Services

Adaptive Equipment

• Assistive listening devices - hear lectures with sound amplification
• Keyboards and peripherals
• CCTV – magnifies reading materials
• Whiteboards
• Lockers – for daytime use to store books, backpack, equipment

Alternate Media Formats

• Braille - brailled books and hand-outs
• Electronic text - PDF format or Kurzweil Library
• Print materials, including enlarged print
• Synthesized audio from text-only content

Note: Please review our Alt Media Delivery Timelines.

Assistive Technology

• Computer lab – computers available with assistive programs (such as JAWS, Zoomtext, Kurzweil, speech to text software)
• Voice recognition - watch text appear on the screen when you speak into a microphone
• Speech output – use computer to read written materials aloud (Kurzweil, JAWS)
• Screen enlargers - use software to enlarge print and images (Zoomtext, JAWS)

Classroom and Instructional Support

• Notetaking – coordination of peer notetaking, or support for independent notetaking using digital recorders and smartpens
• Preferential seating and adaptive furniture placement
• ASL Interpreters
• Captioning - spoken word converted into printed format displayed on a screen
• Audio description - narration of visual information
• Specialists - discuss your disability-related classroom needs
• Academic Counselor – discuss your academic goals, choose classes, and create educational plan
• Referral to campus and community resources

Testing Services

• Extended time - proctored tests/quizzes with extended time
• Assistive technology – screen readers (software that reads test aloud, such as Kurzweil, JAWS), screen enlargers (CCTV, Zoomtext)
• Scribe – staff to assist in handwriting test answers and filling out scantrons
• Distraction reduced testing environment in our Accommodated Testing Center. 

Learning Disability Assessment

• Find out if you have a learning disability
• Discover your abilities and strengths
• Determine your limitations and accommodations to help you succeed
• Learning disability Testing is not currently being offered through Cuesta. E-mail dspsinfo@cuesta.edu with questions.

 

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