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Purpose - Offer assistance for students’ optimum personal and professional development in order to be
useful, well-adjusted citizens of society and members of a chosen profession.
The counseling programs at BHCLR have several expected outcomes.

Students develop personally by increased individual awareness of attributes, personal values, aspirations,
and areas of needed improvement; clarify personal values, establish goals, and formulate future plans;
explore problem situations and consider alternatives and, when possible, achieve a satisfactory coping level.
Students accept responsibility for conduct and outcomes of personal and professional life.

Students are provided the opportunity to provide data related to their level of satisfaction with the
counseling program.
Resources are available to students for assistance in achieving optimum personal growth and professional
development. These resources include BHCLR’s Academic and Spiritual Counselor, faculty members,
Baptist Health Pastoral Care Department, and community agencies and groups.

Disability Services
BHCLR recognizes and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
For the purposes of BHCLR compliance, a “qualified individual with a disability” is one who, with or
without reasonable accommodations or modifications, meets the essential eligibility requirements for
participation in the program. It is the responsibility of the applicant or student to provide the necessary
official records and documentation to the BHCLR Academic and Spiritual Counselor three (3) weeks
prior to the semester in which they are to be enrolled.

Essential function standards are published in the program sections of the BHCLR Catalog.

Online students should follow their supervising lab’s ADA policy.

Reasonable accommodations for applicants and students with documented disabilities are made, pursuant
to federal and state laws. Any applicant or student with a disability who needs accommodations must
provide the necessary documentation and request the accommodations three weeks prior to the beginning
of the semester, term, or course. The appropriate school official shall make the determination regarding
reasonable accommodations.

BHCLR personnel are available to advise and counsel applicants and students who qualify under the
ADA. To request accommodations, students should provide current documentation that includes:

 A clear and current diagnostic statement identifying the disability, date of the current diagnostic
evaluation, and the date of the original diagnosis;
 A description of the diagnostic criteria and/or diagnostic test(s) used;
 A description of the current functional impact of the disability;
 Treatments, medications, and assistive devices/services currently prescribed or in use;
 A description of the expected progression and/or stability of the impact of the disability over
time;
 Results of evaluations and requested/suggested accommodations;
 The credentials of the diagnosing professional; and
 Any additional information which would help support and identify the need for requested
academic accommodations.

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