San Jose State University – Accessible Education Center
The Accessible Education Center, through collaboration with the campus and community, is committed to redefining ability for students with disabilities by providing comprehensive services in support of the educational development and success of students with disabilities in a student-centered and professional environment. Recognizing the role of the campus in fostering educational access, the Employment Accommodations Resource Center provides reasonable accommodation to employees with disabilities.
The Accessible Education Center (AEC) determines and prescribes accommodations, services, and auxiliary aids on a case-by-case basis. In following with the interactive process, students may qualify for the following accommodations, services, and/or auxiliary aids (non-exhaustive list):
- Testing Accommodations
- Notetaking Services
- Alternative Formats
- Training for Assistive Technology
- Access to AEC Computer Lab (Center for Accessible Technology)
- Real-time Captioning
- Interpreting Services (ASL)
The AEC’s Deaf & Hard of Hearing (DHOH) Services Program provides professional Educational Sign Language Interpreting and Educational Real-Time Captioning services for students registered with AEC. Students may also qualify for Notetaking Services and/or the Assistive Listening Device (ALD) Loaner Program.
Additional students supports at SJSU include Peer Connections
Peer Connections provides tutoring, mentoring, supplemental instruction, and learning assistant services.
Peer Connections was formed in the summer of 2012 by merging two separate programs at San José State University, the Learning Assistance Resource Center (LARC) and the Peer Mentor Program. The Learning Assistance Resource Center (LARC) Center evolved from the Tutorial Center housed within Student Development Services (SDS), which was originally created in 1992 to assist students in both the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and Academic Support Program for Increased Retention in Education (ASPIRE). Over the next six years, the SDS Tutorial Center extended its support services to include student athletes and students with disabilities.