The CUNY Learning Disabilities (LD) Project, housed at The City College of New York, is a Special Program created to help staff and faculty to best address the needs of our students with learning disabilities CUNY-wide. The LD Project offers a variety of services including but not limited to centralized expertise and continued innovation. Some of the services of the LD Project include:

Staff and faculty training.

* Centralized high level professional development on contemporary LD issues for Student Disability Services staff.
* Faculty workshops via webinar on teaching students with learning disabilities.
* Professionals are also available to do campus-based workshops for tutors.

Maintaining relationships with LD service agencies in the NYC community

* Negotiating special testing rates for CUNY students
* Helping service agencies to understand needs specific to college students with LD
* Providing good referral sources

Individual case consultation.

* Review and explanation of documentation
* Assistance with determining appropriate accommodations and support services
* Assistance with appropriate academic appeal processes

Print and recorded resource materials.

* Multiple books and audio and video recordings are available to assist professionals and students to better understand what LD is and different strategies that can be helpful in the learning process

Direct all inquiries about the CUNY Learning Disabilities Project to 212-650-5913.