Special Services and Support

connors family learning center

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:
    • Letters to faculty confirming and explaining the individual's LD
    • "Underloading" during the academic year, combined with Summer School
    • Access to Textbooks on Tape
    • 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