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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