Good grief- I'd write a letter to this effect to the director of disability services, your department chair and your dean of students. Perhaps you could state that you are not "comfortable" with this accomodation - which it sounds like you aren't.
The argument made by FC proponenets - that intimacy between client and facilitator is necessary get stretched even more thinkly when in a college sitauation...... At 03:06 PM 4/1/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Hi all, > >Imagine the following hypothetical situation. > >A student enrolls in your intro to psych and human sexuality courses. The >student is believed to be autistic and is attending class with a >facilitator. Your college does not have a policy on Facilitated >Communication (FC), but prefers to evaluate each case individually. > >You're aware that several professional organizations, e.g., American Academy >of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, American >Association on Mental Retardation, American Psychiatric Association, do not >view FC as an appropriate technique. > >The letter of accommodation from your institution's counselors states that >the use of the student's own facilitator is an appropriate accommodation for >in-class work and test-taking. > >What do you do? > >-- >Sue Frantz Highline Community College >Psychology Des Moines, WA >206.878.3710 x3404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
