Our Mission:
Responding to diverse community needs, the Community-Based Disabled Students Program exists, through innovative and comprehensive educational programs, to provide lifetime opportunities for continued growth, development, and involvement which enhance the quality of life of students with disabilities.
We implement our mission by:
- providing access to educational opportunities through academic programs offered at community-based sites
- providing access to educational opportunities through vocational programs offered at community-based sites
- offering classes to develop the maximum cognitive, physical, emotional and social potential of the individual
- developing and upgrading job skills to meet the demands of competitive employment
- providing an opportunity to learn skills to overcome specific limitations to achieve the highest level of independence
The Community-Based Disabled Students Program takes the resources of Foothill's Adaptive Learning Division to disabled adults and veterans in the community at independent living centers, community senior centers and VA hospitals in the northern Santa Clara County area. The program promotes the physical, intellectual and social well-being of the older adult. Staying active and involved in community life is encouraged. To accomplish this goal, instruction and classroom activities are planned to meet student needs and interests. All classes are tailored to the capabilities of disabled adults.
Who are our students?
Our students may be adults from the community in the age range of 55-95 years old or disabled veterans who are in-patients or out-patients at the local Veterans Administration Medical Center in Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
The students' disabilities are often multiple and range from strokes, heart conditions, arthritis and diabetes to mobility, visual and hearing impairments. Additional disabilities may include brain and/or spine injury, orthopedic and psychological disabilities.
What classes are offered?
| art appreciation |
drawing and painting |
literature and poetry |
vocational goals |
| changing generation |
educational seminar |
music & movement |
word processing |
| community resources |
geriatric exercises |
relaxation |
work adjustment |
| crafts |
health issues |
social change |
world news |
| creative self expression |
job skills seminar |
social skills |
world travel |
| creative writing |
life development |
transitional skills |
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| current events |
lip reading |
verbal expression |
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Where do classes meet?
* Please call the numbers listed for directions to sites only. Call the phone numbers in the next section below to receive information about specific classes.
- Cupertino:
- Los Altos:
- Bridgepointe (650) 948-7337
- Pilgrim Haven (650) 948-8291
- Palo Alto:
- Channing House (650) 324-7503 or (650) 324-7572
- Lytton Gardens (650) 617-7341
- Palo Alto Commons (650) 494-0760
- Palo Alto Senior Center (650) 327-2811
- Senior Day Health Program (650) 289-5491
- Menlo Park:
- Menlo Park Senior Center (650) 322-4578
- Veterans Administration Hospital (650) 493-5000
- Mountain View:
- Mountain View Senior Center (650) 903-6330
- Redwood Villa (650) 965-8633
- Veterans Administration Hospital (650) 493-5000
- Portola Valley:
- The Sequoias (650) 851-1501
- Sunnyvale
- Sunnvale Senior Center (408) 730-7358
- Retirement Inn of Sunnyvale Atria (408) 738-3410
How do I get more information?
To find out more about the Community-Based Disabled Students Program call Rita O'Loughlin at (650) 949-7321, or (650) 949-7332.
TDD for hearing impaired: (650) 948-6025
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