DISABILITY POLICY

TEPTH (The Exam Preparation and Testing House) is committed
to the policy of equal opportunities for disabled faculty staff and students. It
aims to create accommodating environment that enables them to participate fully
in the mainstream of scholastic life and realize their individual potential. TEPTH seeks to develop and implement leading practices in the area.

Statement:

This disability policy states TEPTH’s commitments and
responsibilities under UAE legislation and its goal to ensure an inclusively supportive
environment for people with a disability that are participating in work and
study at The Exam Preparation and Testing House.

Scope/Coverage:

This policy applies to all teaching staff and students of TEPTH.
Some faculty staff of TEPTH has specific responsibilities in reference to the implementation of this disability policy.

Support Services and Resources:

TEPTH devotedly provides additional support services and
resources in order to assist its associated teachers with disability. We give special
facilities to help students with disability or health-related
needs, so that they can feasibly deal with their learning difficulties. For
the case of point, we have established assistive learning programs and
e-courses for disabled people. We furnish every possible facility for the faculty and students to reduce the snags of their physical impairment. 

Targeted Intervention and Other Support Services:

At TEPTH, we provide a continuum of support resources and
services for registered students with disability and learning hitches. This may
include:

·
Guidance officers

·
Support teachers (literacy
and numeracy)

·
Speech-language
pathologists

·
Behavior support trainers

·
Teacher aides

·
Assistive technology

·
Alternative format
materials

·
Differentiated teaching
practices

·
Special provision for
assessment

·
Customized study programs

Disability Criteria for Enrollment:

We do not need any formal diagnosis of a learning disability
to give any student the support he needs. Evidence-based information would be
enough and we respond to his learning requirements irrespective of the cause,
by monitoring and evaluating his progress in the course opted. TEPTH’s decision
makers will decide whether an individual is a ‘person with a disability’ for
the purpose of enrolment in the center. He must satisfy the criteria outlined
below. Only who meet the following criteria will be taken as disabled person needing
special learning and testing facilities.  

1.
Total or partial loss of any
of his body parts

2.
Having malfunction or
disfigurement of any of his body parts

3.
Showing disturbed behavior
because of a disorder, disease or illness affecting his judgment power, thought
processes, emotions and perceptions of reality.

4.
Any physical weakness prone
to disease development or illness

5.
Bodily Malfunction or
disorder affecting individual’s learning capacity and he learns differently
from other people with no such disorder or malfunction.

Action Plan:

TEPTH’s action plan committee outlines the strategic
priorities, goals and actions as the most integral aspect of the disability
policy. This is for the continual performance improvement of TEPTH in relation
to faculty staff and students with disabilities.

TEPTH will:

1.
Ensure the academic
integrity of its study programs is well-managed and maintained at the highest international
standards.

2.
Make reasonable modifications
to ensure that disabled people have satisfactory access to the academic or occupational
activities of TEPTH.   

3.
Provide appropriate support
to faculty members and registered students to enable them to pursue their
career or academic goals with full confidence.

4.
Promote access to education
and employment for individuals with disabilities together with maintaining the reliability
of merit principles.

5.
Negotiate a practically
reasonable adjustment working or learning plan, if required, for people with a
disability.

6.
Ensure that a person with
disability is provided with the opportunity for consultation and contribution
in decision-making plans related to their role within TEPTH and that matters
regarding the needs of people with disabilities.

7.
Take severe action against
any incident of direct/indirect harassment, discrimination or bullying by any
member of TEPTH’s faculty or students against another on the basis of his
disability. This thing is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated if
allegations proved true after thorough inquiry.