Disability Services
Requesting Reasonable Accommodations
Students with disabilities seeking reasonable academic accommodations to meet technical standards should contact the Office of Student Affairs.
Faculty and Staff Disability Services
FSDS is charged with providing leadership, expertise and consultative intervention to all University of Iowa faculty, staff and department management in matters related to employment and health conditions.
Teaching
Assisting Students with Disabilities
Guidelines for effectively supporting students with disabilities and the responsibilities of the student's instructors.
Instructor Support for Students with Disabilities
The University of Iowa has multiple types of support available for faculty to help them accommodate students who have disabilities.
University of Iowa Training Opportunities
Culturally Responsive Health Care Conference
The goal of this yearly interprofessional conference is to improve the delivery of appropriate care to a variety of patient populations. Dental CE credit pending.
Professional Development
The Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity, Office of Access and Support provides mandatory and non-mandatory professional development for our campus.
Building Our Global Community
Learn about the experiences of international students and scholars, and methods to foster skills for working with our increasingly intercultural campus community.
LinkedIn Learning
Available to faculty and staff via employee self-service.
Go to “My Career” and click on “LinkedIn Learning”
Online Training
Think Cultural Health: Cultural Competency Program for Oral Health Providers
A free, online educational program with 3 modules accredited for oral health professionals by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Responding to Mistreatment
Tools for responding to patient-initiated harassment
Toolkit strategies are designed for responding to patient-initiated verbal sexual harassment, but may be applied to other forms of mistreatment.
Interrupting bias: Calling-in vs. calling-out
Explains the difference between “Calling-in” and “Calling-out” when responding to harmful words or actions and provides sample phrases to use.