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Our Disability Support Program encompasses a district-wide effort designed to serve adults with special needs. Legislation was passed in 1974 that required all regional occupational centers to provide special instruction and supportive services to enrolled adults with visual, hearing, orthopedic disabilities, or other conditions.

Our Program was established in 1975 and was assigned the responsibilities of supervising the implementation of those supportive services necessary to complete job preparation classes. Also, special classes for adults with disabilities were initiated for students through the Community Adult School setting. In 1979 a state mandated level of service was established causing the rapid increase of classes offered to those students.

Currently, more than 10,000 students with disabilities annually enroll in a variety of vocational training and adult education classes throughout the district. Most students are also clients of various organizations or agencies serving persons with disabilities, such as the State Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Developmental Services, Regional Centers, independent living centers, or non-profit agencies.

Classes

Over one-hundred classes serving 7,000 students with disabilities annually are offered at the Education & Career Centers. Class titles providing adapted curriculum include:

Speech Reading (Lip Reading)
Sign Language/Finger Spelling
Language Development Skills for the Deaf
Sign Language Interpreter Training Program
Living and Work Skills
Leisure Time Skills/Sensory Motor Media
Personal Health Practices/Sexuality Issues
Independent and Home Living Skills
Physical Fitness for Physically Disabled Adults
Computer Education for Adults with Disabilities
Functional Math and English

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