We're Here For You

On behalf of the staff of Disability Services & Programs for Students (DSPS), we are pleased to have this opportunity to Welcome you to Modesto Junior College (MJC). It is our sincere hope that all of your goals are realized during your attendance here. MJC is dedicated to servicing the community, and we provide an innovative college experience for students. Modesto Junior College is known for popular academic programs, noteworthy college activities, athletics, and for special facilities that cater to top academic programs.

MJC is committed to transforming lives through programs and services informed by the latest scholarship of teaching and learning. The DSPS dedicated staff and faculty provide several accommodations and services, including test-taking facilitation, specialized counseling, interpreter services, scribes, and alternate media services. Several resources on the DSPS website is designed with you in mind, and we invite you to explore the amenities we have for you.

DSPS Faculty & Staff

The DSPS team has an efficient and friendly office staff that can answer your questions and provide you with the help you need. The Office serves both prospective and current students who have documented disabilities and request services.

The DSPS front office staff assists students with the application process by phone and in person. They schedule appointments for advising, assist with student concerns, answer questions regarding DSPS programs and services offered, testing accommodations, priority registration, and more.

DSPS also has staff that are testing administrators for course related quizzes and exams given to qualifying students. Testing accommodations can include extra time, reading and writing assistance, and enlarged print. Tests must be arranged four days in advance, and tests requested for a different day or time are only with instructor approval. The Testing Center on the East Campus is located in Journalism Building, Room 155, and on West Campus Yosemite Hall, Room 115A.

Apply to Disability Services & Programs for Students

To be considered for DSPS, please complete and submit the application packet including the verification of disability to the East-Camus DSPS office in Student Services Building 112.

Download Steps to Become a DSPS Student in Pdf
OR
Download Steps to Become a DSPS Student in Microsoft Word

Download Application in Pdf
OR
Download Application in Microsoft Word

For your information

DUE TO LEARNING DISABILITY TESTING BEING CONDUCTED IN OUR OFFICE,
PLEASE DO NOT BRING CHILDREN WITH YOU FOR A COUNSELING APPOINTMENT

Late Arrival Notice

To allow for sufficient time in the counseling appointments, it will be considered a NO SHOW after a:
   • 5-minute late arrival to a 30-minute appointment
   • 10-minute late arrival to a 1-hour appointment
   • 10-minute late arrival to a learning disability testing appointment

After a student is a NO SHOW, it is the counselor's discretion to take the next student that is waiting,
complete paperwork, or leave the office to conduct business.

Notice of Non-discrimination

Disability Services and Programs for Students (DSPS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Lloyd Jackson
District Title IX/Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator
Yosemite Community College District
2201 Blue Gum Ave., Modesto, CA 95358
(209) 575-6310
jacksonl@yosemite.edu

Link to YCCD District Title IX Website

Alternate Media Services

Who needs to make an appointment?

• Students making requests for the semester
• Students learning a specific software program (must be approved by a DSPS counselor)
• Students needing more help with software

Who does NOT need to make an appointment?

(Please note that you may have to wait if there is another student being helped)

• Students submitting a form for loaned equipment (must be approved by a DSPS counselor)
• Students picking up and dropping off loaned equipment
• Students dropping off a receipt
• Student updating a request form
• Students dropping off materials to be converted into an accessible format