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Heartland Community College

Examples of Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations are made to meet your specific needs.

Not all disabilities/diagnosis are listed. For details on what SAAS can do for you, please request accommodations.

Students with Learning Disabilities

  • Testing assistance: separate area, extended time, reader
  • Textbooks/materials: audio, pdf
  • Notetaker

Additional resources may be available to students with intellectual disabilities through the Heartland Academy for Learning Opportunities (HALO) program.

Students with ADD/ADHD

  • Testing assistance: separate area, extended time, reader
  • Notetaker
  • Preferential seating

Students with Psychological Impairments

  • Flexibility with attendance
  • Notetaker (when absent)
  • Emergency Medical Occurrence information

Students with Visual Impairments

  • Testing assistance: separate area, extended time, reader, scribe
  • Software such as ZoomText, JAWS, and the use of CCTV's are available
  • Textbooks/materials: audio, pdf, large print, Braille

Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing

  • FM systems
  • Interpreters or captionists
  • Notetaker

Students with Mobility and Physical Impairments

  • Testing assistance: separate area, extended time, scribe
  • Environmental accommodations
  • Notetaker

Contact Us

Student Access and Accommodation Services

SCB, Room 1415
Emailaccommodations@heartland.edu
Phone: 309-268-8259
Fax: 309-268-7877

Kori Folkerts

Assistant Director,
Student Access and Accommodation Services
Phone: 309-268-8251
Email: Kori.Folkerts@heartland.edu