SDG10.6.8 Disability support services
Disability support services
In order to help students with disabilities adapt to school life, NCUE provides support services in terms of schoolwork, life, and schooling system transition counselling, which are described as follows (please refer to the activity website of the Resource Classroom: https://ncue7232105.wixsite.com/ncue/blank-7):
1. Schoolwork support services
1.1 Individual remedial teaching (difficult subjects).
The Resource Classroom aims to help students with disabilities with difficult subjects, such as psychology and educational tests, English, and statistics, and arranges individual tutors for students to help them with their progress.
1.2 Examination service measures (translation upon clicking, amplified examination questions, etc.)
The Resource Classroom has designed a ‘Special Examination Service Form’ to meet the needs of teachers and students and provide appropriate assistance according to the different types and degrees of students’ disabilities.
1.3 Work-study students and volunteers assist with learning (text-to-speech, audio recording, translation upon clicking, note taking, etc.)
The Resource Classroom arranges regular shifts of work-study students and volunteers to assist students with disabilities with text-to-speech, audio recording, note taking, and translation upon clicking. At the same time, specific work-study students are arranged to assist students with disabilities with searching for information, etc.
1.4 Textbook conversion
Help to convert textbooks into braille or enlarged fonts, and convert written materials into electronic files.
1.5 Provide relevant aids for borrowing
1.6 Application for special education award scholarships (provided by the Academic Affairs Office), and application for scholarships from off-campus units
2. Life support services
2.1 Orientation and mobility training
In order to help students with severe or total blindness familiarise themselves with the campus environment as soon as possible, Taiwan Foundation for the Blind is usually invited to assist with orientation and mobility training.
2.2 Organise extracurricular activities and fellowship
To help students in special education become acquainted with, understand, and support each other, the Resource Classroom organises activities such as dinners, off-campus visits, and alumni experience sharing in public office examinations or teacher enrolment examinations for students at the beginning and end of each semester.
2.3 Hold student symposiums
In order to understand students’ learning efficiency in the classroom and effectively assist with it, the Resource Classroom regularly holds symposiums between tutors and students to enable them to exchange views and provide timely assistance.
2.4 Psychological counselling (individual counselling, growth group)
In view of the personal troubles faced by students with disabilities, the Resource Classroom helps students refer to the Student Psychological Consulting and Counselling Centre of NCUE for individual consultation and participation in growth groups.
2.5 Assist in arranging accommodation and transportation on campus
2.6 Assist in improving the accessible environment
3. Support services for schooling system transition counselling
3.1 Student schooling system transition notification service
3.2 Notification and follow-up services for the schooling system transition of graduates
Support service category |
Number of participants |
Schoolwork assistance service |
1663 |
Life assistance service |
331 |
Career and schooling system transition service |
67 |
Consulting and counselling |
124 |
Statistics of support services by the Resource Classroom in 2021 for students with disabilities
Service activity name |
Number of participants |
Graduate farewell and schooling system transition survey dinner in 2021 |
42 |
Symposium for parents of freshmen in 2021 |
25 |
Symposium for experience sharing by alumni with disabilities returning to school in 2021 |
16 |
Caring for freshmen’s campus life and learning adaptation activities in 2021 |
40 |
Extracurricular teaching and experiences in 2021 |
17 |
End-of-semester dinner and exchange activities in 2021 |
17 |
4. The activities related to the guidance services provided by the Resource Classroom are announced to all students with disabilities on a Facebook group, and the students are encouraged to participate actively.