{"id":4999,"date":"2017-09-29T17:51:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/knowledgecommons\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2017-09-29T17:51:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:51:41","slug":"resource-spotlight-using-your-accommodations-a-guide-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/2017\/09\/29\/resource-spotlight-using-your-accommodations-a-guide-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource Spotlight: &#8220;Using Your Accommodations: A Guide for Students&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Picked up your accommodation letters? Wondering what to do next? Holistic Learning Program has just the thing for you! (Psst. It&#8217;s Harry Potter themed.)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Created in direct response to student questions, this guide was created by Holistic Learning Alumni Fellow, Sasha Conley, in partnership with The Office of Accessibility Resources &amp; Services (OARS) Director, Aaron Ferguson.<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/knowledgecommons\/files\/2017\/09\/header.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1118 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/knowledgecommons\/files\/2017\/09\/header.jpeg\" alt=\"Using Your Accommodations: A Guide for Students. Knowledge Commons. I have an accommodation letter, what should I do next?\" width=\"936\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This guide offers five steps.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reach Out. (How do I talk to my faculty? What do I say?)<\/li>\n<li>Identify the Experts. (What is my role? My professors&#8217; roles? The role of OARS?)<\/li>\n<li>Guiding Questions for Self-Disclosure. (How do I know what my needs and preferences are?)<\/li>\n<li>Supplements. (How do I handle my accommodations of flexible deadlines and attendance?)<\/li>\n<li>Meet &amp; Create a Contingency Plan. (How we come to an agreement, so I know what I need to do and what my professor&#8217;s expectations are?)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Check it out on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshire.edu\/oars\/holistic-learning-toolbox\">Holistic Learning Toolbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshire.edu\/oars\/holistic-learning-program\">Holistic Learning Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshire.edu\/oars\/office-of-accessibility-resources-and-services\">Reach out to OARS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picked up your accommodation letters? Wondering what to do next? Holistic Learning Program has just the thing for you! (Psst. It&#8217;s Harry Potter themed.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1380,"featured_media":1127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43675,21726,1],"tags":[51528,51530],"class_list":["post-4999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-commons","category-spotlight","category-uncategorized","tag-hlp","tag-holistic-learning-program","column","threecol","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.hampshire.edu\/theharold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}