Speech Language Skills

What is a Communication Disability?

California Community College's Title V regulations define a communication disability as impairment in the processes of speech, language or hearing.

• Hearing impairment means a total or partial loss of hearing function which impedes the communication process essential to language, educational, social and/or cultural interactions.
• Speech and language impairment means one or more speech and language disorders of voice, articulation, rhythm and/or the receptive and expressive processes of language that limits the quality, accuracy, intelligibility or fluency of producing the sounds that comprise spoken language.

What classes are offered for people with Communication Disabilities?

The Disabilities Support Program (DSP) at Evergreen Valley College offers two classes -- Guidance 110A (Listening Skills), and Guidance 110B (Memory and Study Skills). Support services such as basic skills classes, computer assisted instruction, interpreters, real time closed captioning, test taking accommodations, note-taking, and priority registration are provided to those students who are eligible under the Title V guidelines.

What are the enrollment procedures?

To enroll in Guidance 110A and/or 110B, an appointment should be made with the counselor in the Disabilities Support Program (DSP). The DSP is located in the Student Services Building, room SC-120, and the telephone numbers are (408) 270-6447 - Voice; (408) 912-1657 - Video Phone from within the 408 area code; (877) 488-0499 - Video Phone from outside the 408 area code.