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Students with disabilities will find
many special services at Shoreline
Community College. Please note: some
services may require up to six weeks
prior notice.
- Priority registration
- Assistance with
administration of exams and other
testing accommodations
- Adaptive
equipment, such as expanded computer
keyboard, visual tech machine, Brailler
and Kurzweil Reader
- Note taking
assistance
- Assistance in making
classroom accommodations
- Developmental
classes and labs which build on basic
skills in reading, writing and math
- Tutoring for vocational students
- Assistance in obtaining taped textbooks
and interpreters
- Counseling services,
including student advocacy, educational
advising, career planning, self-esteem
building, personal counseling
- Financial
aid and employment placement services
for all qualified students regardless of
sex, race, creed, color, age or
disability
- Referral for learning
disability assessment and interpretation
of results
Contact Shoreline's coordinator of
services for students with disabilities
at 546-4545 or 546-4520 (TTY) in the
FOSS Building, Room 5226, for more
information or for an assessment of your
individual needs.
- You have a right to services and
accommodations which will allow you to
successfully compete on an equal basis
with non-disabled students as long as
you meet the basic requirements to
perform activities of the program or
occupation.
- You are responsible for your
success at Shoreline Community College.
In order to receive services, you must
request them each quarter they are
needed.
- If you are having trouble, you
must let us know immediately so we can
try to correct the difficulties. For
example, if accommodations are not
working in the classroom, contact the
Services for Students with Disabilities
office so other arrangements can be
made.
- Confidentiality: we will not
contact instructors regarding your need
for classroom accommodation unless you
have given specific permission for us to
do so.
- If you have a grievance, please
contact the office for information
regarding the appeals process through
the Office of Civil Rights and/or SCC
campus process.
- If you need additional
information about your rights, ADA,
and/or Section 504 issues, you may
contact: Department of Education, Office
of Civil Rights: 553-1636 Washington
State Human Rights Department: 1~
233-3247 or 442-1636, Seattle
Shoreline Community College is
committed to providing educational
programs without regard to disabling
conditions as defined by Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Reasonable accommodations will be made
and no otherwise qualified individual
with disabling conditions shall, on the
basis of disability, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or otherwise be subjected to
discrimination under any program,
activity or service administered by the
college.
> Community Integration Program
Check here for information on the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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