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SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DSP STUDENT HANDBOOK
WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
The DSP program is a partnership between the student with a disability, the
DSP staff and the SCC faculty. The DSP staff consists of
Counselors
A DSP Specialist
Student Services Assistant I
A Learning Disabilities Specialist
An Adapted PE Instructor
Instructional Assistants
An Alternate Media Specialist
And other staff such as: interpreters, note takers, mobility assistants,
readers, and office workers.
Our Friendly
Staff
They will work with you to plan support services that will help you move
toward your educational goals. The services of the DSP are organized into
six areas:
Counseling
Learning Disabilities Services
Mobility
Technology
Accommodation Services
Workability III Services
Counseling
The DSP program provides:
DSP PROGRAM
Academic counseling and educational planning
Specialized disability counseling
Coordination of necessary support services
Assistance in determining appropriate
academic accommodations
Assistance in determining auxiliary aides
A resource to help students obtain appropriate
services not provided at SCC
The DSP office is intended to be a friendly, safe,
DSP OFFICE
caring place to come for help. It is a place to
come for services, to get advice, to wait for
counseling appointments, or to take scheduled
exams. Adjacent to the main office area is a
classroom for the adaptive computer classes in
addition to areas for accommodated testing.
Please respect the privacy of the other students
who are getting services, taking a test, or
participating in an adaptive computer class.
The actual process of registration can be
PRIORITY
REGISTRATION especially difficult and stressful for persons with
disabilities. To alleviate these problems, DSP
offers priority registration to qualified students.
This service helps students who need a particular
section of a class because of special
transportation needs, the impact of medication, or
other effects of a disability.
Counseling (continued)
We help students locate instructors and
LIAISON TO CAMPUS
AND COMMUNITY recommend speaking with each instructor during
office hours. We encourage students to advise
their instructors of their disability. We support the
student and instructor working together to obtain
necessary services. The DSP counselor can help
the student establish and maintain this
relationship. We are part of a network of
community resources for people with disabilities,
so we can provide the student with contacts and
resources outside the college as well. We
coordinate specialized funding and timelines of
sponsoring agencies.
Learning Disabilities Services
Individualized evaluation to determine eligibility for
LEARNING
DISABILITIES learning disability services is available at SCC.
EVALUATION To find out if a learning disability is present, the
student must first meet with a DSP counselor,
and then the Learning Disabilities specialist to
arrange for testing within the Learning
Disabilities (LD) Program.
LD Testing involves 10 to 14 hours, evaluating
all your learning strengths and weaknesses.
If the diagnosis of a learning disability has
already been completed, the student should
meet with the DSP counselor to provide
appropriate documentation.
If the student qualified for services through
ELIGIBILITY
another California Community College, that
qualification will also apply at Solano College.
If another disability is discovered, the student
should return to the DSP counselor to discuss
other services.
If the LD evaluation indicates eligibility for LD
services, the student may enroll in LD courses
recommended by the Learning Specialist.
Learning Skills courses are listed under DSP
Supportive Instruction, page 21.
Be sure to follow the Learning Specialist’s plan and
meet with each instructor to discuss the
accommodations needed.
Mobility Services
For students whose disability makes walking
GOLF CART
difficult, the DSP has a golf cart to transport them
between classes and parking lots on the inner
campus roads. (See Tram Procedures Form)
The golf cart/tram can be available for periodic
WHEELCHAIR
transportation for students in wheelchairs; the
DSP has only 2 electric scooters for loan on
campus. Legal restrictions prevent us from
pushing students in their wheelchairs on campus.
Students who do not have an electric wheelchair
and need one must acquire it through their private
medical coverage. DSP counselors can assist with
the referral and a letter to justify the need for an
electric wheelchair.
The proper way to learn how to get around on the
MOBILITY FOR campus is with a trained Mobility Instructor from
VISUALLY IMPAIRED the Department of Rehabilitation. While waiting for
the trained Mobility Instructor, DSP staff can
assist.
Technology Services
The Disability Services Program at SCC is committed to keeping pace with
technological advances that can improve educational access for students
with disabilities. We also assist in the process of making SCC computer
labs in all buildings accessible to students with disabilities. Listed below are
technological accommodations that we currently offer students.
This equipment is available to be checked out by
ASSISTIVE
LISTENING DEVICES students from the DSP office after conference with
a counselor. The equipment consists of a small
microphone worn by the instructor and a receiver
(worn by the student) with a headphone or a loop
that transmits by FM frequency. The device blocks
out background noise and amplifies the sound
coming from the microphone, but only for the
student using the equipment.
This equipment includes a keyboard-based
TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS transmitter and receiver for students with
DEVICES FOR THE impairments of hearing, speech and language to
DEAF (TTD) communicate by telephone with or from the DSP
office. Plans are under construction for TDD
systems to be incorporated into some of the public
telephones on campus.
Tape players (4-track and 2-track) are available
TAPE PLAYERS
for listening to taped books and can be checked
out for a semester or used in the DSP office on a
drop-in basis.
Located within the DSP offices, the Solano
HIGH TECH CENTER
College High Tech Center offers assistive
computer technology to students with disabilities.
We offer self-paced learning in the use of word
processing and spell checking software.
Scan-and-read software for blind students
SCAN-AND-READ
SOFTWARE (Arkenstone Open Book) and learning disabled
students (Kurzweil 3000) to enable individuals to
read printed material without relying solely on
seeing or processing the printed page.
