{"id":550,"date":"2021-09-24T16:08:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-faculty-staff\/concerns-about-a-student\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:10:44","slug":"concerns-about-a-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-faculty-staff\/concerns-about-a-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns About a Student"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">SDS Resources for Faculty &amp; Staff Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-faculty-staff\/accommodation-procedures\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Accommodation Procedures for Faculty<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-faculty-staff\/syllabus-statement\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Syllabus Statement<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-faculty-staff\/policies-for-working-with-students-with-disabilities\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Policies for Working with Students with Disabilities<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-faculty-staff\/advising-students-with-disabilities-faq\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Advising Students with Disabilities FAQ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/student-disability-services\/sds-resources-for-students\/sds-temporary-disabilities\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Temporary Disabilities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-concerns-about-a-student\">Concerns About a Student<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are concerned about an SDS student\u2019s academic performance, absences, or behavioral presentation in class, you are encouraged to contact SDS for discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructors and advisors are encouraged to refer students to SDS if any aspect of a student&#8217;s university experience is adversely affected by a disability. 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