Services for Students with Disabilities at the University of Debrecen. Structure and Experiences
Services for Students with Disabilities at the University of Debrecen. Structure and Experiences

Summary/Abstract: The study presents and analyses the student support services of the University of Debrecen. Its aim in addition to the presentation of the institutional structure and functioning services is to describe the special needs of students with disabilities. The article defines these needs with respect to the field’s literature and research bacground. The study describes the operation and experiences of the Centre for Mental Hygiene and Equality of Chances, and analyses the research results of the Graduate Tracking System. The analysis is mainly a case study, which presents the operation of the university’s support centre. Within the frameworks of the Graduate Tracking System the research at the university applied questionnaires and interviewing techniques. The main results show, that students with disabilities are familiar with the support services of the university, and use some of them. Jobseeking trainings are important as well in case of graduate students. The main finding of the analysis of the support services is that the students involved considere the informal modes of personal support the most important. Altough they use the structured support services, they criticize them.

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