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Trinity Valley Community College welcomes the student with academic potential who has a special need as a part of the student body. This institution is committed to assisting qualified students. Trinity Valley Community College provides equal opportunities for academically qualified students with disabilities and ensures access to a wide variety of resources and programs. TVCC is committed to assisting qualified students. For a copy of TVCC's Students with Disabilities Handbook click here. The passage of Section 504, Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that the college make certain special arrangements for students with disabilities such as moving classes to accessible locations when necessary, allowing the use of tape recorders, sign language interpreters, or other educational auxiliary aids, making special test arrangements, etc. This does not mean that less should be required of the student with a disability than of others, but only that reasonable accommodations should be made to ensure that students with a disability have access to an education. The college will make reasonable accommodations for qualified students with a diagnosed physical and/or learning disability who have been admitted to the college and request accommodations.
The Guidance Services Office serves as a liaison for students with disabilities. The program provides reasonable accommodations and assistance to the academically qualified student who has a physical/learning disability which substantially limits one or more of his/her life activities. All students are expected to abide by the Student Code of Conduct as outlined in the Student Handbook.
The following list of services may be available:
- •Classroom note takers
- Peer, professional and computer tutoring
- Study skills training
- Interpreters
- Readers/scribes
- Media aids
- Handicapped parking
- Special arrangements for taking tests (prior notice is necessary)
- Wheelchair access
- Other services may be available on an individual basis.
A Request for Accommodations Form must be completed prior to the beginning of each semester. Appropriate documentation of physical or psycho/educational evaluation or Rehabilitation Agency referral must be submitted before any accommodations can be arranged. This evaluation and/or referral must clearly document the disability and support the need for accommodation. Reasonable accommodation requests and documentation may be subject to review by the ADA Compliance Committee.
The deadline for applying for assistance with the Counseling Office is normally four weeks prior to the beginning of the initial semester of enrollment, to allow time to provide adequate coordination of services.
The deadline for applying for subsequent continuous semesters of enrollment is two weeks prior to the beginning of regular college registration for that fall or spring semester.
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