervention Resources
Rule out possibility of harm to self or others

Questions about emotional and behavioral issues and getting help, call:

Counseling Center
David Cross, PhD Director
862-2090

Health Services
Clinical Services,
Dr. Gladi Porsche
862-1530
Women's Health
862-1806
Health Education
862-3823
Nutrition Counseling
862-3823
Alcohol & Drug Assistance, Brian Miller
862-3823

After Office Hours:
Behavioral Health, Dover, NH
742-0630
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
742-6956

And/Or

Administrative/Judicial procedural concerns call:
Esther Tardy-Wolfe
862-3284

If physical safety of student or others is of immediate concern and student on campus, call:

University Police Department
862-1427

If student is off campus, call:

County Sheriff or Durham police
911

Then

Administrative/Judicial procedural concerns, call:

Esther Tardy-Wolfe
862-3284

And/Or

Consultation with or referral to campus emergency counseling or health resources, call:

Counseling Center
862-2090
Health Services
862-1530

For a student off campus at the time, call:

Behavioral Health, Dover, NH
742-0630