Example of a Mind Map

DSPS Services & Accommodations

for Students with Learning Disabilities*

diagram of DSPS services for students with learning disabilities

A mind map is a refined cluster. Everything irrelevant is omitted. The main ideas branch off the central theme; examples and details branch off of the main ideas. A mind map gives a spatial, graphic overview of the essay's structure.

"Inspiration", a software program that allows one to create and move between mind maps and outlines, is available in the Assistive Technology Center (SS 162).

Text version of diagram: DSPS Services and Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities is the topic developed by the mind map. Five categories of services include the following: counseling, DSPS classes, DSPS labs, testing, and other aids. Counseling lists the following details: peer support group, disability-related counseling, priority registration, career and vocational counseling, job placement referrals, and self-advocacy. DSPS classes include DSPS 44: Self Advocacy (not offered currently), DSPS 55: Assistive Technology, DSPS 66: Math Strategies, and DSPS 77: Writing and Reading Strategies. DSPS labs include the assistive technology lab and the strategies tutorial lab. Testing includes extended time on tests, test taking in a distraction-reduced classroom, and computer lab. Other aids include shared notes, taped textbooks, and tape recording of lectures (student needs own tape recorder).

* Depending upon verification of educational limitations from documentation.

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