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Definition • Required Documentation • Steps to LD Assessment at City College Definition:

Definition:

According to the Title V regulations that govern the California Community Colleges, and in accordance with the State Education Code and State and Federal legislative guidelines:

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 intellectual ability;
   b. severe processing deficits;
   c. severe aptitude-achievement discrepancy (ies); and
   d. measured achievement in an instructional or employment setting.

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Required Documentation:

In order for a student to receive services for a learning disability at City College he/she must provide recent (not more than three years old) assessment results:

• Documentation must include current academic/achievement scores from standardized tests such as the Woodcock Johnson Revised (WJR), Woodcock Johnson III (WJIII), or the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test 2 (WIAT 2).

• Documentation must also include current cognitive/ability scores from standardized test such as: the WJR, the WJ III, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS-III), or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III (WISC III).

• All scores should minimally include the standard scores for each subtest, and preferably, include the raw scores.

If the student is unable to provide this information, he/she will need to be assessed by the City College learning disability specialist.

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Steps to a Learning Disability Assessment at City College:

     1. Attend a DSPS orientation
     2. Sign a consent form and complete the LD Intake Screening form
     3. Meet with the LD Specialist to review the LD Intake Screening form
     4. Schedule an appointment to meet with a DSPS counselor for an Intake Interview
     5. Obtain add code and registration instructions for DSPS 040
         Call ClassTalk and register for DSPS 040
     6. Schedule LD assessment appointments in Room A-222 or call 619-388-3995
     7. Meet with the LD Specialist at scheduled times

Program Coordinator, Barbara Mason | Phone: (619) 388-3513 | (619) 388-3313 (TTY)
Office: # A115 | Office Hours: M,T,W, 7:30-6:00 pm, Th, 7:30-4:00, Fri, 7:30-3:30

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