What is the Disability Resource Center?
Foothill College has a long-standing commitment to excellence and accessibility of education for all students. The DRC offers academic support for students with disabilities. The program promotes student independence and works to make campus classes, facilities and services accessible through specialized classes, reasonable accommodation and advocacy and disability awareness activities.
Who can participate?
A student with a disability is a person enrolled at the college who has a verified impairment which limits one or more major life activities and which imposes an educational limitation. This occurs when the limitation prevents the student from fully benefiting from classes, activities, or services offered by the college to non disabled students, without specific additional support services or instruction.
In order to be eligible for services or specialized instruction, a student with a disability must have an impairment which is verified by a physician or other appropriate professional. Documentation must be on file in the DRC office before services can begin.
Application Process
Come to the Disability Resource Center located in Room 5801 near Parking Lot 5A.
You will be asked to fill out an Application For Services, a Consent For Release Of Information, a Medical Verification, Educational Accommodations, and other appropriate forms (Student Educational Contract). You can print these forms out and have them completed before your first meeting with the DRC Coordinator. The above linked files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format.
You will also meet with the DRC Counselor or Coordinator to discuss goals, accommodations and services. Once a student is enrolled in DRC, he/she is placed on our mailing list and is automatically contacted for priority registration.
What programs are offered?
- Services for Students with Learning Disabilities: Foothill provides services for students with verified learning disabilities. If you suspect that you have a learning disability, you can consult a Foothill College learning disability specialist to determine if a comprehensive learning disability assessment is needed. When a learning disability is verified, special ongoing services such as academic and vocational counseling, early registration, note-taking and extended time for examinations are available. Classes offered include study skills, compensatory techniques and writing skills. To schedule a consultation, call (650) 949 7017.
- Computer Access Center: Instruction and support in the use of adaptive computer technology for students with disabilities.
- Transition to Work: A one year vocational readiness program designed for students with disabilities who can function independently on a college campus but ho do not have the ability to succeed in the regular college academic program.
- Adapted Physical Education: Individual exercise programs based on students abilities.
- Deaf Services: Support services for the deaf and hard of hearing students.
Who is served?
Any student who has a verifiable disability and can benefit from college instruction. For example:
- Aquired Brain Injured
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Blind/Visually Impaired
- Deaf/Hearing Impaired
- Developmentally Delayed
- Health Impaired
- Learning Disabled
- Mobility Impaired (Orthopedic)
- Post Stroke
What adaptive equipment is available to students?
- Adaptive computer technology (including voice activated and speech output)
- Assistive listening devices
- Films/videotapes about disabilities
- Kurweil personal reader
- Large print software
- Print enlargers (CCTV)
- Raised-line drawing kit
- Tactile map of campus
- Talking calculators
- Tape recorders/APH Talking Book Machine
- TDD for hearing impaired
- Wheelchair
- Wheelchair access map (pending)
What supportive services are available?
- Advocacy/liason
- Computer access
- Counseling:
- academic
- personal
- vocational
- Equipment loan
- Information/referral services
- In-service awareness programs
- Notetakers
- On campus orientation and mobility training for visually impaired students
- Priority registration assistance
- Readers
- Scribes
- Shuttle (on-campus)
- Sign language interpreters
- Test proctoring/testing Accommodations
- Tutors
How do I get more information?
General Information: (650) 949-7017 or (650) 949-7332
TTD for hearing impaired: (650) 948-6025
DRC Coordinator, Margo Dobbins, (650) 949-7038
e-mail DobbinsMargo@foothill.edu
Mailing address:
Foothill College
Adaptive Learning Division
12345 El Monte Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022-4599
Foothill College is accessible by public transportation. For route information contact:
