Indiana University Athletics
Compliance Question Of The Week
Compliance Question Of The Week
Question:
What steps does the Academic Services department take in the identification and testing of students with suspected learning disabilities? Once they are diagnosed, what campus support is in place?
Answer:
At Summer Orientation, each student-athlete is given the Nelson Denny Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary test. This is one way we screen for potential issues. Other factors that are considered include: documentation from high school of a learning disability, high school performance, SAT/ACT scores, IU placement exam scores, and in many cases we might just ask the student if they have had any experience with needing extra time to take exams or if there are different ways they learn best.
Once a person has been identified by our staff as having a possible learning difference (which the NCAA calls Education-Impacting Disabilities), we help the student make an appointment with an educational psychologist. This appointment can take up to 5 hours and on occasion will need to occur over the course of 2-3 sessions. The psychologist will administer the necessary IQ and achievement assessments to determine if a person will qualify for accommodations.
The report is then mailed to the student and if warranted, the report will recommend certain accommodations. At this point, the student needs to make an appointment to meet with a person at DSS or Disability Services for Students.
During this appointment the student will learn what accommodations they are allowed to receive and gain tips on how they should advocate for themselves with their professors. They will receive a "memo" which clearly defines each accommodation and is to be given to EACH professor. It is the student's responsibility to request and distribute the memos each term.
Examples of different accommodations include:
· Extended time on exams (typically they receive 50% more time, although some students are allowed more)
· The opportunity to test in a distraction- free room
· The use of a calculator
· Spelling forgiveness on in-class assignments
· The right to have support with note taking (the professor can either provide notes or ask a classmate to share anonymously)
Each student needs to be aware of their accommodations and with our help, they need to be strong advocates for themselves. This can be very difficult and we are very excited to help them navigate this process. In a future QOW we will explain the support we provide in Shuel Academic Center and highlight some exciting new developments under the leadership of Mr. Scott Maxwell.
Question:
I'm a spring sport head coach and my sport is doing well this season. It is likely that my sport will be competing in either the Big Ten Conference and/or NCAA postseason competition which will occur after the end of IU's final examination week (April 30-May 4). Are my student-athletes eligible for such competition and what do I need to do?
Answer:
NCAA 14.1.10.2 Eligibility for Postseason Competition---Between Termsstates that to be eligible to compete in a postseason event (e.g., conference tournament or NCAA championship) that occurs between regular terms (including summer) a student-athlete shall have satisfactorily completed six semester hours of academic credit during the preceding regular academic term of full-time enrollment. The only exception to this would be for the graduating student-athlete taking the required number of hours to graduate at the end of that semester.
As a result of the bylaw above, your spring sport team must be recertified confirming satisfactory completion (passing) six semester hours of academic credit during spring 2012 semester. The eligibility staff in Compliance will work with the university registrar to complete this postseason certification.
What I Need to Do: At your earliest convenience, please notify Anitra House the dates of your postseason competition and the likelihood of your team's participation. If only a portion of your team will engage in postseason competition, please request a copy of your current Big Ten Certified Eligibility List (CEL) and indicate which student-athletes will be competing. This permits us to concentrate on processing the recertification of those student-athletes who will be competing. There can be up to 9 teams who will require this recertification (depending on the dates of postseason competition) and a fast turn-around may be required; therefore, concentrating on the student-athletes who will be competing is the best use of time by compliance and the registrar's office to enable the recertification prior to each team's first date of postseason competition.
Question:
What steps does the Academic Services department take in the identification and testing of students with suspected learning disabilities? Once they are diagnosed, what campus support is in place?
Answer:
At Summer Orientation, each student-athlete is given the Nelson Denny Reading Comprehension/Vocabulary test. This is one way we screen for potential issues. Other factors that are considered include: documentation from high school of a learning disability, high school performance, SAT/ACT scores, IU placement exam scores, and in many cases we might just ask the student if they have had any experience with needing extra time to take exams or if there are different ways they learn best.
Once a person has been identified by our staff as having a possible learning difference (which the NCAA calls Education-Impacting Disabilities), we help the student make an appointment with an educational psychologist. This appointment can take up to 5 hours and on occasion will need to occur over the course of 2-3 sessions. The psychologist will administer the necessary IQ and achievement assessments to determine if a person will qualify for accommodations.
The report is then mailed to the student and if warranted, the report will recommend certain accommodations. At this point, the student needs to make an appointment to meet with a person at DSS or Disability Services for Students.
During this appointment the student will learn what accommodations they are allowed to receive and gain tips on how they should advocate for themselves with their professors. They will receive a "memo" which clearly defines each accommodation and is to be given to EACH professor. It is the student's responsibility to request and distribute the memos each term.
Examples of different accommodations include:
· Extended time on exams (typically they receive 50% more time, although some students are allowed more)
· The opportunity to test in a distraction- free room
· The use of a calculator
· Spelling forgiveness on in-class assignments
· The right to have support with note taking (the professor can either provide notes or ask a classmate to share anonymously)
Each student needs to be aware of their accommodations and with our help, they need to be strong advocates for themselves. This can be very difficult and we are very excited to help them navigate this process. In a future QOW we will explain the support we provide in Shuel Academic Center and highlight some exciting new developments under the leadership of Mr. Scott Maxwell.
Question:
I'm a spring sport head coach and my sport is doing well this season. It is likely that my sport will be competing in either the Big Ten Conference and/or NCAA postseason competition which will occur after the end of IU's final examination week (April 30-May 4). Are my student-athletes eligible for such competition and what do I need to do?
Answer:
NCAA 14.1.10.2 Eligibility for Postseason Competition---Between Termsstates that to be eligible to compete in a postseason event (e.g., conference tournament or NCAA championship) that occurs between regular terms (including summer) a student-athlete shall have satisfactorily completed six semester hours of academic credit during the preceding regular academic term of full-time enrollment. The only exception to this would be for the graduating student-athlete taking the required number of hours to graduate at the end of that semester.
As a result of the bylaw above, your spring sport team must be recertified confirming satisfactory completion (passing) six semester hours of academic credit during spring 2012 semester. The eligibility staff in Compliance will work with the university registrar to complete this postseason certification.
What I Need to Do: At your earliest convenience, please notify Anitra House the dates of your postseason competition and the likelihood of your team's participation. If only a portion of your team will engage in postseason competition, please request a copy of your current Big Ten Certified Eligibility List (CEL) and indicate which student-athletes will be competing. This permits us to concentrate on processing the recertification of those student-athletes who will be competing. There can be up to 9 teams who will require this recertification (depending on the dates of postseason competition) and a fast turn-around may be required; therefore, concentrating on the student-athletes who will be competing is the best use of time by compliance and the registrar's office to enable the recertification prior to each team's first date of postseason competition.