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DSPS
27
Career Planning for the Disabled
1.5 - 3 hours, 1.5 - units
Credit/No Credit Only
This course has been designed for students with disabilities. Assists
the disabled student in the process of developing and pursuing goals
for employment and identifies community, state, and national sources
of assistance. Involves the use of a wide array of interest and
aptitude materials and prepares students to meet the psychological,
social and intellectual demands of employment.
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DSPS
29 College Success Seminar
1-2 hours lecture, 1-2 units
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is designed for students with disabilities. It
provides orientation to college campus, policies and
procedures and an introduction to support services at
the college and in the community. Included is the
clarification of student goals and objectives resulting in
the development of an individual education plan and
the identification of courses, services and programs
that will lead to college success. Credit for this course
will not apply to the associate degree.
DSPS
50
Individual Education Planning
0.5 - 1 hour, 0.5 - 1 unit
Credit/No Credit Only
This course has been designed for students with
disabilities. An individualized course designed to assess
the disabled student's needs for special assistance in
the community college setting and to assist him/her in
planning appropriate educational goals and in selecting and/or
preparing for college classes. Credit for this
course will not apply to the associate degree.
DSPS
76
Independent Study-Adaptive Computer
Equipment
1.5 - 6 hours lab, 0.5 - 2 units
Credit/No Credit Only
Limitation on Enrollment: This course is not open to
students with credit for Special Education 065:
Adaptive Computer Equipment.
This course has been designed for students with
disabilities. Designed to allow disabled students to
develop in-depth knowledge of adaptive computer
devices in preparation for mainstream classes. Credit for
this course will not apply to the associate degree.
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DSPS
77
Exploration of Computer Access
0.5 hour lecture, 1 hour lab, 1 unit
Credit/No Credit Only
This course has been designed for students with
disabilities. Designed to introduce students to
computer access equipment that is available in large
print, braille and voice output. To provide an overview
of resources in software and hardware that allow
disabled students to compete in educational and
business settings. Credit for this course will not apply
to the associate degree.
Learning Disabled
DSPS
72
Keyboarding/Word Processing for the
Learning Disabled
0.5 hour lecture, 1.5 hours lab, 1 unit
Credit/No Credit Only
This course has been designed for students with
learning disabilities. Designed to allow learning
disabled students to develop the necessary skills to use
a word processor for preparation of mainstream class
writing assignments and for personal use. Credit for this
course will not apply to the associate degree.
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DSPS
73
Math Strategies for the Learning Disabled
3 hours, 3 units
This course has been designed for students with
learning disabilities. A strategies-oriented course
developing competence with basic mathematical
operations, including whole numbers, mixed numbers,
fractions and decimal fractions. This course will prepare
students for Mathematics 32. Credit for this course will
not apply to the associate degree.
DSPS
81
Introduction to Applied Study Skills and
Strategies
0.5 hour lecture, 2 - 3 hours lab, 0.5 - 1.5 units
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is designed for students who are enrolled in
a college course in which they have a verified disability
related limitation. It is recommended for students who
would benefit from formal assessment and small group
instruction in applied study skills and learning
strategies. The course provides guided instruction in
the application of study skill strategies to a
mainstreamed course. The focus of the course is on
developing generalized study skills that (1) relate to
successful learning in the community college setting
and (2) that can be altered through individual effort
and instruction. Individually guided practice of study
skills is supported in an individual and/or small group
setting. This course may be taken for lab credit four
times with different content for a maximum of four
units. Credit for the course does not apply to the
associate degree.
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DSPS
82
Basic Skills Applied Study Strategies
2 - 3 hours lab, 0.5 - 1 unit
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is intended primarily for students needing
disability related specialized support in mainstream
basic skills classes in addition to the campus wide
academic support services. The focus of this class is to
provide study skill assistance for students enrolled in
basic skill college classes. Initial emphasis is placed
both on the application and generalization of study
strategies as well as on assistive technology. Computer
assisted instruction is utilized to supplement, review
and rehearse basic skills learning. This course may be
taken four times with different content for a maximum
of four units. Credit for the course does not apply to
the associate degree.
DSPS
83
Advanced Applied Study Strategies
2 - 3 hours lab, 0.5 - 1 unit
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is intended primarily for students needing
advanced academic disability related support in
addition to the campus wide academic support services
currently available. The focus of this class is to provide
individualized study assistance for students in
mainstream degree applicable college classes. Emphasis
is placed on the application of study strategies to a
specific course. Both study strategies and assistive
technology are utilized to meet the demands of a
mainstream course content. Computer assisted
instruction is used to review related basic skills instruction and to
support research skill development.
This course may be taken four times with different
content for a maximum of four units. Credit for the
course does not apply to the associate degree.
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DSPS
84
Spelling and Auditory Processing
1 - 3 hours lecture, 2 - 3 hours lab, 0.5 - 4 units
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is designed for students with identified
disabilities related to effective spelling and/or reading
decoding skills. The course is taught in three lecture
modules presented separately or together and one lab
module. The first module introduces learning and
memory concepts related to spelling disabilities. The
second module emphasizes an awareness of speech
sounds and auditory processing strategies. The third
module addresses the use of common spelling rules and
expectancies. The fourth module can be offered
separately or in combination with any of the other
lecture modules to provide related assistive technology
and/or computer assisted instruction. Credit for the
course does not apply to the associate degree.
DSPS
85
Effective Sentence Writing and Grammar
2 - 3 hours lecture, 1.5 - 3 hours lab, 0.5 - 4 units
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is designed for students with verified
disabilities related to effective sentence writing skills.
It is intended to prepare students for a more successful
entry into the mainstream basic skills English
curriculum. Strategies are emphasized that assist in the
recognition of acceptable sentence structure and
grammar. Sentence writing instruction progresses from
simple to more complex sentence structures. The
application of assistive computer technology is
emphasized during lab instruction. Credit for the course
does not apply to the associate degree.
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DSPS
86
Writing Structured Paragraphs
2 hours lecture, 2 - 3 hours lab, 0.5 - 3 units
Credit/No Credit Only
This course is designed for students who demonstrate
difficulty with written language. It is intended to
prepare students who have a writing related disability
to more successfully meet the minimum college
requirements for multi-paragraph essay writing. This
course is unique for the highly structured and
sequential strategies applied to essay writing.
Additionally, the course emphasizes the application of
assistive computer technology for facilitating
organizational pre-writing strategies, document
checking, and written language fluency. Credit for this
course does not apply to the associate degree.
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