American's with
Disabilities Act Guidelines
ADA guidelines
regarding PREP Talent Search Participants
Appropriate Accommodations for PREP
Talent Search students (participants) with special needs
1.
Eligible participants
will not be denied access to a PREP Talent Search approved
activity due to a disability or other special need,
conditional upon prior presentation and approval of appropriate
documentation from a certified professional stating the nature of
the disability and suggested accommodations. It is expected
that documentation will accompany the application for participation.
2. Reasonable
accommodations are those that do not fundamentally alter the nature
of the program/activity, that can be provided without undue
financial or administrative burden, and that can be provided without
lowering the essential performance standards and objectives of the
grant.
3. Educational
Advisors should notify the Project Director and Secretary at the
beginning of an academic year of any new or returning participants
who may require special accommodations while participating in a
PREP-sponsored trip.
4.
Participants should
declare at the beginning of an academic year of any special
accommodations they may require during a PREP trip. Special
accommodations should be declared on the participant’s application
or update form. Any verbal or written notice regarding
accommodations should be confidential and involve parents input.
Parents will be notified of the level of assistance available from
the Talent Search staff regarding special medical conditions or the
dispensing of medications.
5. Participants
with special accommodation requests should not expect that a
cultural trip schedule or the event activities be modified solely to
meet their situation. Talent Search sponsored trips usually involve
30 or more students and chaperones. The Project Director and
program staff plan trips that can include every participant without
major modifications for one or two individuals. The program will
make reasonable accommodation efforts when requested.
6. Parents
of participants with special needs are encouraged to discuss their
child’s accommodations with the Project Director. The Director will
make a reasonable attempt to accommodate. Compromises may be
necessary to ensure that a scheduled cultural trip is a meaningful
experience for everyone.
7. Parents
of participants, who require regularly scheduled medications,
medically approved diets, or have medical conditions that
require close supervision can request to travel with their child on
a scheduled program trip. If space is available, the Project
Director will make a reasonable effort to accommodate.
8. Expenses
for transportation, meals, and room (if overnight) of parents who
are approved to travel with their participant children due to
special medical conditions may be paid by the Talent Search Grant.
Inquiry should be made upon notification of the activity.
9. The
Project Director, after consultation with the Vice-President of
Student Services and the institutions ADA compliance officer,
reserves the right to modify a cultural trip or other Talent Search
sponsored event for one or more of its participants with special
accommodation needs. Accommodations may be considered and modified
depending on each particular situation and request.
10.
Parents or guardians with
questions or concerns regarding accommodations LCC Talent Search
provides may contact the Project Director or Vice-President of
Student Services.
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