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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Declan Reilly |
Occupational Therapy |
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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 |
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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 |