DSPS offers quality programs and services empowering students with disabilities to access and engage in educational activities at GCC. The Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD) ensures qualified students receive disability-related counseling and assists in the pursuit academic, vocational, and personal goals. 

As a new, continuing, or returning student, Glendale Community College Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSPS) welcomes you! Please watch our welcome video: https://vimeo.com/455925876/63a3ab738e

Stay connected with DSPS by following our Instagram page at DSPS_GCC.   

Also, please visit our website at www.glendale.edu/dsps

Step 1:  Student completes GCC's application to the college and is issued a GCC Student ID # and email account. Student activates student email account. www.glendale.edu/activateEmail

Students should check their GCC email frequently, as many offices and departments use email to communicate with students.

Step 2:  Student completes the English and Math Guided Placement Surveys. Here is a link to the web page: Placement & Assessment Center

Step 3: Student contacts the Center for Students with Disabilities (CSD) to make an appointment as a "new student." Students can either:

• Call: 818.240.1000 ext. 5905 (monitored remotely)
• Email: CSD@glendale.edu
• CSD will send an email to the student that includes an electronic copy of our DSPS Application. Please complete the application and return to CSD via email as an attachment. We will also ask the student to attach a copy of their verification of disability (examples, IEP, 504 plan, letter from doctor/psychologist) to that same email. Please return your DSPS application and your verification of a disability BEFORE your appointment. This will make the process much smoother.

• The ARC provides the following services and accommodations: testing accommodations, assistive technology training, adaptive computer classes (CABOT), technology access evaluations, audio books, braille, study skills, iPads loans, English and math tutoring (ST DV 143).
• If you are a continuing student with a current Student Educational Contract SEC (not older than one calendar year), then you can contact ARC directly.
• DSPS students who have completed a SEC will need to schedule an appointment with either an ARC Specialist or Learning Specialist. We strongly recommend that you do this as early in the semester/term as possible. Appointments with an ARC Specialists can be arranged by contacting the Accommodation Resource Center:

• Email: ARC@glendale.edu
• Telephone: 818.240.1000 extension 5530 or 5402

OFFICE INFORMATION

Regular Hours

Monday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday:  8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Mailing Address

Glendale Community College / DSPS Office
1500 North Verdugo Road
Glendale, CA 91208

Phone
Office: (818) 240-1000 ext. 5905
Fax: (818) 240-1345

Email: CSD@glendale.edu

Appointments will be held in-person, remotely via Zoom or by phone. (Student can state preference when scheduling an appointment.)

DSPS Directory

Some examples of accommodations are note-taking services, audio recording, extended test time, sign language interpreting, real time captioning and alternative media. Student must be eligible for specific accommodations.

• For more information, visit: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/disabled-student-programs-services/dsps-programs-and-services/instructional-assistance-center/accomodations

• We recommend that you contact CSD at least two weeks in advance of the beginning of a term to schedule an appointment. Students need to complete a Student Educational Contract (SEC) and request accommodations in a timely manner. Students can call or email to schedule an appointment.
• DSPS Counselors will refer new students to the Accommodation Resource Center (ARC) to meet with an ARC Specialist regarding eligible accommodations for term.
• Please note that it is a student’s responsibility to set up accommodations and services in a timely manner. We encourage students to meet with us at least once a term.

• New and continuing students will be referred by their DSPS Counselor to Kimberleh Wesissman, Lead Interpreter/Coordinator of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
• Interpreting and captioning services can be provided for classes, meetings with professors, tutors, classmates, and campus events.
• If you have any questions, you can email, kweissman@glendale.edu. Requests must be made in a timely manner.

• STUDENT DEVELOPMENT 105:  Introductory college orientation
• STUDENT DEVELOPMENT 143: This lab course offers students tutoring and student success strategies. Online tutoring for English and math.
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS & BUSINESS OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES (CABOT): Classes include instruction on Canvas, Canvas Ally (accessibility features for Canvas), and Zoom.
• CABOT 90 Self-Paced Introduction to Adapted Word Processing
• CABOT 92 Introduction to Adapted Word Processing
• CABOT 94 Advanced Adapted Applications
• ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
  • PE 130 Adapted Activities
  • PE 131 Adapted Self Defense
  • PE 132 Adapted Aquatics
  • PE 134 Adapted Wellness and Fitness Lab
  • PE 135 Adapted Indoor Cycling for Fitness
  • DANCE 150 Physical Reintegration

• For more information, visit: https://www.glendale.edu/students/student-services/disabled-student-programs-services/dsps-classes

• Remote courses take the quality, in-person education students are used to receiving and brings it into their homes on pre-scheduled days and times. In the course schedule, there will be meeting days and times listed when the course will be taught synchronously (Ex: If class is scheduled for M-W at 9:30am, students will attend a Zoom/Canvas meeting during the scheduled time) on a platform such as Zoom. 
• Online courses allow you to work on your own time, asynchronously. These may be a great option if you need flexibility in your day due to work, child care, elder care, or other responsibilities.
• Hybrid courses will be a combination of remote synchronous learning and online asynchronous learning. This may be the best choice if you want some weekly connection with your professor and classmates but also some flexibility.
• For more information on these types of courses, visit:https://www.glendale.edu/class-schedule/remote-online-hybrid