Requesting Accommodations for Spring 2024
How do I get my disability documentation to the OSSD?
All documentation to support your Accommodations Request MUST be emailed to Stacey DeFelice at defelices@oldwestbury.edu.
- Recent high school grads may send or have their school district send the most recent IEP/neuropsychological evaluation to the above email.
- Transfer students who received accommodations at their previous college may send or have the college send their most recent accommodation letter to the above email.
- Students who are requesting accommodations but never received accommodations in grade school or college before may provide documentation from a licensed professional as outlined in Documentation Specifications which can be found under Forms & Policies.
Upon receipt of your documentation, Stacey DeFelice will contact you via your Old Westbury email to schedule an accommodations meeting with you.
How do I let my professors know what my accommodations are?
Once you have had a virtual appointment with Stacey DeFelice, you will receive an email confirming your approved accommodations. Once they are approved, your accommodations letter can be accessed through a link provided in the email. You should then email the letter to your professors to make them aware of your approved accommodations.
How do I schedule a test with an extended time accommodation?
OSSD Exam
Scheduling Directions
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2 or more days before exam, email both the professor and OSSD (ossd@oldwestbury.edu) with the subject line: Test Accommodation Request
Use this template for the body of the email:
Student’s Name:
Course Title/Number:
Date and time of exam:
The approved accommodations I will use (besides quiet location):
Example:
Student’s Name: Joseph Wells
Course Title/Number: Algebra MA 1020-001
Date and time of exam: October 5th at 11:20
The approved accommodations I will use (besides quiet location): Extended time (double time), Kurzweil
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Your appointment will be confirmed via an OSSD email and will tell you where the ‘separate location’ will be. Exams are usually proctored in NAB 1106.
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The professor will send us the exam so it is ready for the time of your exam.
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When you arrive at the exam site, all your personal items MUST be out of sight (except what is needed for the exam such as a pen, pencil, calculator). Phones and other electronic devices MUST be away except if use of a computer/calculator, etc. is an approved accommodation or your exam is online. Use of any unauthorized electronics, notes or other items will result in an academic integrity report.
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If you have ‘access to a computer’ as an approved accommodation, please bring your laptop to use. Remember to charge it prior to your exam and bring the charger with you.
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If one of your approved accommodations is to type your exam’s long answer responses, email the document to an OSSD staff member upon completion.
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We will send the exam to your professor when you finish.
What if…
You have back-to-back classes?
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If using your extended time accommodation will cause you to miss part or all of your next class, we can arrange for you to start the exam early or at an alternate time.
Your exam is outside of OSSD proctoring hours?
Send an email to the OSSD to arrange an alternate exam time.
I begin an online timed exam (ex.: on Brightspace) and the time shown does not include your extended time?
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Take a screenshot of the exam page.
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Exit out of the exam
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Email the screenshot to the OSSD & the professor asking for the exam to be made available to you with your approved time extension.
I need a reader or scribe?
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Include this approved accommodation in your request that you email to ossd@oldwestbury.edu.
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When you arrive at the test center, please let the proctor know who you are, that you will use Kurzweil and that you need the exam emailed to you. The proctor will let the office know that you have arrived for your exam and a staff member will email you the pdf for you to upload into Kurzweil. You can then open the exam in Kurzweil to have it read to you.
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If you have a human reader or a scribe, include this approved accommodation in your request to OSSD.
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The OSSD will confirm the date and time and where to meet your reader or scribe for the exam in a reply email.
How do I schedule a reader or scribe for an exam?
Email our Testing Coordinator, Rachel Friedman at ossd@oldwestbury.edu three days before the exam to schedule a reader or scribe.