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What is DSPS? (Disability Service Programs for Students) The DSPS  provides services implemented through the Disability Service Programs for Students. The DSPS is responsible for determining and providing required academic accommodations for students with disabilities. A variety of support services are provided to students with verified disabilities.

How do I get started?
You must turn in the following three documents before you can start:

1. DSPS Application
2. Release and Disability Verification form completed by an appropriate professional (Copies of signed medical or psychological records may be sufficient)
or
3. A completed Learning Disability (LD) Intake Booklet

Once we have received the above items we can then schedule an appointment for you to meet with one of our counselors.

You need to sign a Consent for Release of Information/Disability Verification form to request records from another institution. We can then request your records via fax from the institution that can verify your disability. After you complete and sign the student portion of the Disability Verification form you can then take it directly to your physician to be completed or we can fax it to the physician/licensed professional and wait for their reply. Once we receive a reply, we then notify you to come in for an appointment.

How is the confidentiality of a student's records/status maintained through the DSPS Department?
No information is released from the DSPS without a Consent for Release of Information signed by the student. There is nothing on a student's enrollment or transcript to indicate that a student is registered with, or receiving services from the DSPS. However, specialized (ADAP) classes do appear on the transcript). With permission from you, your counselor will discuss services and/or educational limitations with your instructor.

Is there a fee for services through the DSPS?
No. Services are authorized appropriate to each student's disability, and are provided free of charge.

Are registration fees waived at Shasta College for students with disabilities?
No. Students with disabilities are responsible for the same fees and payments as all other students attending the college. Students receiving SSI may be eligible for the Board of Governors Grant (BOGFW).

The Disability Service Programs for Students is not able to help students fill out paperwork. Students need to go to the office that the paperwork is associated with in order to obtain assistance in getting answers to their questions regarding financial aid or other. It is up to that office as to whether or not they have available staff to help fill out paperwork. Generally, it is best to have a family member or friend help to fill out the paperwork.

The DSPS does not provide financial assistance. There are other financial assistance programs available through the college such as EOPS, Room 2071.

The DSPS does not provide handicapped parking permits. Only the student’s physician can provide the paperwork necessary for the student to obtain a parking permit through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Students with handicapped parking permits are allowed to park free of charge in any designated parking spot on campus including student, staff and metered parking. There is no need to purchase a Shasta College parking permit in this case.

Once a student has received a Referral for Services form from the Disability Counselor or Learning Disability Specialist, they must bring the form to the LSO so that tutors and/or note providers can be located. Without the Referral for Services form from the student, the LSO has no record of needing services.

The hours of testing time for students through the Learning Services Office (LSO) – Room 2033 is during the regular hours of operation, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you need to schedule a test for an evening class, you will need to take the exam during the open hours of the LSO on the same day of the scheduled exam.

The DSPS does not provide RABA bus passes. However, the DSPS can provide a voucher for students eligible for disability services to obtain a Shasta College bus pass for transportation from the outlying areas. Additional eligibility requirements for the voucher are that the student must be living in an outlying area and registered for classes at the main campus in Redding.

Shasta College bus schedules are available through the Shasta College Transportation Dept. at 225-4817.

There is no transportation help available for students to get around on campus. Students are responsible for getting themselves around campus.

 

Counselors may need to sign an add slip if the student is taking more than 19 units in one semester. Counselors do not need to sign drop slips. However; students do need to notify their counselor if the class that they are taking may require support services.

Please call 242-7790 or come by the DSPS office in room 2012 and let one of the secretaries know that you need a copy of your education plan. We will be happy to make a copy of it and have it available to you after 1:00 p.m. the same day if the request is made before 12:00 p.m. or after 1:00 p.m. the following day if the request is made after 12:00 p.m.