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Learning Disability Support Services

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Maine Maritime Academy provides supportive services to students with learning disabilities through the Academic Deans Office. The purpose of the these support services is to provide the opportunity for educational success and personal growth in college programs at MMA.

The supportive services are designed to promote student independence and equal access to classroom and college-related activities for those students with a demonstrated learning disability.
To receive accommodations, you must meet with the Associate Academic Dean and provide the following:
  1. Certification - You must document your learning disability with the Academic Dean's Office by providing recent (within the last 3 years) documentation from an educational psychologist which establishes the nature of the disability, including the basis for the diagnosis and the dates of testing.
  2. You must provide a recommendation from a qualified specialist of the accommodation(s) specifically appropriate for offsetting the effects of the disability.
  3. The Academy may also conduct an independent review of the records submitted, and/or request you to submit to an independent medical examination
  4. You must sign a release form that allows the Academy to notify professors that you have been certified as having a learning disability and that certain accommodations are required. Under the law only those with a "need to know" may see documentation. Faculty do need to know what accommodations are necessary but do not need to see the documentation.
  5. After approval of the Academic Dean�s Office for specific accommodations, you will be given a letter to show each of your instructors informing them of your need for the recommended accommodations. You will be required to meet with your instructors and request the accommodations. You are responsible for doing so in a timely manner.
As a student with a learning disability you have the first responsibility of documentation and notification through the proper channels. You do not have to request an accommodation if you do not desire to. In all cases the purpose of the accommodation is to assist you to meet the specific academic requirements of your courses and program.

Accommodations must be appropriate and reasonable. The nature of the accommodation is usually determined by the qualified specialist that has conducted the diagnosis. The reasonableness of the accommodation is that it meets the needs of the student and is within the resources of the institution as a whole to provide.

Faculty are not required to anticipate special student needs. If you ask for an accommodation late in the semester, the instructor is only required to provide accommodations from that time on and does not need to offer make-up exams etc.
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