Request Accommodations

1. All students wishing to register with our office are required to first complete the student accommodation request form using the New Student Request Form.
   
   If you do not have documentation, or are not sure what the documentation guidelines are, please refer to the Documentation Guidelines webpage.
    
2. A representative from the OAS will reach out to you via email once you have submitted the New Student Request Form. An intake meeting will be scheduled in order to complete the registration process. You are not considered registered for accommodations until you have completed the welcome meeting. 
    
3. Schedule and attend your Intake Meeting.
   • During your meeting, you will meet with the Accommodative Services Director to discuss the documentation you submitted, barriers you experience in your academics, accommodations that would work best for you, and how to set up those accommodations. 
   • You are not considered fully registered with the office until after you've completed the Intake Meeting. Therefore, no accommodations can be sent to your professors without the completion on an intake meeting.
4. Accommodation Plans will be emailed to the professors that you select. Plans will be sent within two days after your request.
5. Meet with your professors
   • We recommend that you meet with your professor to discuss your accommodations either before or after class or preferably during office hours.
   • Be sure to specifically address exams and quizzes, and any assistive technology you will use in the classroom.
6. Re-register each semester
   • In order to receive accommodations for following semesters you must re-register with accommodative services.
   • We will not send out any accommodation plans without your consent. This means letting us what classes you would like your accommodations in.
   • Let us know as soon as possible if you are struggling with an accommodation. That is the only way we will know if something is not working.

Note: New students incoming for the fall or spring semester can start the registration process by sending in documentation after they have paid their deposit. Please do not send documentation if you are unsure if you will be a student here. Students who sent documentation in with their application material must still send documentation to the Accommodative Service Office. Any materials that you submitted with your application to admissions does not get shared, therefore, you will still need to complete the registration process. Watch helpful video!

If you are a student at SUNY Potsdam and are registered with Accommodative Services, you will be using Accommodate to manage your accommodations. Some of the items you will use Accommodate to do are:

• Submit semester requests to receive your Letter of Accommodation to send to your faculty
• Request additional (supplemental) accommodations
• Upload any additional supporting documentation
• Schedule a meeting with a member of staff

Log in to Accommodate

Students who have already registered for Accommodative Services can find more information HERE.