Disability and Learning Services
Baxter Hall
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
503-370-6471 voice
503-375-5383 tty
Functions
- Network with faculty and other campus personnel to assist students in optimizing their potential.
- Promote equal opportunity in a nondiscriminatory environment for individuals with a disability.
- Assist individual students in developing lifelong learning and management skills as enumerated under assistance.
- Develop and implement programs that enhance student learning at the University. Please see Willamette's Learning Enhancement Resources.
- Provide referrals to academic advising, career services, counseling or other pertinent campus or off-campus resources.
- Provide reasonable accommodations and support services as indicated by individual needs.
- Encourage and assist students to be independent and to self-advocate.
- Collaborate with campus personnel to remove architectural and attitudinal barriers which render buildings and activities inaccessible.
- Assist the University in implementing legal statutes and precedents related to campus access for individuals with disabilities.
- Enhance academic performance by using individualized strategies to:
- problem solve why you are not meeting self-expectations
- manage time
- improve notetaking skills
- study efficiently
- read effectively
- develop test taking skills
- utilize available networks on campus
- Foster the concept that Moving Forward is a lifelong process. Key determinants in this process on the college campus might include:
- practicing effective study habits, being prepared and reviewing regularly; avoid cramming
- attending classes; participating in discussion
- self-monitoring progress continually
- developing an academic relationship with your professor
- seeking help