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Support Services for Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS)

The Department of DSPS provides assistance to disabled students requiring special services at the college. They include:

1. Specially designated parking spaces.

2. Ramps and elevators for accessibility to main campus facilities.

3. Registration assistance for students unable to negotiate regular registration procedures.

4. Specialized academic, personal and vocational counseling.

5. Special equipment for campus use and home loan, such as tape recorders, visual enlarging machines, a talking calculator and adaptive computer equipment.

6. Services of the State Department of Rehabilitation, such as vocational coun-seling and guidance, training (with payment of costs, such as books, fees, tuition, etc.) and job placement.

7. Specialized instruction for the physically limited, as well as for individuals working with the disabled.

8. An innovative Special Learning Center for disabled students to provide self-pacing pro-grams and vocational exploration packages, located at the Pacific Coast Campus.

9. Specialized services for the deaf and hard of hearing, including speechreading (lipreading) instruction, courses in total communication, as well as the coordination of classroom interpreters for deaf students. Students who may need these services should inform the DSPS office before they enroll.

10. Adapted physical education for physically limited students requiring specialized physical education.

11. The Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic pro-vides diagnosis and therapeutic remediation of specific communication problems through individual and group assistance.

In addition to these services, the program has as its goal the integration of the student with a dis-ability into the mainstream of college activities. For information or appointments, please call: LAC (562)938-4558; PCC (562)938-3921; (562)0938-4272 TDD.

 






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