Current Students

Accessible Ebook: Spring: March 21, 2025

Accessible Classroom Furniture: Spring: April 24, 2025

Accommodation Letter to Professors: Spring: April 24, 2025

Notetaking: Spring: March 21, 2025

For questions regarding academic support and accommodations, students and faculty can contact the Office of Student Accessibility by calling 503-768-7192 or emailing access@lclark.edu. Students and faculty may also schedule an appointment using Accommodate. Phone and Zoom appointments are available with OSA Staff members, if needed.

Graduate School for Education and Counseling : Graduate students with questions regarding exam accommodations can contact Associate Dean, Janet Bixby (bixby@lclark.edu).

Logistics

A set of classroom notes and notetaking can take on many forms. Associate Dean, Janet Bixby, coordinates notetaking services for graduate students. If you have any questions, please contact Associate Dean, Janet Bixby (bixby@lclark.edu)..

The Office of Student Accessibility (OSA) embraces the principles of Universal Design around notetaking. For those classes where notetaking is an integral part of learning, we encourage professors to discuss notetaking with the entire class, about what role it plays in student learning, and what good notes look like. For more information please read, “Overview of Approved Classroom Notetaking Methods”

Who qualifies?

Note taking is an important skill and an imperative part of some classes. Several disabilities related to auditory processing, graphomotor difficulties, memory, and concentration can make synchronous notetaking in class inaccessible.

In the case of an illness or personal emergency that may result in excessive absences, please start by reaching out to your faculty member(s) to formulate a plan. If you are not satisfied with the result of that conversation, you should then contact your department chair and/or Associate Dean Janet Bixby (bixby@lclark.edu).