Resources for SMC Students
Online Instruction: SDS Guidance for Accommodations In Online Format
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Learn-From-Home Strategies for College Students with Disabilities- get tips and add your own successful strategies
Resources regarding using your accommodations:
- How to talk to professors about your accommodations
- How to renew and use your accommodations (Training August 2020)
Staying Healthy
- Resources and links to programs, classes and information about all the ways SMC would like to help students stay physically, mentally and emotionally healthy can be found here.
- Check out this list of mental health tools developed by one of our students. The list includes free apps, meditation tools, online sensory tools and links to fun sites for distraction & humor!
What to do in an emergency
- Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan (including evacuation protocols for individuals with disabilities)
- Evacuation chairs are located on the highest level stairs landing in the following buildings: Dante Hall, Garaventa Hall, St. Albert Hall Library, Brousse Hall and Galileo Hall.
Resources for students with an autism diagnosis
- A College Guide for Students on the Spectrum
- Saint Mary's College CONNECT program
- Incoming SMC students who choose to disclose a diagnosis of autism will be invited to apply to the Connect program. The program provides additional resources and supplementary support initiatives beginning with the first year and continuing through to graduation to help strengthen academic, social, employment and life skills to enhance the student’s college experience. Contact the SDS office at sds@stmarys-ca.edu for more information.