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Community College: New Opportunities for the LD Student

Community College: New Opportunities for the LD Student COLLEGE: COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES NEW LD STUDENT THE FOR Barsch Jeffrey When the California State Bill legislature 77, passed Assembly for the educational and of adult learn- providing rights privileges it created a brand new for the ing-disabled students, challenge State’s These schools were community colleges. given suddenly for the educational needs of the vast responsibility meeting number of adults in California who are disabled but learning wish to continue their education who, nevertheless, beyond school. At Ventura where we took this high College, I teach, and a for challenge seriously, began planning program learning- the of the disabled adults. I am major recounting components we at the in the that our program developed college hope experi- ence will aid other schools who are their attention turning toward similar comprehensive programs. In when our we had not program September, 1977, began, assessed or students who have yet diagnosed any might formally a conducted earlier several learning disabilities; yet, survey by members indicated that a substantial number of students faculty had withdrawn from the as a result of academic college previously failure. As our first in we step finding learning-disabled adults, contacted the local of Vocational Rehabilitation Department Barsch is a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Academic Therapy SAGE

Community College: New Opportunities for the LD Student

Barsch, Jeffrey
Academic Therapy , Volume 15 (4): 4 – Mar 1, 1980
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COLLEGE: COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES NEW LD STUDENT THE FOR Barsch Jeffrey When the California State Bill legislature 77, passed Assembly for the educational and of adult learn- providing rights privileges it created a brand new for the ing-disabled students, challenge State’s These schools were community colleges. given suddenly for the educational needs of the vast responsibility meeting number of adults in California who are disabled but learning wish to continue their education who, nevertheless, beyond school. At Ventura where we took this high College, I teach, and a for challenge seriously, began planning program learning- the of the disabled adults. I am major recounting components we at the in the that our program developed college hope experi- ence will aid other schools who are their attention turning toward similar comprehensive programs. In when our we had not program September, 1977, began, assessed or students who have yet diagnosed any might formally a conducted earlier several learning disabilities; yet, survey by members indicated that a substantial number of students faculty had withdrawn from the as a result of academic college previously failure. As our first in we step finding learning-disabled adults, contacted the local of Vocational Rehabilitation Department Barsch is a

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