Workshops for Students with Disabilities

We are excited to host a variety of workshops and support spaces for students registered with Disability Services this semester. 

Disability Services will host:

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▶️ Preview of what you might learn with our learning specialists

To register for workshops

Check your email for the registration links or email Michele McGrath (Learning Specialist) at [email protected] and Daryl Axelrod (Learning Specialist) at [email protected] to register.

Only students currently registered with Disability Services are eligible to register.

If you require disability accommodations to participate in these events, please contact [email protected] at least 3 days prior to the event. Captioning will be provided for all remote workshops on Zoom. 

Single Session-Workshops

Pizza, Planning, Accommodation Set-Up & Tour of DS Exam Spaces 

  • Friday 1/30, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. at Havemeyer 115 Disability Testing Center

Setting Up Your Space for Focus & Success

  • Wednesday 2/4, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. at Faculty House 1754 Board Room (3rd Floor)

Finals Prep & Study Skills

  • Thursday 4/23, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. at Faculty House, Garden Room 1
  • Friday 4/24, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. on Zoom

Active Learning Strategies (3-session workshop)

In-person: Thursdays, 2/12, 2/19, and 2/26, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. at Faculty House, Garden Room 1

Virtual: Fridays, 2/13, 2/20, and 2/27, 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. on Zoom

 

Executive Functioning Community Group (10 Sessions)

  • Weekly on Wednesdays from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. from 2/11- 4/22.
  • See Room Schedule for weekly location.

**There will be no session on 3/18 during student spring break week.**

 

Study Hall for Disability Services Students (10 Sessions)

  • Weekly on Wednesdays from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. from 2/11-4/22.
  • See Room Schedule for weekly location.

**There will be no session on 3/18 during student spring break week.**

No registration is needed for this event. Students can drop in at any point during the 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. study hall. Students can engage in independent work in this space. Coffee, snacks, and tea will be provided. This study hall is open to Disability Services-registered students only. 

Room Schedule for Executive Functioning Community Group and Study Hall:

2/11: Faculty House, 1754 Board Room, 3rd Floor

2/18: Faculty House, Garden Room 1, 1st Floor

2/25: Faculty House, Garden Room 1, 1st Floor

3/4: Faculty House, Garden Room 2, 1st Floor

3/11: Faculty House, 1754 Board Room, 3rd Floor

3/25: Faculty House, Garden Room 1, 1st Floor

4/1: Faculty House, 1754 Board Room, 3rd Floor

4/8: Faculty House, Garden Room 2, 1st Floor

4/15: Faculty House, Garden Room 2, 1st Floor

4/22: Faculty House, Garden Room 1, 1st Floor

Workshop Descriptions

This is a community building event for students registered with the Disability Services Office. We are hosting this in our testing center, so students have an opportunity to tour this space in a low-stakes environment. 

At this event, you can meet and mingle with other students registered with our office. Learning Specialists will have resources you can use you plan out your semester. Staff will also be there to answer any questions you may have about the upcoming semester and assist in setting up your Disability Services accommodations. Lastly, we will have pizza to enjoy! 

This workshop will allow you to reflect on your study spaces and the role of environment for your focus and quality of work. We will be discussing different places on campus to work and will be creating physical materials to enhance your home study space to best support your success. 

This is a fun, informative workshop where you will have tangible items to use and study space goals by the end of the session. 

This is a hands-on workshop designed to help you set goals for the last month of the semester, determine the most effective study techniques for your finals and create a study plan for final exams and assignments. 

Attendees will have time allotted during the workshop to use workshop resources to plan their final exams and assignments and get organized for studying. 

This 3-part workshop is designed to allow you to learn about and, most importantly, implement active learning strategies for your courses. 

We will be following the structure of modeling and providing examples, allowing for much of the session to be hands-on practice with the new strategy using your current course material, and then engaging in reflection at the end. 

The three active learning strategies are: Concept Mapping, Sorting & Organizing your Learning, and Embodied Learning. 

This 10-session workshop is a supportive space for students to build community and maintain consistency with their time management, organization and stress-management skills throughout the semester. 

We will have a focus on discussion, collaboration, and implementing strategies that work best for students with disabilities. This consistent space to work on executive function skills in a safe and positive community will support students’ academic success. 

Students who were a part of the EF Community Group last semester are welcome to join again. We will have new routines and structures to try as a group. New students are of course, welcome and encouraged to join.