Office of Disability Support Services
University Hall 101
Phone: (657) 278-3117
TDD: (657) 278-2786
PO Box 6830
Fullerton, CA 92834-6830
FAX: (657) 278-2408
| Hours of Operation: |
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Monday - Thursday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Friday |
| Summer Hours: |
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Mon.-Fri. |
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News
Coming Fall 2014:
COUN 252 - Career/Life Planning: Disability Awareness & Advocacy
Section 2: 20009
Mondays, 4:00 - 6:45 p.m. (3 units)
Instructor: Jacquelyn Gerali, M.S.
Disability Management Specialist, Disability Support Services
Prerequisites: Oral Communication and English Composition
*Open to any student with a disability*
Course Description: Career, personal and educational awareness. Strategies include integrating skills, abilities, interests and values into career search. Decision-making and goal setting.
This Career and Life Planning course will help students create a “success plan” for their life and relates directly to disability awareness and advocacy in professional, personal, and academic settings. It is geared towards individuals who have disabilities. This course teaches students to become advocates who create professional and academic opportunities which transcend traditional career development. By using the text, the instructor’s career development modules, in class discussions, self-exploration exercises and inventories, and by researching major and/or career options, students will expand self-understanding and their place in the world-of-work.
A Personal Message from the Course Instructor, Jacquelyn Gerali, Disability Management Specialist:
“My greatest passion is working with students and I am excited to meet you to discuss your academic and career pursuits! I would love to work with you as you begin to explore, establish, diversify and transcend your career goals.”
Jacquelyn Gerali, M.S. (Counseling and Guidance) has a background in providing career, group and individual counseling and instruction services to students with disabilities. Jacquelyn has provided counseling/job development services to students with a variety of career aspirations/backgrounds (which include but are not limited to: engineering, computer science, chemistry, biology, public relations, administrative, accounting, medical, counseling, psychology, education, cosmetology, and many more!). For more course information please feel free to contact: Jacquelyn Gerali at (657) 278-3112 or jgerali@fullerton.edu
Mission Statement
The mission of the Office of Disability Support Services at California State University, Fullerton is to increase access and retention for students with permanent and temporary
disabilities by ensuring equitable treatment in all aspects of campus life. The program
acts as a catalyst and agent for compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations
mandating equal opportunity and access for persons with disabilities. Disability Support Services Services
provides co-curricular and academically related services which empower students with disabilities
to achieve academic and personal self-determination.
Mandate
"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States . . . shall,
solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving
Federal financial assistance." (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)
"Subject to the provisions of this title, no qualified individual with a disability
shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the
benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to
discrimination by such entity."
(Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act)
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