Definition
A learning disability in California Community College adults is a persistent condition of presumed neurological dysfunction which may also exist with other disabling conditions. This dysfunction continues despite instruction in standard classroom situations. Learning disabled adults, a heterogeneous group, have these common attributes:
a. average to above average intellectual ability;
b. severe processing deficit;
c. severe aptitude-achievement discrepancy(ies); and
d. measured achievement in an instructional or employment setting.
Classes:
Learning Skills 60:
- Supports students in DVC course work emphasizing special learning strategies for the student's learning needs
Learning Skills 151:
- Students learn classroom skills: note taking; taking tests; reading text books; creating study tools, etc.
Learning Skills 56:
- Students learn adaptive computer technology and software programs. (See High Tech Center)
Learning Skills Program
High Tech Center:
- Word processing
- Spell checking
- Grammar checking
- Cognitive software programs
Equipment Loan:
- Tape recording of lectures
- Alpha Smart mini note taking device
- MP3 players
Alternate Media Services:
- Enrollment with Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic to receive taped texts.
- Transferring textbooks and class materials into alternate formats.
Testing accommodations:
- Extended time
- Distraction free environment
- Kurzweil
- Use of a computer
