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The Center for Student Success (CSS) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) serves all students with disabilities. The CSS is the first check-in point for any student seeking accommodation. All accommodations must be approved though CSS to maintain confidentiality, ensure validity and allow for proper record keeping. Any student with a documented disability or any student who believes he or she might have a disability is encouraged to meet with the ADA Coordinator as soon as possible to determine eligibility for services.
The ADA Coordinator is Naydeen Gonzalez-De Jesus (link to my email). The office is located in room D106 which is on the first floor of Donaghay Hall next to the Michael Cettei Library. You may also call her at (856) 351-2760.
ADA SERVICES
Salem Community College is committed to compliance with the American Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. These laws ensure equal access to college programs for otherwise qualified students with disabilities and that the College will not discriminate in the recruitment, admission, education process, or treatment of students. Students who have self-identified, provided documentation of disability, and requested reasonable accommodations are entitled to receive approved modifications of programs, appropriate academic adjustments, or auxiliary aids that enable them to participate in and benefit from all education programs and activities.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that:
- any person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities,
- has a record of such an impairment, or )
- is regarded as having such an impairment.
Requests for Services
Any student wishing to receive details about services to disabled students available at Salem Community College should initially contact the office of Naydeen Gonzalez-De Jesus, ADA Coordinator and Assistant Dean of Student Services prior to the beginning of the upcoming semester. Mrs. Gonzalez-De Jesus will provide information about the procedure and make suggestions based on a student’s particular disability and academic history. This office will maintain individual files containing ADA documentation.
Documentation and Its Evaluation
The documentation must be completed by a physician if a physical disability and by a psychiatrist, psychologist, or certified educational specialist if the disability is psychological or a learning disability. When completed, the documentation for student services, should be mailed to:
Mrs. Naydeen Gonzalez-De Jesus
Student Services/Center for Student Success
460 Hollywood Avenue
Carneys Point, NJ 08069
Email: ngonzalez@salemcc.edu
Within a reasonable time of receipt of the documentation, the ADA Coordinator will, in conjunction with other necessary college personnel, determine the accommodations that the College will provide. The student will be notified of the accommodations that are recommended and must then meet with the ADA Coordinator to work out the logistics of providing these accommodations. It will then be the student’s responsibility to show this official letter to each of his/her professors and request from them the accommodations needed.
The Coordinator will serve as a liaison between the disabled student and his/her faculty and Student Services through his/her college career to ensure that his/her special needs are being addressed. She is also the student’s initial contact should he/she need to have accommodations changed, to coordinate accommodations such as readers or individual testing, and to refer students to various offices on campus responsible for providing academic support.