Tips and Information
Confidentiality
COCC's Office for Students with Disabilities recognizes students' rights to privacy and confidentiality. It is normally the policy of the SSD office not to share information concerning disabilities with other parties.
Identifying oneself as having a disability and requesting accommodations are entirely voluntary actions under the law. Any information shared with the SSD office concerning a disability, in addition to being confidential, is strictly voluntary. Students with disabling characteristics may attend COCC without being identified as a "student with a disability" if that is their wish.
After classes begin, an instructor who believes that a student might benefit from contacting the SSD office might encourage that student to do so. Students who do not choose to identify themselves to them, however, will not be pressured and will receive no further attention in terms of special services regarding disabilities.
In regard to records documenting disability, the office will comply with FERPA and other applicable laws. Wewill not forwardcopies of records documenting disability to anyone without the expresswrittenconsent of the student. Weencourage personssubmitting copies of records documenting disability to keep a personal copy of these records in case they decide in the future to share it with another agency/school.
如果个人希望SSD办公室与COCC以外的人员协商或提供信息，他或她必须通过签署一份特定于该部门的信息发布，向他们提供这样做的许可。它必须亲自签署，以便SSD工作人员确认身份。
在以下情况下，SSD办公室可以与COCC的教职员工共享学生的残疾信息:a)在绝大多数情况下，只有为学生提供住宿的人员(例如教职员工)会被告知学生有资格获得基于残疾的服务，但不2022世界杯决赛32强会被告知残疾的性质;b)只有在特殊情况下，SSD员工认为个人有正当的“需要知道”，例如何时存在安全或法律问题，才会共享进一步的信息。
To view our Confidentiality Agreement form, please go toAppendix C.
Continuance of Services
COCC will provide accommodations to students with disabilities on a continuing basis as long as the student:
- 通过与残疾学生服务协调员会面并提供适当的文件，确定了初步的资格。
- contacts the SSD office when they have registered for the term and would like to receive an accommodation letter.
- 根据COCC的学业进展和学业警告要求和学生行为准则保持良好的状态。
Be your own advocate
根据1973年《康复法案》和1990年《美国残疾人法案》第504条，COCC有责任确保符合入学或参与其项目的学术和技术标准的残疾学生不被排除在参与范围之外。当然，残障学生也需要做出合理的努力，以获得他们所需要的服务，并遵循接受这些服务的相关程序。要做到这一点，学生需要成为自己的拥护者。
Being your own advocate starts when you contact the office of Services for Students with Disabilities and make your needs known. As you become established at COCC, we hope you will feel free to stay in contact with the SSD office for help and guidance and to keep lines of communication open.
作为一名大学生，成为自己的拥护者意味着你需要了解自己的特殊需求，大学体系是如何运作的，并且能够在事情对你不利的时候为自己发声。大学是一个成人的环境，你的出席是自愿的。正如俄勒冈州过渡指南所言，“学生必须能够安排自己的时间，上课，完成课堂作业，准备考试，并在他们认为有必要的时候寻求帮助。”
Don't expect faculty or staff to anticipate your needs for you. COCC is still a fairly small, friendly place and our staff is genuinely interested in helping you succeed, but this is your education, and you need to be in charge!
If you are unsure of the accommodations you might need for a particular class, or are unaware of which services or equipment are available at COCC to suit your needs, the place to start is the SSD office in BEC. The Coordinator of SSD can help you evaluate your needs and advise instructors on modifications which might be arranged.
Other tips for success
- Frequent short study (1 hr 3x per wk) works better than the same three hours in a single day.
- Use an assignment deadline reminder system such as a planner or Google calendar. Note these the first day of the term according to your syllabus.
- Form study groups for tough subjects.
- Use computers for producing papers.
- Make sure your instructor knows you.
- Start your assignments the same day you get them.
- Divide projects into small tasks.
- 以一小时为单位学习，休息一下，奖励一下自己!
- Mix up the subjects in a longer study session.
- 排除外部干扰，在学习时列出内部干扰。
- Turn homework in on time.
- Ask questions. Go see your instructor. Ask for help as soon as you need it.
Getting around
中心俄勒冈社区学院2022世界杯四强比赛直播的主要校园已经由专家评估了大学的物理可达性。Many modifications needed to improve access have already been made and a long range plan for further improvements has been developed.
If you encounter a barrier to physical access in any COCC facility, contact the office of Services for Students with Disabilities or ADA Coordinator for Facilities, Joe Viola, 383-7776, right away. We will work with you to provide you with the access you are entitled to.
COCC is still located upon a hill however, and although many physical barriers have been eliminated, there are challenges to moving about campus, particularly during inclement weather. During winter, it is especially important that you keep us informed of problems you encounter. As with any support service, the more advance notice you give us of your need, the better we are able to respond.
COCC的政策是提供充足的残疾人停车位，这样拥有车管所许可证的学生可以从一栋楼开车到另一栋楼。对于没有交通工具的残疾学生，一旦学生通过自己的方式到达校园，学院会提供一辆带电梯的面包车，帮助他们往返于各个教室之间。For information on the City of Bend's Dial-A-Ride Program, please visitCascades East Transit. To view COCC campus maps and disabled parking areas, please seeCOCC parking map.
Access to Special Events
Persons who need accommodation or transportation for College events because of a physical or mobility disability, should contact ADA Coordinator of Facilities, Joe Viola, 383-7776, in advance of the event. Persons who need accommodation for College events because of other disability such as hearing impairment, should contact SSD Coordinator, Jamie Rougeux, 383-7743, in advance of the event.
Parking
Students with both temporary and permanent mobility limitations are eligible for disabled parking permits. These permits are issued by the State of Oregon Motor Vehicles Division. In order to receive either a temporary or permanent disabled parking permit, you will need to secure a physician's signature to document your disability on the parking permit application. There are parking areas reserved for students needing special parking at various places around the campus. To view COCC campus maps and disabled parking areas, please seeCOCC parking map.
If you regularly experience difficulty locating a parking place or have a unique concern, contact the office of Services for Students with Disabilities, or ADA Coordinator for Facilities Joe Viola, 383-7776 or view theCOCC Campus Service's website. COCC does not provide transportation to and from campus.
Students with disabilities needing transportation to campus from locations in Bend may wish to contact Dial-A-Ride at541-385-8680concerning their service. Cascades East Transit (CET), Bend's public bus transportation system, comes to the COCC campus. You may access their schedules by visitingcascadeseasttransit.comor for more information, you may call 541-385-8680.
Medical Emergencies
COCC treats medical emergencies seriously. If a medical emergency occurs where there is any question as to the safety of the individual concerned, it is the Colleges policy to assure the best possible intervention by contacting 911, Emergency Services.
Evacuation
The most important factor in emergency safety for people with disabilities is advanced planning.
IN ALL EMERGENCIES
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- Check on people with special needs during an evacuation. A buddy system, where people with disabilities arrange for volunteers to alert them and assist them in an emergency, is a good method.
- Do notuse elevators unless authorized to do so by police or fire personnel. Elevators can fail during a fire or a major earthquake.
- If the situation is life threatening, call 911 and then contact Campus Services at 541-383-7775
- 在尝试任何救援技巧或给予协助前，一定要先询问残疾人士你能提供什么帮助。询问他们如何才能得到最好的帮助或移动，是否有任何特殊的考虑或需要随身携带的物品。
RESPONSES TO EMERGENCIES(bomb threat, earthquake, fire, hazardous materials release and power outages):
Blindness or Visual Impairment
- Offer to lead them out of the building to safety.
- 使用罗盘方向、估计距离和方向术语口头说明最安全的路线或方向。
- Do not grasp a visually impaired person's arm. Ask if they would like to hold onto your arm as you exit, especially if there is debris or a crowd.
- Give other verbal instructions or information (e.g., elevators cannot be used).
Deafness or Hearing Loss
- Get the attention of a person with a hearing disability by touch and eye contact. Clearly state the problem. Gestures and pointing are helpful, but be prepared to write a brief statement if the person does not seem to understand.
- Offer visual instructions to advise of safest route or direction by pointing toward exits or evacuation maps.
Mobility Impairment
- 可能有必要清理出出口的碎片(如果可能的话)，以便残疾人能够离开或转移到一个更安全的地方。
- 如果有行动障碍的人不能离开，他们应该转移到一个更安全的地方，例如:大多数封闭的楼梯井。
- An office with the door closed, which is a good distance from the hazard (and away from falling debris in the case of earthquakes). If you do not know the safer areas in your building, call Campus Services for a building survey.
- 如果有人留在大楼内，立即通知警察或消防人员及其位置。
- Police or fire personnel will decide whether people are safe where they are and will evacuate them as necessary.
- 如果人们处于紧急危险中，不能转移到更安全的地方等待救援，可能需要使用疏散椅或搬运技术疏散他们。
- Power Outages people with disabilities who choose to wait in the building for electricity to be restored and the outage occurs during the day, they may move close to natural light that is also near a working telephone. If they would like to leave and need assistance, or if the outage occurs at night, call Campus Services at 541-383-7775, or after hours, weekends, or holidays call Campus Public Safety at 541-383-7272.
- Some campus telephones may not operate during a power outage, but pay telephones are likely to be operating. As soon as information is available, the campus emergency information line (383-7700) will have a recorded message stating when power is like to be restored.
Library Information
It is important that every COCC student is familiar with the library, its location and its services. All services, resources, and equipment in and of Central Oregon Community College Library are available to all members of the community, and the library staff is ready to assist those whose physical disabilities would otherwise prevent them from using the library effectively. These services include:
- retrieving material that is out of reach
- assisting in using the book catalog and other computerized databases
- reproducing materials
- aiding in entering and exiting when special routing is needed
- allowing another person to charge out materials for the patron who is unable to get to the library
- renewing loaned material via "My Library Accounts" on the library website, by phone or email.
- providing information to a person with a physical disability via our online help services or by phone about the availability of materials and the reserving of such material until it can be picked up. In cases where mobility or third part arrangements pose considerable difficulties, the library may consider mailing items to the student.
- Video Relay System (VRS), providing telephone communication for deaf or hearing impaired persons utilizing sign language interpreting. Located on the second floor, North wall of the Reference section.
The library doors are wheelchair accessible and there is an elevator for public use that allows you to visit each of the library's three floors.
此外，图书馆目前有一个文本放大机，帮助视力受损的人阅读印刷材料。图书馆大楼有两个自适应计算机工作站:LIB117和LIB118教室各有一个，供课堂使用。这两个工作台有高度可调节的ADA办公桌，以适应轮椅。在图书馆的主层有第三个独立的工作站，它有一个高度可调节的ADA办公桌，可以容纳轮椅进出。图书馆的主层还有一个工作站，配备Kurzweil阅读软件，并附带扫描仪。
It is important to remember that the library staff is there to assist all library patrons, and for this reason they are not always available to provide extended periods of their time to help students with disabilities. If the assistance you require will take extensive time, you should arrange to take your own assistant or tutor with you to the library, or make an appointment with the library staff for more personal attention that is convenient for you both. Friends or classmates who are familiar with the library and its systems can also help. If you need special assistance that will take considerable time, it must be arranged in advance, so planning ahead is essential.
For more information, please visit theCOCC Library website.