[nabs-l] Is providing tutors or aids under the ADA forpublic colleges?

[Lillie Pennington]

Instead of a tutor, you could try finding your own study materials. Textbooks for foreign languages often have vocabulary glossaries and explain grammar concepts. Many textbooks often have edition all independent study materials. This has worked for me in my Spanish classes. Hope this helps.

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> On Dec 7, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Also, it's hard to know if the reason you're struggling is because of
> not seeing the pictures, or because the teacher is just not very good
> at making the content user-friendly for anybody. I suspect that maybe
> other students are also struggling in the class. Is it possible to get
> a different teacher for the next two  quarters?
> 
> In my own experience (majoring in biology, taking lots of science
> classes along with foreign language) everything that was important was
> either verbalized by the teacher or written down in the textbook, or
> both. If something wasn't in the text and the teacher didn't verbalize
> it it usually wasn't important. However, your particular teacher might
> not be very good at verbalizing what is important. You may need to
> meet with her several times and nudge her to make the verbal part of
> her class more accessible to you, e.g. by spelling new words out loud
> slowly. This is something that would help everyone not just you. If
> you want to advocate, I think working with the teacher or finding a
> new one is a more effective tack than trying to persuade the school to
> provide tutor service which isn't directly related to your disability.
> 
> Arielle
> 
>> On 12/7/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The K-12 schools aren't required to provide aides specifically.
>> They're required to provide whatever the IEP team decides the
>> particular student needs at that particular time. Often that plan
>> includes an aide, but not always.
>> 
>>> On 12/7/13, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> If the part of the ADA I quoted is not the part the colleges follow, I
>>> would love to know. Section 504  also deals with grade school and high
>>> school, so much of the text says children rather than student.
>>> If what I did quote is indeed what the colleges have to follow, I have
>>> enough of a legal leverage to require an aid if not a tutor as well. My
>>> mom works in the lower education schools and they are required to
>>> provide aids for students.
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>>>