Disability Support Programs and Services (DSPS) provides equal educational opportunity for students with disabilities, among these physical, psychological, or learning disabilities. Students with disabilities are encouraged to lead active and independent lives by participating in as many college programs that meet their needs. Welcome to DSPS!
DSPS Live Drop-In Sessions
Join a DSPS counselor via Zoom. It is on a first-come, first-served basis with specific drop-in times during the week. We will address your questions on a one-on-one basis.
Meet with a DSPS counselor for quick questions. If you will need more than 10 minutes, please make a DSPS counseling appointment.
- Every Wednesday from 1:00 to 2:00 pm
- Every Friday from 9:00 to 10:00 am
- First and Third Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 pm; ASL students welcome
DSPS Drop-In Counseling on Zoom
Meeting ID: 92165688894
Accommodations
Academic accommodations are interventions that students may utilize to obtain equal access to an educational setting such as a classroom, a course lecture or a lab. Accommodations are identified for each student on an individual basis. An academic accommodation may not be listed below as each student is unique in what becomes an appropriate and reasonable accommodation(s). The list below are examples. The student may meet with the program coordinator about a requested accommodation that was not granted. See the DSPS Coordinator for more information.
Low Vision/Blind
- Readers and note takers
- Test accommodations
- Library or in-person class or lab assistant if applicable
- Assistive software, audio book, large print, e-text or braille course handouts and tests in a useable format
- Specialized equipment (see Assistive Technology Lab)
Mobility Impaired
- Note takers and scribes
- Classroom furniture if applicable
- Test accommodations including: extended time and use of a computer
Hearing Impaired/Deaf
- Interpreters
- Note takers
Acquired Brain Injured
- Note takers
- Test accommodations including: extended time, distraction-reduced setting, and use of a computer
Psychological Disability
- Note takers
- Test accommodations including: extended time and distraction-reduced setting
- Assistive technology as applicable (see Assistive Technology Lab)
Learning Disability
- Note takers
- Test accommodations including: extended time, distraction-reduced setting, and use of computer for word processing (with spell-check) and adaptive software (see Assistive Technology Lab)
- Specialized tutoring and study strategies class
- E-text
Intellectual Disability
- Note takers
- Test accommodations including: extended time, distraction-reduced setting, and/or use of computer for word processing, and/or adaptive software (see Assistive Technology Lab)
- Specialized tutoring/study strategies and/or college life classes
Eligibility
The DSPS eligibility process involves the following steps.
- Students must provide the DSPS program with verification of a disability.
- A DSPS faculty member will review the information with the student and approve those accommodations or services that are warranted due to the limitations caused by the student's disability.
- An Accommodations Form will be completed for each student listing the accommodations and/or services that are appropriate for that student.
- For those accommodations or services that will be provided for a specific course, an Accommodations Memo will be completed and taken by the student to the professor detailing the accommodation. Disability information is confidential and may not be shared with course professors unless written permission is given by the student.
Interested in DSPS?
Prepare for Online Learning
For information about online course tools for new students, please visit Online Education.
Contact
(916) 691-7398
Hours
In-Person and Online Hours
Monday to Friday:
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
In-person by appointment only
Closed for holidays:
Feb. 16 to 19, April 1, May 27
March 1 (closed for staff training and development)
Location
Business and Social Science, BS 104