Disabilities Services

Tutoring

Due to COVID-19, NYSID will only be offering virtual tutoring.

Tutoring is conducted by advanced students with proven skills and ability in certain subjects to help other students develop related skills. There is no cost to students for tutoring services. Subjects may include drafting and, AutoCAD, Photoshop, SketchUp, and Revit.

The College may not be able to offer tutoring in every course, every semester. Tutoring sessions are held in the Mario Buatta Materials Atelier and at the Graduate Center unless otherwise noted in the schedule; times are posted on the NYSID Portal, in the Atelier, in the Office of Academic Affairs, and on bulletin boards around campus. NYSID tutoring services are on a “drop-in” basis. A typical tutoring session is 15 to 30 minutes long. Students who need greater assistance must arrange for private tutoring off college premises. Private tutoring sessions are prohibited on campus.

Writing & Communication Center

For 2022-2023, the Writing and Communication Center will hold sessions online and on-site.

The Writing and Communication Center, with locations in the 70th St. library, the Graduate Center, and online, provides students with the opportunity to improve their writing and communication skills for course work across the curriculum. Students are encouraged to make appointments using the NYSID Portal, but they may drop in at any time during the Center hours and work with a staff member, if available. The Writing and Communications Center services are also available for students enrolled in online programs. Services are offered in general writing skills, grammar, pronunciation, and public speaking. Special emphasis is placed on writing coherent essays and term papers, creating effective concept statements, and giving effective and professional visual and oral presentations. Specific hours for all locations are posted on the NYSID Portal and on bulletin boards around campus.

Disabilities Services

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972, protects individuals with disabilities, and guarantees them certain protections and rights to equal access to programs and services. In order to access these rights, an individual must present documentation indicating that the disability substantially limits a major life activity, including learning. The College provides reasonable accommodations to students with documented disabilities. It is the student’s responsibility to provide NYSID’s disability coordinator with written documentation from a qualified professional that includes a diagnosis and recommendations for specific accommodations.

Students must comply with all College requests for documentation. Testing and/ or documentation must be less than three years old. Students must provide this documentation no later than one month prior to the start of the semester in which services will be initiated. Students are required to maintain ongoing involvement in securing and implementing accommodations; students are expected to work collaboratively with the disability coordinator, their academic advisor and with their instructors to arrange and implement approved accommodations.

The disability coordinator will determine the accommodations based on the student’s documentation as completed by the qualified professional coupled with the stated student needs. Reasonable accommodations are determined on a case-by-case basis and should be evaluated every semester.