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Current Students
Office for Students with Special Needs (OSSN)
Disclosure of a disability is voluntary. If you are a currently enrolled student with a documented disability and you need special services, accommodations or access, please follow these steps:
Step-by-Step Guide for Self-identifying at OWC
- Schedule an appointment with the Coordinator of Students with Special Needs – (850) 729-6922 to discuss available support services and the process for requesting accommodations for the classroom. At this meeting you will complete and sign a Application for Special Support Services form.
- Bring written documentation of your disability with you to the appointment. The written report must be current (within the past 2 years) and provided by a qualified professional such as a physician, audiologist, psychologist, psychiatrist, learning disability specialist, VA counselor or counselor for the Division of Blind Services. This information will assist the college in determining adequate, appropriate and reasonable accommodations.
- The documentation must state:
- Diagnosis with specific evidence of a disability and suggested accommodations to validate the request for academic and co-curricular accommodations
- Test scores which support a cognitive or learning disability
- Medications and any adverse side effects
- Recommendations regarding necessary accommodations
- Provisional accommodations might be offered in the interim, but a final determination of accommodations will not be complete until your documentation is received by the OSSN.
Step-by-Step Guide for Receiving Accommodations in the Classroom
- If you wish to receive support services in one or all of your classes, complete the Request for Accommodations form each term in which services are needed and submit the form to the OSSN. These forms are located in the Student Services area of each OWC site and on this website under Forms. Remember that the accommodations must be appropriate for the disability.
- It is important that at least five (5) working days are allowed for the special arrangements to be made.
- Contact the OSSN Coordinator prior to the beginning of each term in order to discuss any necessary changes in your schedule or your accommodations.
- In the event you encounter any difficulty or other concern regarding your accommodations, contact the OSSN Coordinator immediately.
- Once the Request for Accommodations has been received, a memorandum will be sent to your professors to let them that you have documentation on file and they are to provide you with the accommodations that are listed in the memorandum.