What does a Disability Liaison Officer do?

Trinity has a well-established support system at School-level to ensure the needs of students with disabilities are addressed. Each school has a nominated staff member who is a key contact within the School for issues relating to disability support, called a Disability Liaison Officer (DLO).

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The role of the School DLO is to oversee/monitor the School's process to ensure the effective dissemination and implementation of Reasonable Accommodations proposed by the DS. The DLO responsibilities include the following:

  • To ensure that School staff who need to be aware of students' Reasonable Accommodations have access to the information in SITS.
  • To raise with the relevant Director of Teaching & Learning and/or the Disability Service any concerns regarding accommodations that may impact the academic integrity or core competence standards of teaching and learning within the School.  
  • Liaising with Disability Service staff, their School's Directors of Teaching & Learning and Programme/Course Directors, and assisting in making Reasonable Accommodations for students, and exchanging information as required.
  • The DLO is the first point of contact for students with disabilities when dealing with disability queries.
  • The DLO should have a general awareness and understanding of University and school policies, procedures, and practices, and how these may impact on students with disabilities and long term conditions.     
  • The DLO should also have an awareness and understanding of Equality and Disability legislation, to ensure that their school is compliant with the legislation and is promoting inclusive learning for all students
  • The DLO is not expected to have expert knowledge of disability issues. However, it is important that they work in collaboration with the Disability Service to identify training needs within the school.
  • To be part of a University-wide network of DLOs for the purposes of sharing expertise, good practice and relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. The network will be supported by the DS
  • To report to Academic Registry any technical issues with the SITS system for sharing students’ (LENS) Reasonable Accommodations
  • To develop effective working relationships and establish positive lines of communication with the DS
  • To attend training, workshops, and information events organised by DS.

Disability Liaison Officers

A list of all DLOs in Schools provided as part of the set up of dissemination of LENS information in SITS are given here. DLO roles and responsibilities are listed below.

School/Department/Discipline

Disability Liaison Officer

Disability Liaison Officer email

Disability Officer assigned to school

Biochemistry and Immunology

Martha Motherway Gildea

motherm@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Business

Donncha Millane

Donncha.Millane@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Centre for Deaf Studies

Carmel Grehan

cgrehan@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Chemistry

John (Mike)  Southern

southerj@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Computer Science and Statistics

Jonathan Dukes

jonathan.dukes@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Creative Arts

Nicholas Johnson

johnson@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Dental Science

Heather Reilly

heather.reilly@dental.tcd.ie

Declan Treanor

Education

Donatella Camedda

CAMEDDAD@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Engineering

 

 

Kieran Lewis

English

Padraic Whyte

whytepa@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Genetics and Microbiology

Gwyneth Farrar

Jane.Farrar@tcd.ie

Kieran Lewis

Global

Louise Staunton

Louise.Staunton@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Histories and Humanities

Daniel Geary

gearyd@tcd.ie

Declan Treanor

Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Annemarie Bennett

annemarie.bennett@tcd.ie

Kieran Lewis

Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies

 

 

Angelina Lavelle

Law

Jen Maguire Donohoe

JEN.MAGUIREDONOHOE@tcd.ie

Eithne Coleman

Linguistic, Speech and Communication Studies

Ciarán Kenny

Ciaran.Kenny@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Mathematics

Karen O’Doherty

mathdep@maths.tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Medicine

Sharon Thompson

sthomps@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Natural Sciences

James Higgins

HIGGINJ3@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Nursing and Midwifery

 

 

Declan Reilly

Occupational Therapy

 

 

Christopher Cunningham

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Carlos Medina Martin

Carlos.Medina@tcd.ie

Declan Treanor

Physics

Plamen Stamenov

stamenov.plamen@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Physiotherapy

 

 

Christopher Cunningham

Psychology

Lorraine Swords; Luisa Byrne

swordsl@tcd.ie; byrnelu@tcd.ie

Declan Treanor

Radiation Therapy

Leo Arnold

arnoldle@tcd.ie

Christopher Cunningham

Religion

Alexandra Grieser

griesera@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle

Science Course Office

Anne-Marie Brady

Anne-Marie.Brady@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

Social Science and Philosophy

Natasha Halpin

halpinna@tcd.ie

Declan Treanor

Social Work and Social Policy

Catherine Elliott  O'Dare

elliot@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

TAP

Sarah Grimson

Sarah.Grimson@tcd.ie

Fiona Whelan

TCPID

Conor Mc Guckin

Conor.McGuckin@tcd.ie

Declan Reilly

The Lir

Colm Carney

carneyco@tcd.ie

Angelina Lavelle