Graduating High School Seniors

DSS Information Night for Incoming Fall 2025 Students

If you are a high school senior with an IEP or 504 Plan, please join us for a DVC Disability Support Services Information Night on one of the following evenings:

Agenda items will include Outreach Process, DSS Registration Guide, Accommodation Overview and Documentation Required for Services.

Students and parents/guardians are encouraged to attend. We recommend attending the live session, if you are able, as there will be time set aside at the end for Q&A. A recording will be available if you are unable to attend the live session.

Check this page in January 2025 for more information & zoom links to the DSS Information Night sessions.

Disability Support Services conducts outreach to graduating high school seniors with IEPs and 504 plans. This process assists students in effectively utilizing DSS priority registration and receiving their accommodation plan prior to beginning their first semester of coursework. An Academic Accommodation Plan (AAP) lists the services available to each student, such as extended testing time and note taking assistance. It is created for each individual and signed by both the student and the DSS Counselor.  The AAP must be signed and retuned to DSS in order for students to receive priority registration for Fall 2024. If any of these deadlines are missed, students must follow the process as outlined in the steps to enroll.

Please note: ALL communications from DSS will be sent to students' InSite email. Students can access DVC email through the Email tile on InSite.

Disability Support Services Fall 2025 Registration Guide

Important Deadlines

No exceptions to deadlines will be made. If any of these deadlines are missed students must take Couns 095 and contact DSS once registered for classes.

  • March 21st, 2025: Deadline to complete DSS application (this includes uploading disability documentation)
  • Week of March 24th, 2025: Academic Accommodation Plans sent to students for signature (sent to DVC Insite email)
  • April 4th, 2025: Deadline for signed Academic Accommodation Plan to be sent back to DSS
  • April 7th, 2025: Registration workshop invitations will be sent to students who have completed all of the below steps.  

You must RSVP to one of the Registration Workshop dates in order to attend. See step 4 below for workshop dates.  

STEP 1: General DVC Application process

  • Apply to DVC.
  • Complete New Student Orientation.
  • Complete Math/English Placement Process.
  • IMPORTANT: The New Student Orientation and the Math/English Placement Process must be completed in order to receive a DSS priority registration date. If this is not completed, students will not be able to register for classes during the DSS Registration Workshop.

STEP 2: Apply to Disability Support Services

  • Apply to DSS
  • DSS applications must be submitted by March 21, 2025 – no exceptions.
  • Make sure answer yes to the “Are you a high school senior expecting to graduate” question on the DSS application. See the DSS How to Apply for Services page for a list of acceptable documents.
  • Documentation must be uploaded as part of the application in order to submit it. 

STEP 3: Sign the Academic Accommodation Plan

  • By April 4 sign the Academic Accommodation Plan in order to receive a DSS early registration date.
  • Academic Accommodation Plans will be sent to student’s DVC email addresses during the week of March 24.
  • There will be an opportunity to discuss additional accommodations with a counselor over the summer or in the fall, if necessary.

STEP 4: Attend a DSS Registration Workshop at the end of April

  • After signing your Academic Accommodation Plan you will receive a link to sign up for a DSS Registration Workshop. Workshops will be held on the DVC Pleasant Hill campus during the week of April 21st. You must sign up for a workshop to attend, no walk ins will be allowed.
  • All steps listed above must be completed in order to be invited to this workshop

Please note that ALL communications will be sent to students' DVC InSite email address

Students following the DSS process above don't need to take Counseling 095.

If you miss any of the above deadlines you must follow the steps to enroll. This process includes taking Counseling 095.

Student Information Sessions

Beginning in February 2024 DSS Counselors will be presenting to students at local high schools on the process outlined in the DSS Registration Guide or Guía de inscripción para los servicios de DSS.

DSS Information Nights 

We will be holding three virtual DSS Information Nights beginning in February 2024. These sessions will review the information from the Student Information Sessions, including how to apply to DSS and documentation required as well as additional overall DSS information.  Parents, Guardians, and students are strongly encouraged to attend one of the sessions. There will be time allotted after the presentation for Q&A. You can find the Information Session dates and zoom links on the DSS Information Night flier.

Need Assistance with the Step by Step Process?

Students can receive assistance with the orientation or assessment by contacting the DSS High Tech Center at DSSHighTechCenter@dvc.edu using the subject line: “Incoming 2024 Freshman” and high tech center staff person will respond to you with a zoom link that you can log on to for real time assistance

How To Guides

Additional Questions?

Students can contact DSSOutreachActivities@dvc.edu with other questions. This email box is checked on Fridays.

Counseling appointments are not available for high school students.

NOTE:

Students following this DSS registration process do not need to take Counseling 095, though if you miss any of the above deadlines you must follow these general student registration process. You can find information on this here: steps to enroll,. The general student process includes taking Counseling 095 in order to receive academic advising on first semester courses. Once you are registered for Fall classes send an email to DSSOutreachActivities@dvc.edu for next steps to receive your Academic Accommodation Plan.

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