Information from the "Guidelines for Students at Risk" Handout for Human Services Technology Majors

▫   Information from the A-B Tech handout titled "Guidelines for Students at Risk".

°         This handout can be obtained from your advisor or possibly through the A-BTech website at www.abtech.edu.

°         Please be aware that human service professionals are at some risk for exposure to communicable diseases.

°         Although many of the handouts points do not apply directly to Human Services Technology/ Social Services majors, some do.

°         Please be aware that the part of this handout under the subsection, "Requirements for Current Applicants and Students", does.

§  It reads as follows:

    "To protect the safety of A-B Tech students and those they come in contact with during clinical training, the following polices and procedures will apply to any applicant for or student enrolled in a health or related program.  Upon enrollment, the student must inform his/ her… department head of any medical, psychological, or psychiatric conditions that affect his/ her ability to provide safe clinical care.  The student will be required to be individually assessed by his/ her personal physician [or a licensed mental health professional] at his/ her own expense to determine eligibility for continuation of the program.  Eligibility for continuation will be based upon the following:  The potential harm that the individual poses to others; the ability of the individual to accomplish the objectives of the course curriculum; whether or not a reasonable accommodation can be made that will enable the student to safely and efficiently accomplish the objectives and/ or tasks of the course or curriculum without significantly exposing the student or other persons to the risk of infection."

§   All Human Service Technology majors are responsible for informing the Department Chair in a prompt fashion about  any previous, current, or newly developing medical, psychological, and psychiatric conditions that might interfere with their successful completion of the program, especially internship.