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Georgia Highlands College
3175 Cedartown Highway
Rome, GA 30161

Official telephone: (706) 802-5000
Toll-free telephone: (800) 332-2406
Fax number: (706) 295-6610

Website: www.highlands.edu

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Screen last updated on: September 26, 2011

LEARNING DISABLED PROGRAM OFFICE

Learning disabled program contact:

Sheryl Ballenger,
Director Student Support Services

Contacting the office:

678-872-8004

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

According to the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, "learning disabilities" is a "general term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities." A learning disability is presumably due to central nervous system dysfunction, and is not primarily due to other handicapping conditions, environmental, or cultural influences. It is not a form of mental retardation, or an emotional disorder.

Institution accepts students according to the above definition:

yes

Learning disabled program available:

support services but no program

Total number of students in LD program:

Services available to LD students:

remedial math, remedial English, remedial reading, note-taking services, oral tests, readers, tutors, talking books, tape recorders, untimed tests, learning center, extended time for tests

LD students are tutored:

individually

A lighter course load is allowed for LD students:

yes

Additional time to complete degree is allowed for LD students:

yes

There are additional costs for LD students:

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR LD STUDENTS

Admission requirements for LD students are the same as those for other students:

yes

An essay is required:

GED is accepted:

yes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The mission of the Georgia Highlands College, Office of Student Support Services is to develop and provide reasonable programs and services that allow students with disabilities that are enrolled at the college to meet the demands of college life, as independently as possible.

Student Support Services provides accessible programs, services, and reasonable accommodations for any student with a documented, qualifying disability as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. You may also get information by sending an email to sss@highlands.edu

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