ACCESS SERVICES

Director

Wendy Watson, BA (SFU)

Phone: 604-864-4614; email watsonw@ufv.ca

Assessment Services

Phone: 604-557-4006
Fax: 604-855-7614
email: assessinfo@ufv.ca

Assessment Services helps provide the right fit between our students and their educational goals. Services include diagnostic assessments, prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR), exam accommodations for students with disabilities, external invigilations, and the following placement tests:

• Composition Placement Test (CPT)
• Computer Skills Placement Test (CSPT)
• Math Placement Test (MPT)
• Math 12 Assessment Test (MATA).

UCFV is a host institution for other tests such as:

• General Education Development Test (GED)
• Language Proficency Index (LPI)
• Law School Admission  Test (LSAT)
• Medical School Admission  Test (MCAT).

Assessment Services staff and contact information

Registered Psychologist

James Blackburn, PhD (UBC)
Ph. 604-557-4033; email: blackbuj@ufv.ca

Acting Manager, Assessment Services

Sue Brigden, PhD (UBC)
Ph. 604-504-7441, local 4372; email: brigdens@ufv.ca

Assessment Services Assistant

Jolene Klop, Dip. Bus. Admin. (UCFV)
Ph: 604-557-4006; email: klopj@ufv.ca

UCFV is committed to the integration of students with disabilities into its courses and programs.

Disability Services

Phone: 604-504-7441, local 4283

Disability Services encourages independence while providing services to students that may require additional support in order to achieve their educational goals.

Services available

• Classroom accommodation
• Individual campus orientation tours
• Material in alternate formats, such as audio-taped and Brailled materials
• Learning assistance including tutoring
• Applications for equipment loans and grants
• Liason between faculty and students.

Equipment available

• Voice synthesized computers equipped with a variety of programs
• Adaptive hardware and software
• Closed-circuit television reading device
• Laser printer and Braille printer
• Voice synthesized reading scanner
• Perkins Brailler
• Four-track tape recorders
• TTY (telecommunication device for the deaf)
• Volume control telephone
• FM System for the hard of hearing
• Adjustable computer tables
• Talking calculator.

Disability Services staff and contact information

Registered psychologist: 604-557-4033

James Blackburn, PhD (UBC)
email: blackbuj@ufv.ca

Abbotsford, 604-557-4034 or 604-864-4609; fax: 604-855-7614

Ellen Dixon, BA (Reed), MLS (UC–Berkeley)
email: dixone@ufv.ca

Carla Petker, BA (Hons) UVic, Instructor’s Diploma (VCC)
email: petkerc@ufv.ca

Chilliwack, 604-795-2843; fax: 604-792-2388

Alyson Seale, Dip. Visual Language Interpreter (Douglas), Instructor’s diploma (VCC), BA (UCFV)
email: sealea@ufv.ca

Mission, 604-820-6000; fax: 604-826-0681

Support staff

Isabel Hay, Dip ECE (Langara),
phone: 604-504-7441, local 4283; email: hayi@ufv.ca

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