Disability Resource Center

Last week I was talking to one of my instructors from a couple of semesters ago about teaching a student who was not only visually impaired but completely blind and she provided me with some wonderful insights. More importantly however she turned me on to a wonderful resource for teachers and students; the Disability Resource Center.

This is the office on campus whose sole purpose is to provide support to both students with disabilities and their teachers. The DRC provides support to any student with a documented disability who is attending classes at my college. The DRC tries to empower students with disabilities to lead more independent college careers allowing them to be successful in their educational and career goals.

As I started to poke around on the internet looking at different school districts in Phoenix, I noticed that all the districts I looked at had a similar office at the district level. These offices seem to have the same purpose as the DRC at my college campus; to provide support to students in order to help them achieve their educational goals. These offices did appear to go a step further though as they also provided services like Speech therapy and Occupational therapy to name a couple.

When parents and students don't where to begin these offices are a great place to start as they will be able to help the students as well as their parents. I have posted the link to the DRC on my college campus and hope you will check out what exactly they do to help teachers and students maintain a successful educational relationship.