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Metropolitan Community College
Penn Valley ABLE Program
3201 Southwest Trafficway
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
http://www.mcckc.edu/home.asp?qlinks=ABLE+Program



Updated April 2006


Name of Disability Support Service Office:
ABLE (Academic Bridges to Learning)

Contact: Pat Goodwin    patricia.goodwin@mcckc.edu
Telephone: 816.759.4717
Fax: 816.759.4169

Number of people in Disability Support Service Office:  
1 Full-time and 3-5 Part-time 

Number of Specialists: 2LD                 

Type of Institution:
Open admissions, Public,2-Year, day, evening, weekend, commuter, distance education


Current Enrollment:
6,000 total student population
     34 number of students with disabilities (ABLE only)

 

Other Accessibility Considerations:
Barrier Free Campus Terrain
Accessible Public Transportation
Accessible Web Based Classes/Distance Learning Courses

 

Approximate Number of Students With Disabilities:

  •   5 Aspergers

  •   5 Brain Injury

  •   3 Developmental Disabilities

  •   2 Health Impairment

  •  17 Learning Disabilities

  •    1 Psychiatric

  •    13 Seizure Disorder

Accommodations Commonly Provided:

  • Instructor notification

  • Allow for taping of lectures

  • Audio books: conversion service

  • Interpreters

  • Large print

  • Notetakers: volunteer and paid

  • Readers: for in-class

  • Reduced course load

  • Testing accommodations

  • In-class scribes

Assistive Technology Currently Available

  • Alternative keyboards

  • Assistive listening devices

  • Braille capabilities

  • Closed circuit TV

  • Closed captioning

  • Enlarged screen

  • Grammar check

  • Scanning capabilities

  • Screen reader

  • Speech recognition

  • Spell check

  • TTY

  • Word prediction software

  • Wynn/Text Help

Other Services:

  • Mentor program

  • Support groups: new student, brain injury survivors, students with autism spectrum disorder

  • Orientation

  • Career counseling

  • Special academic advising

  • Learning resource labs

  • Tutoring

  • Personal counseling

  • Advocacy training

  • Employment resources

  • Adaptive technology training

Additional Information:
The ABLE program, which stands for Academic Bridges to Learning Effectiveness, is an intensive support services program designed to empower individuals with learning disabilities, brain injuries and other neurological impairments to become independent learners. The ABLE Program helps facilitate the transition of students into the regular college curriculum or the workplace. In addition to small class sizes and individualized academic advising from a learning disabilities specialist, the ABLE Program offers a structured curriculum of guidance courses, academic support, and counseling support.

Additional Cost for Disability Program :  $35 per credit hour


Documentation requirements for disability program:

     Currency of documentation:   Professional judgment
 

     Other requirements:  

statement of diagnosis

signature of qualified professional

      Tests accepted for LD documentation:

             WAIS, WJ -Cognitive, Stanford Binet   

              WIAT, WJ- Achievement