Services for Students with Disabilities
Assistance is available for students with disabilities,
including
access, equipment and specialised help.
If you have a disability, a Disability Liaison Officer (DLO)
can assist you to select the right course, advise you on enrolment
and provide additional support required to enable you to access
facilities and to successfully complete your studies. Your
right to privacy and confidentiality will be respected.
What a Disability Liaison Officer (DLO) can do for you
A Guide for Students with Disabilities is also available in hard copy. Contact your DLO or Student Services for a copy.
Contact a DLO
South
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North
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North West
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Ph: (03) 6233 7347
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Ph: (03) 6336 2702
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Burnie
Ph: (03) 6434 5810
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Devonport
Ph: (03) 6421 5596
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For hearing and speech Impaired
South SMS 0407 820 984
North SMS 0400 619 910
Burnie SMS 0419 390 403
Devonport SMS 0400 518 644
National Relay Service 133 677 or National Relay Website
Pre-enrolment Assistance
Before you enrol it is very important that you
contact a DLO. They
can assist you with information regarding course
options, career path planning, put you in touch with the
'right' person and help you get through that administrative
tangle
of forms, interviews and applications.
See Contact
Details below.
Flexible Attendance
This service may be available if your disability gives you
an extra workload or limits your study time.
You may be able to:
- have extra time to do a course
- take fewer subjects
- spend less time on campus and study at home
Access and Mobility
DLO's can ask for appropriate access on your behalf. They
can also provide campus orientation and mobility training
if required to ensure that you can move as freely as possible
around the campus.
Interpreters
If you are deaf or hearing impaired, an interpreter can
communicate to you what is happening in the classroom.
The interpreter will use your preferred sign language and,
as far as possible, communicate all comments made during the
class. They will also communicate your comments to the rest
of the class.
Notetakers
Notetakers go to classes with you and take class notes in
plain language. They can be somebody brought in to take notes
or another class member who has been trained in notetaking.
Instead of a notetaker, you can use assistive equipment
in class to help you to be more independent in the classroom.
For example, you may prefer to use a computer, a hearing loop
or a tape recorder.
Exam / Assessment Support
Exams and assessments can be carried out in different ways.
This may be arranged between you, the DLO and your teacher
after discussions about your needs or requirements. Exam and
assessment assistance is flexible and if necessary some students
may need some of the following services:
- extra time
- a writer a reader
- exams rewritten in plain English
- interpreters for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
- individual exam rooms
- assistive equipment, e.g. computers, reading and writing
aids, special seating or lighting changes materials in different
formats, such as Braille or large print
- work for assessment in flexible formats, e.g. oral assessments,
multiple choice questions, tape recordings, video recordings
Assistive Equipment
A variety of assistive equipment is available for students
with disabilities.
Talk to your DLO who can advise you on availability and can
help you to select the equipment which best suits your needs.
The DLO can also assist by arranging an assessment of your
needs within TAFE by an Occupational Therapist if you are
unsure what you need.
Some of the equipment available includes:
- tape recorders
- lumbar supports
- ergonomic furniture
- computer aids and software
- trackballs
- modified furniture
- computers with speech input program
- Braille transcripts
- audio systems such as FM loops
- TTY's (telephone)
- equipment to aid manual dexterity e.g. pen grips, arm
supports etc
electronic scooters
Support Groups
Disability Liaison Officers assist students in the development
of support groups which provide opportunities for mutual support
as well as the chance to have input into the services provided
by TAFE Tasmania.
Seal Room The SEAL (Students for Equal Access in Learning)
Room is a resource room that houses specialised equipment
in an 'access-friendly' study environment.
It provides students with a quiet study space, and with technology
to support their studies.
Access facilities
For specific information on building access, the location
of accessible toilets and phones, contact the DLO in your
region (see below for phone numbers).
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