Self-Advocacy and Conflict Resolution Strategies
...made easy!
The videos below are a part of Access Temple University and can be found on the Temple University Disability Resources and Services website at: http://disabilityresources.temple.edu/
Self-Advocacy
Hear students and professors talk about the value of self-advocacy. Watch students and professors actively participate in the accommodations process.
Disclosing Your Disability
This video you will learn the information professors need to know about how students are affected by their disability. Students will discuss how their disability plays a part in their identity. Professors will respond to students as they disclose how their disability affects them in class.
Requesting an Accommodation
In this video, students and professors make arrangements for classroom and testing accommodations. You will hear students describe the techniques they use to talk about accommodations with their professors.
Closing the Conversation
Students and professors, in this video, summarize their conversation and confirm the accommodations they have agreed to. Students and professors discuss what they expect to take away from their conversation. The video concludes with the value of closing the conversation on good terms and following up throughout the semester.