The Connors Family Learning Center provides special services and support for all students with learning disabilities and all who teach and/or advise students with learning disabilities. For more information, call or email Kathy Duggan at 552-8093 or dugganka@bc.edu.
| Support and services for all students with learning disabilities
- Orientation seminars for "Summer Transition Program" students
- Individual screening sessions for students who may have learning disabilities
- Individual consultations regarding reasonable individual accommodations
- Access to special support services and accommodations, such as:
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Letters to faculty confirming and explaining the individual's LD
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"Underloading" during the academic year, combined with Summer School
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Access to Textbooks on Tape
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Examinations proctored by the Center in a distraction-free room
- Tutoring by peer and graduate tutors
- Workshops on study skills and time management
- Small-group seminars on learning strategies, led by a learning specialist
Support and services for all BC faculty and teaching fellows who teach and/or advise students with learning disabilities
- Confirmation that a student has a documented learning disability
- Interpretation of medical/psychological diagnostic reports
- Written profile of a student's LD and learning needs
- Individual case consultation with a learning specialist
- Workshops for departments/programs on teaching LD students
- Center-proctored examinations to allow extra time and/or to provide a distraction-free environment
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