Services for Students with Disabilities

Support Services
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA of 1990 prohibit discrimination on the basis of handicap against persons in programs or activities receiving or benefiting from federal assistance and mandates equal opportunity for disabled persons. At Westchester Community College, we provide mandated accommodations.

Westchester Community College provides services for students with:

• Learning disabilities
• Physical disabilities
• Emotional disabilities
• Visual, hearing or other health impairments

We are here to:

• Ensure physical and programmatic access
• Advocate for individuals with disabilities
• Support and assist faculty in meeting special needs
• Provide information about specific disabilities, laws, and Westchester Community College policy

We encourage you to:

• Submit appropriate documentation to Professor Barbara Scovotti, Coordinator of Accommodations for Students with Disabilities. Confidential fax number is 914-606-7893.
• Learn what support services are available to meet individual needs
• Access services EARLY and OFTEN, at the beginnin of EVERY semester.

Support Services are designed to meet individual needs. Westchester Community College provides services for students with documented learning disabilities, psychiatric disabilities, physical disabilities, visual, hearing, and other health impairments.  We encourage individuals with disabilities to contact us to learn what support services are available to meet varying needs.  Current services include but are not limited to the following:
 
COUNSELING

• Pre-admission counseling
• Assistance with registration
• Supportive counseling
• Referral to other campus services and appropriate community agencies
• Referral for diagnostic assessment as necessary
• Self-advocacy training
• Planning for after graduation

ACADEMIC

• Orientation and referral to tutorial services
• Assistance with developing learning strategies, coping and organizing skills
• Assistance in arranging for note takers, interpreters, readers and scribes
• Proctoring for extended time testing with accommodations

PHYSICAL

• Arranging for classroom accommodations
• Handicapped parking available on campus
• Ramps, elevators and electronic doors

ADVOCACY

• Ensure physical and programmatic access
• Support and assist faculty in understanding and meeting individual needs
• Provide information about specific disabilities and related laws
• Liaison with professors, high schools, community agencies, families and employers

EQUIPMENT

• Kurzweil 3000 scanning/screen reading
• CCTV print enlarger
• JAWS screen reader computer software
• Zoomtext onscreen magnifier
• Duxbury Braille Translator software and Braille printer

Office of Accommodations for Students with Disabilities   
LIB G51  914-606-6287 (914-606-7893 fax)

Professor Marcia Kalkut	Counselor/Coordinator	CLA 4	914-606-6552
Professor Sharon Massey	Learning Disabilities Specialist	LIB G51	914-606-6626
Professor Barbara Begnal Scovotti	Coordinator of Accommodations	LIB G51	914-606-8585
Professor Angeliki Parashis	Adjunct Counselor	LIB G51	914-606-6236
Professor Theresa Revans-McMenimon	Adjunct Counselor	LIB G51	914-606-6336
Professor Andrea Conte	Adjunct Career Counselor	STC 201	914-606-7877

 
                                                                                         

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