Screen reading software for blind students
SCREEN READING
SOFTWARE (Window-Eyes, JAWS) and for learning disabled
students (Naturally Speaking) to enable the
individual to edit on-screen work with aided by an
audible reading of text.
Voice Recognition technology (Dragon Dictate,
VOICE
RECOGNITION Naturally Speaking) to enable students with
SOFTWARE manual dexterity or learning disability problems to
enter text into computer documents entirely by
voice.
Screen enlargement software (ZoomText) to
SCREEN
ENLARGEMENT enable students with visual impairments to access
the computer monitor more easily.
Windows 98 accessibility technology for students
WINDOWS 98
with physical and hearing impairments.
ACCOMMODATION SERVICES
The most appropriate method of administering
TEST TAKING
classroom tests depends upon the student’s
disability and the design of the test. Extra time to
complete tests may be allotted students with
disabilities that affect
Manual dexterity
Vision
Processing of information
It is possible for DSP to administer the test in the
DSP office according to the instructor’s
specifications. (See Test Accommodation
Procedure Form, page 25)
DSP relies as much as possible on in-class high
NOTE TAKERS
achieving students (who may be paid if they wish)
to provide note-taking services for qualified
students. Students can ask their instructors to
announce the need for a note taker in their
classes (without identifying the student needing
service). Special note taking paper (no carbon
required) is available in the DSP office, and
provided to the note taker. Photocopying of notes
is an alternative.
Sign language interpreters or real time captioners
INTERPRETERS FOR
THE HEARING are professionals hired by DSP to provide access
IMPAIRED to lectures and discussion in the classroom.
Reader services are provided for students with
READERS
visual impairments, reading disabilities, and some
physical disabilities. Advise DSP staff well in
advance of your need since the coordination of
reader services requires some time to arrange.
Print Material
ALTERNATE MEDIA
For students who find reading difficult because
of a visual, physical, psychological or learning
disability, Solano College employs an Alternate
Media Specialist who is responsible for
alternatives to print or “visual reading”
mediums. Alternatives may include taped
books, electronic text using a computer, Braille,
large print, enlarged overheads or Power Point
presentations.
Instructional Videos
The law now requires that students with
hearing impairments be provided with closed
captioned videos.
Computer Information
All web sites used on campus, all online
courses, and all other electronic information
must be made accessible to students who are
blind, visually impaired, learning disabled or
otherwise reading impaired
For students with a visual impairment, print
LARGE PRINT OR
BRAILLE materials for classes can be transcribed into
TRANSCRIPTIONS Braille or large print. These materials can include
textbooks, handouts, tests, overheads and power
point presentations. Since this process takes time,
the student must submit the materials to the DSP
office in a timely manner.
For those who qualify, textbooks can be taped
BOOKS ON TAPE OR
OTHER AUDIO through Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic. The
FORMAT DSP office and the alternate media specialist can
provide assistance with this service. However,
making arrangements to obtain books on tape
should be done early, about 4-6 weeks before the
semester starts.
Solano College is required by law to provide:
INSTRUCTIONAL
VIDEOS 1. Closed captioning of all videos for students
who are deaf or hearing impaired with
2. Descriptive narration of all videos for
students who are visually impaired or blind.
All WEB sites used on campus, all ONLINE
COMPUTER
INFORMATION courses, and all other “electronic information”
must be made accessible to students who are
blind, visually impaired learning disabled or
otherwise reading impaired.
W O R K AB I L I T Y I I I S E R V I C E S
Workability III is a cooperative program between
Workability III the California Department of Rehabilitation and
Services Solano Community College. Students with
disabilities who are clients of the Department of
Rehabilitation can receive Workability III
Employment Services at no charge. Solano
Community College students who are receiving
Department of Rehabilitation Services can be
referred to the Workability III Program by a
Department of Rehabilitation Counselor.
Workability III provides services for students in the
following areas:
Career Exploration
Career Search
Employee Portfolio Development
Resume Development
Interviewing Practice
Job Retention Strategies
Work-life Balance
Job Placement Services
Other Supportive Services
C L AR I F I C AT I O N O F S E R V I C E S
NOT PROVIDED BY DSP OFFICE
DSP does not have special funding for a student’s
FUNDING
enrollment fees, book fees, supplies, or
transportation fees. However, DSP counselors will
help students connect with the Solano College
Financial Aid Office and the California State
Department of Rehabilitation. We will also assist
in processing fee deferments for students
receiving funds through worker’s compensation or
private rehabilitation agencies. Remember that it
can take 6 to 8 weeks for funding to be
established by an agency.
The office is not a place to gather socially.
SOCIAL VISITS Students are welcome to meet friends and
socialize at the campus student center in the 1400
building, not in the DSP office
Personal attendant care services (feeding,
PERSONAL
ATTENDANT CARE toileting, etc.) are not considered educational
IS NOT AVAILABLE support services at any community college or
university, even though for many students these
needs are critical to being able to attend the
college. The need for attendant care is
coordinated with IHSS (In Home Support
Services) of the Social Services Department and
the Independent Living Resources Agency. DSP
staff can direct students to the right places on
campus and in the community to advertise and
find attendant care.
DSP is a support services program for students
SPECIAL
EDUCATION with disabilities who are able to meet the
PROGRAM IS NOT academic standards and expectations of basic
AVAILABLE skill or regular college classes. This is done in the
mainstream with some accommodations for the
effect of the disability. We do not have “full
inclusion with differential standards” as does the
K-12 system. No special education classes, in the
traditional sense, exist at the community college
level.
