A student’s accommodation letter may note that the student requires a seat in a specific area of the classroom, such as the front, back, or aisle, or near a door, window, or source of sound. Most students are able to secure an appropriate seat independently. If the student asks you for assistance, it can be helpful to have the student identify seats that meet their access needs, and then to have the first staff member to enter the room for each class meeting place a piece of paper with RESERVED written on it on the student’s chosen seat. If another student sits in that seat, you can ask the student to choose another seat, as this one is reserved.
DSP can provide instructors with signage that they can attach to seats to indicate that they are reserved, but in our experience, because rooms are used by multiple individuals and classes each week, such fixed signage tends to disappear. Simply writing RESERVED on a sheet of paper in heavy marker or large print is typically sufficient to prevent other students from choosing that seat.
If you run into challenges ensuring that a student is able to sit in a seat that fulfills their accommodation requirements, you can contact their assigned Disability Specialist, listed at the end of their Letter of Accommodation, for assistance.