HI all, Here is the guidance we received this morning regarding referrals to SSD. In my review, I believe that this is the approach we have been using when documenting these referrals in the past. That said, please note specifically that we should not be noting any specific diagnoses a student has disclosed to us or that they are indeed registered with SSD. Please let me know if you have any questions.
I visited with Deb Huryta, the ADA Compliance Officer. We discussed students' rights to privacy and the purpose of SSH. We agreed that there's benefit in having advisors, navigators, career coaches, CAST coaches, etc. know if a student they're supporting has already been referred to SSD. A referral doesn't assume a student's association with our department, rather it is merely sharing campus resources.
She was comfortable with the referral notes being shared in SSH provided:
* employees have gone through FERPA training
* the referral email does not include the student's disability (if disclosed)
If a referred student is eligible for academic accommodations and they decide to register with SSD, the student's registration with SSD should not be posted in SSH where multiple parties have access to the student's information.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
[cid:image001.png@01DBB043.371EBBA0] Tony Lazarowicz, Ph.D. Director of Academic Advising College of Arts and Sciences<http://cas.unl.edu/advising > University of Nebraska-Lincoln 107 Oldfather | (402) 472-4190 | tlazarowicz2@unl.edumailto:tlazarowicz2@unl.edu Academics + Experience = Opportunities Preferred pronouns: he/him/his, name
