SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Mission Statement
The Services to Students with Disabilities (SSWD) Office is a department in theDivision of Student Affairs. SSWD works in cooperation with the Director of Employment Equity and is a resource for compliance with all applicable federal and state laws mandating equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities. SSWD offers a variety of resources, personnel, and programs to assist students with disabilities. Essential to the larger mission of the University, Services to Students with Disabilities (SSWD) is designed to support the academic success of students with disabilities and to provide leadership to the University community to ensure equal access to University programs and resources. SSWD provides a comprehensive range of academic support services and fosters an accessible programmatic, physical, and technological environment to facilitate retention and graduation.
Goals and Objectives
I.University access: Ensure that students with disabilities have comparable access to the University by addressing physical, attitudinal, technological, and communication barriers. Collaborate with the University to ensure compliance with all federal and state disability access and civil rights regulations, including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
II.Disability Management:Support and empower students with disabilities toward competency and success to gain the independence and advocacy skills necessary for them to fully participate in an inclusive campus and attain their educational goals.
III.Education and Outreach:Enhance understanding of various student barriers, provide consultation and serve as a resource on disability access, and foster dialogue between students with disabilities and the University community, including faculty, staff, and students.
IV.Coordination and Development:Coordinate and deliver available campus academic support resources to promote equal access and ensure achievement of students’ potential. Interact with other off-campus resources to ensure maximum effectiveness and maintenance of available programs.
V.TRIO Student Support Services:Provide additional academic support services and supplemental and developmental instruction and other basic skills for the retention and graduation of students with disabilities through federal TRIO SSS grant. See eligibility at
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Overview
California State University, Sacramento is committed to assisting students with disabilities in attaining their educational and vocational goals.
Students have the responsibility of making known their needs and any particular problems they may anticipate. Accommodations and services are determined based on available documentation and an interactive collaboration with students. SSWD welcomes any suggestions for improvement of services that will better assist students. SSWD is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays), and is located in Lassen Hall, Room 1008, (916) 278-6955, and for persons with communication disabilities only,(TDD) 278-7239. Evening appointments must be prearranged if normal hours present an undue hardship.
Students with disabilities who request service(s) must provide SSWD with appropriate documentation of disability. This documentation must be submitted to SSWD at least 15 days before the first day of class/needed services. The SSWD application and process can be found on the following web page:
SSWD recognizes the following disabling conditions which may impede the educational process and necessitate support service(s) or programs.
1.Visual Limitation: Blindness or partial sight
2.Communication Disability: Limitation in the processes
of speech and/or hearing
3.Deaf: Requires use of oral/sign language interpretation or
realtime captioning.
4.Mobility Limitation: Limitation in locomotive or motor
functions, such as asthma, cardiovascular problems, or
those who do not have motor function necessary to lift or
carry items (e.g., books)
5.Learning Disability: A generic term that refers to the
heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant
difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking,
reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.
These disorders occur in persons of average to very
superior intelligence and are presumed to be due to central
nervous system dysfunction. Even though a learning
disability may exist concomitantly with other conditions (e.g., sensory impairment) or environmental
influences (e.g., cultural/language differences), it is not the
direct result of those conditions or influences.
6.Psychological Disability: A psychiatric or psychological condition that poses a functional limitation in an educational setting
7.Other Functional Limitations: Any other dysfunction which does not fall within thecategories listed above
8.Temporary Disabilities: reviewed on an individual basis.
California State University, Sacramento •Services to Students with Disabilities • 6000 J Street • Sacramento, CA 95819-6042
General Services Available
These accommodations and services are provided with the intention of promoting maximum student independence on campus and are based on individual documented needs.
•Academic advising/referral for course selection assistance
•Adaptive equipment
•Alternative formatted print materials
•Architectural barrier identification and removal
•Arrangements for specialized educational materials
•Assistance in the admissions process
•Campus/new student supplementary orientation
•Campus-wide tutoring information referral
•Career development and guidance
•Consultation with faculty for students with special
academic needs
•Counseling: academic, personal, vocational
•Curriculum modification
•Disability management advising
•Financial aid/advising/scholarship/FAFSA referrals
•General information and referral for campus and community services
•Graduate and professional program information referral
•High Tech Center, limited adaptive computer training
•Housing assistance and information
•Informational referral
•Legislative update
•Library assistance
•Limited tutorial services
•Notetaker services
•Registration assistance, including limited priority registration
•Remedial Math and Writing instruction
•Substitutions for ELM and foreign language requirements
•Test accommodations, including adapting tests
•Other reasonable accommodations
Accommodations and support services based on individual functional limitationsmight include, but are not limited to:
Communication Disabilities
•Assistive Listening Devices
•Notetaker services
•Open or closed-captioned films
•Realtime Captioning
•Sign language/Oral interpreting
•TDD and Relay telephone service
Mobility
•Architectural barrier removal
•Classrooms in accessible locations
•Notetaker service
•On-campus transportation services
•Training in use of adaptive equipment
Visual
•Adaptive computers with screen reader, Braille output
•Notetaker/reader services
•Study aids for sensory impaired
•Alternate format book orders
•Training in use of adaptive equipment
•Transcription services that provide alternate formats, e.g. Braille and large printmaterials
Learning
•Educational prescriptive services and post assessment of learning disability and abilities
•Learning and compensatory strategies training
•Limited tutorial services
•Notetaker/reader services
•Alternate format book orders
•Training in use of adaptive equipment
Psychological Disabilities
•Information referral for services
•Counseling: academic, personal, vocational
•Test-taking accommodations
•Limited tutorial services
Non-Discrimination and
Affirmative Action Policy
California State University, Sacramento seeks the participation in all its activities of all individuals without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, sexual preference, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, or Vietnam veteran status. Discrimination based on these factors is prohibited by University policy. The University has established non-discrimination and affirmative action programs which conform to applicable federal statutes, as well as pertinent laws, regulations, and directives of the State of California. For further information or should you feel that you have been discriminated against in any one of the aforementioned areas, contact the Director of Employment Equity, Del Norte Hall, Room 3001 (916) 278-6907.
California State University, Sacramento complies with all state statutes and laws concerning disability as set forth in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 503 and 504; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Section I, II and III); State of California ACR 201 (1976); ACR 3 (1985); AB 746 (1987); AB 422 (1999) Education Code 67302; Title 24 of the Uniform Building Code; and California State University "Policy for Provision of Accommodations and Support Services to Students with Disabilities" and Executive Order 926: CSU Policy on Disability Support & Accommodation.
Further Information
(916) 278-6955 (Phone) or 278-7239 (TDD only)
(916)278-7825 (Fax)
Services to Students with Disabilities (SSWD)
Lassen Hall, Room 1008
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819-6042
e-mail: