Counselling Services

Disability Support Services
Learner Assistance Program

Are you experiencing difficulties in the classroom? If so, there is help available for you. The Learner Assistance Program (LAP) provides services to current and prospective students whose disabilities involve any number of conditions affecting mobility, vision, hearing, learning, physical or mental health. Students are responsible for providing current documentation of their disability (i.e. psychoeducational assessment). Students are encouraged to pick up a copy of the "Handbook for Students with Disabilities" guide from the Counselling & Career Services office.

Who Is Eligible?

Any student with special needs is eligible for assistance through our Learner Assistance Program. The list below includes some of the issues our previous students have faced:

• Deafness or hard of hearing
• Blindness or visual impairments
• Mobility impairments
• Physical Disabilities
• Learning Disabilities
• ADHD
• Brain Injuries
• Diagnosed Mental Health Disability
• Chronic health issues
• Temporary disabling conditions

Self Disclosure

It is the responsibility of the student to self that they have a disability.

Methods:

On the Application for Admission form

Directly to the Disabilities Counsellor

Disclose your disability to a student advisor or your Instructor, Chair or Counsellor

Services for Students

• Initial screening interview Classroom Support
• Development of an Individual Service Plan outlining educational accommodations
• Learning Strategies: identification of effective learning strategies
• Assistance with request for funding for assessment and exceptional educational costs
• Assistive Technology
• Study-skills workshops
• Writing Center
• Counselling (educational, self advocacy, career, and financial)
• Academic advising
• "Getting the Learning Advantage" workshops
• Consultations with learner, instructor, and disabilities counsellor

Confidentiality

Information regarding your disability is confidential. Although faculty and staff must be aware that a disability is present in order to provide accommodations, they only receive specific information about the nature of the disability at your request. Information will not be released about your disability without your written authorization.