Getting Along in College: Recommendations for College Students With Disabilities and Their Professors Catherine S. Fichten Gabrielle Goodrick Vicki Tagalakis Rhonda Amsel Eva Libman To examine behaviors that promote effective teaching and learning and facilitate problem-free interaction between professors and their students with disabilities, 75 college students with disabilities were interviewed. along with 57 professors who were nominated by one or more of these students as one of their outstanding teachers. Participants indicated their feelings and behaviors in a variety of commonly occurring situations where professors and students with disabilities might interact. They also indicated their thoughts and feelings before and after"taking action and rated the effectiveness of each of their behaviors. Thoughts and feelings that facilitate or hamper interaction between students with disabilities and their professors are discussed along with the nature of effective and ineffective behaviors by both students and professors. Recommendations are made concerning possible actions by rehabilitation professionals to facilitate effective interaction between students with disabilities and their professors and to enhance the teaching-learning process. The 1980s have seen a dramatic increase in the number of students with physical and sensory disabilities entering institutions of postsecondary education (d. Fichten, 1988). Real access to postsecondary education, how- Catherine S. Fichten is a professor of psychology at Dawson Col1ege and a senior cl1nical psychologist at Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal. Quebec, Canada; Gabriel1e Goodrick is a medical student at the University of Vermont. Burlington; VickI Tagalakis is a counselor at Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada; Rhonda Amsel is a lecturer and consulting statistician at McGi11 University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and Eva Libman is an adjunct associate professor ofpsychology at Concordia University and associate director, Behaviour and Sex Therapy SeNice at Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This research was funded by a grant from Fonds Pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide a la Recherche (FCAR); Portions of this research were presented at the 4th meeting of the Canadian Congress of Rehabilitation, Toronto, Canada, 1989. The authors thank many individuals: the professors and students who participated in the research, the coordinators of services for students with disabilities who provided many valuable suggestions and helped in the recruitment ofparticipants, the col1eagues and consultants who provided expertise and helpful criticism, and our dedicated assistants. Their generous con- tributions of time. energy, and expertise helped to bring this project to fruition. Fichten, C.S., Goodrick, G., Tagalakis, V., Amsel, R., & Libman, E. (1990). Getting along in college: Recommendations for college students with disabilities and their professors. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 34(2), 103-125.