The Student Services Conference Room

Resources for Student Services Staff

DO-IT publications and videos of particular interest to postsecondary student services administrators and staff include the following. They share strategies for applying universal design principals to student services organizations so that they are accessible to everyone, including students with disabilities. Permission is granted to duplicate these materials in whole or in part as long as the source is acknowledged.

• Equal Access: Universal Design of Recruitment and Undergraduate Admissions - creating a recruitment and admissions process that is accessible to all potential students.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Libraries - accessibility considerations for libraries.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Registration - designing an accessible registration office.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Financial Aid - applying universal design principles to a financial aid office.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Advising - applying universal design to an advising center.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Career Services - designing an accessible career services center.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Housing and Residential Life - making housing and campus life accessible to all students.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Student Organizations - creating student organizations that are accessible to all students.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Tutoring and Learning Centers - applying universal design principles to tutoring and learning centers.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Your Project - how to make your project accessible to everyone.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Conference Exhibits and Presentations - how to present content that is accessible to all participants.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Physical Spaces - a checklist for making physical environments welcoming, accessible, and usable by everyone.
• Opportunities! - a newsletter for students with disabilities that can be tailored to any postsecondary campus.
• Students with Disabilities and Campus Services: Building the Team Presentation and Resource Materials - synthesis of research, institutionalization guidelines, presentation tips, presentations, and handouts to help student service staff and administrators make their campus services more accessible to students with disabilities.
• Universal Design: Principles, Process, and Applications - describes universal design principals.
• Universal Design in Education: Principles and Applications - applications of universal design to educational settings at all levels.
• Video and publication - Access to the Future: Preparing College Students with Disabilities for Careers - how to make college career development services accessible to students with disabilities.
• Video and publication - Equal Access: Universal Design of Computer Labs - how to make computer labs accessible to people with disabilities.
• Video and publication - Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction - Goals, strategies, and practices to help instructors develop an accessible course.
• Video and publication - Equal Access: Universal Design of Student Services - how to make postsecondary student services accessible to students with disabilities.
• Video and publication - Working Together: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology - adaptive technology and computer applications for people with disabilities.
• Video and publication - World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design - how to make Web pages accessible to people with disabilities.
• Video and publication - Real Connections: Making Distance Learning Accessible to Everyone - guidelines for designing Internet-based distance learning courses to fully include all students.
• Equal Access : Universal Design of Distance Learning - a checklist to assure access and promote the learning of all students.
• Creating Video and Multimedia Products that are Accessible to People with Sensory Impairments - guidelines and designing resources for accessible products.
• Access to Technology: An Online Tutorial - an overview of assistive technology and the design of accessible electronic and information technology.
• Glossary of Disability-Related Terms - a listing of disability-related terms.

Questions and answers, case studies, and promising practices can be found in the searchable Student Services Conference Room Knowledge Base.

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