Academics

This is the place to get resources about everything related to college courses.

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Academics, Study Tips, and Strategies

• Talking about your disability with classmates, faculty, other students, and employers
• Tips for transfer students and how to transfer credits (from BestColleges.com, a commercial site. You are not obligated to sign up with them).
• Think you might want to try hiring an academic coach? How tutors and coaches are different . Look for certification from the International Coach Federation (ICF) or the National Tutoring Association (NTA)
• Study and organizational tips and apps
• Choosing a major and career
• Students may want to check out our website's information for faculty to find tips they can use for their own learning
• Modules about academic accommodations and strategies from the Access Project at Colorado State University , with suggestions for students with a variety of disabilities.
• Learn about disability and Deaf studies

Working with Faculty

• What's my role? What are the professors and disability services supposed to be doing for me?
• Choosing whether or not to use disability services, or whether to work on your own with professors
• Talking with faculty about your disability
• Universal design 101 - what should students and faculty know about it?
• I'm not getting good accommodations or services. What can I do?