Disability Services

Section 504 Academic Adjustment Program
Misericordia provides the academic adjustments and reasonable auxiliary aids and services that are necessary under Section 504 free of charge to students with disabilities. Students interested in obtaining accommodations through the University's Section 504 Program should contact the Tiffany Coveney, Ph.D., Assistant Director - Office for Students with Disabilities, 570-674-6454, tcoveney@misericordia.edu.

Alternative Learners Project (ALP)
A for fee program that provides an assortment of specialized services delivered by an expertly-trained, full-time staff. This specialized program provides services that are supplemental to the services that the University is required to provide to students at no cost pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Some of the specialized services include: a pre-college Bridge Program offered the week before students enter the university, instruction in learning strategies (techniques developed at Kansas University which are designed to make students more efficient learners) and individual program coordination, students are assigned a Program Coordinator who they meet with weekly and who coordinates their program of accommodation. Students interested in participating in the ALP Program should contact Paul Nobile, 570-674-8126, pnobile@misericordia.edu.

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