Handbooks

Links

From Documentation to Accommodations: The Disability Service Provider's Guide to Supporting Students with Psychiatric Disabilit

a complete resource for understanding and working with students with psychiatric disabilities. It includes: How to use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for the best interpretation of a diagnosis; What constitutes reasonable documentation, and when more is required; Why you should connect with students' mental health professionals before determining accommodations; How medications and their side effects can affect academic performance; Support services that go beyond legal accommodation; Why coordinating your efforts with campus counseling staff benefits everyone involved; Also included in-depth research on the barriers these students face on campus, summaries of recent court cases and OCR rulings, along with the full text of 15 must-know decisions.

Documents

Resource Guide for Serving Students with Psychological Disabilities.

Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges. Although dated, this resource guide contains valuable information that may assist DSP&S Coordinators and others in serving students with psychological disabilities. (1991) NOTE: This has been paper captured in Adobe Acrobat 6. Due to the limitations of the technology and the integrity of the document used for scanning the result may contain graphic as well as typographical errors.

Mental Illness: It Shouldn’t Drive You Crazy,

An Educator's Guide to Successfully Working with Students Who are Recovering from Mental Illness - Los AngelesHarborCollege, Mental Health Education Consortium Project (1998-99)

The Calm Psychological Response by Deborah Tull – Mental Health Education Consortium

Los Angeles Harbor College (2004)

Faculty/Staff Guide to Assisting the Emotionally Distressed Student (2005-06 edition)

Long Beach City College