Developing Faculty Understanding of College Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

This paper describes the benefits of inservices on learning disabilities forfaculty and the process we used to assess campus needs and to design andpromote involvement in the inservice. Our goals were to generate interest in the inservice, to provide infomation about college students with learning disabilities, and to discuss ethical andpedagogical issues concerning this population. Evaluations of the insemice were positive. Even more importantly, promoting involvement in the inservice seemed to promote more involve- ment across the campus in serving the needs of students with learning disabilities. Learning disabled students who approach their professors to describe their disabilities are now morefre4uently met with acceptance rather than suspicion.