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Disability Services

Getting Started
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Staff & Phone Numbers

In its commitment to the residents of Monmouth County, Brookdale offers individualized accommodations and/or services to persons with disabilities.  Students with disabilities must identify themselves, provide documentation of their disability and request appropriate services.

Admission to Brookdale is automatic; however, admission to a program requires the meeting of prerequisites for all students. Because of the special needs of students with disabilities, designated counselors have been assigned to work specifically with them.

The Disability Services Office, the counselors, and the Learning Disabilities Specialist work in partnership to coordinate meeting the needs of students with disabilities.

There are designated parking spaces, ramps from parking areas to the walkways, elevators in the academic complex, adapted lavatories, electric power doors, and emergency phones TTY equipment is available in the Disability Services Office. 

The Disability Services Office ensures compliance with federal and state laws, that no qualified student with a disability be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, services, programs or activities of Brookdale Community College, or be subjected to discrimination by the College or its personnel.

Getting Started
Follow these steps in a timely manner, to receive services.*

Apply to Brookdale at the Center for Counseling, Admissions & Registration (CAR, use parking Lot 5)
lst Floor, Office of the Registrar, (732) 224-2710.

Make an appointment with the Disability Services Office by calling (732) 224-2730 (Voice) or (732) 842-4211 (TTY)
Parking Lot 5, Main Academic Complex - MAC 111

Bring appropriate documentation of disability to the appointment.

Sign the Consent form.You will be assigned a Student Development Specialist.

Take the Accuplacer Basic Skills test in the Testing Center (in the Center for Counseling, Admissions & Registration / CAR)  Call (732) 224-2229 for hours; no is appointment necessary.

Schedule an appointment with your assigned Student Development Specialist (Counselor)
Parking Lot 5, Center for Counseling, Admissions & Registration (CAR), 2nd Floor, Counseling Area

After the appointment with your Student Development Specialist:

a)  Go directly to the Office of the Registrar to register for classes

b)  Go to the Cashier in the Accounting Office and make payment arrangements

Both are in the Center for Counseling, Admissions & Registration (CAR), parking lot 5

*Process should be initiated at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the semester.

The S.T.A.N.D. Club (Students Together Acquiring New Directions) is an organization sponsored by the Associated Students of Brookdale Community College (ASBCC) and is committed to providing academic encouragement and social activities for students with disabilities. Students who are interested in becoming involved with the S.T.A.N.D. Club can do so by calling 732-224-2730 (voice) or 732-842-4211 (TTY).

All motor vehicles parked in handicapped parking spaces must display a valid permit, and the driver or passenger must be disabled. Anyone found using a handicapped permit issued to another person is subject to a summons and forfeiture of the handicapped permit. If you have a permanent physical disability and need to use the handicapped spaces, please contact the Division of Motor Vehicles in Trenton in order to obtain the approved decal or license plate.

The Police Department will issue Temporary Handicapped Parking Permits (Placards) for a six-month period only on receipt of a doctor’s certification that the applicant is temporarily disabled. The Police Department can, if necessary, issue an additional six-month Temporary Parking Permit if warranted by a doctor’s certification. No Temporary Permits will be issued beyond these limitations.

These are the requirements of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle and Traffic Laws which cover our parking lots (Motor Vehicle Statutes 39:4-204,39:4-206 & 39:4-207).

Staff and Phone Numbers:

The Disability Services office is located in the Main Academic Complex, on the first floor in room MAC 111.

(732) 224-2730 (Voice)
(732) 842-4211 (TTY)
(732) 530-7417 (FAX)

Ernest Oversen, Director (732) 224-2729   eoversen@brookdalecc.edu
Linda Barna, Senior Office Assistant (732) 224-2730
Clare Freeman, Learning Assistant (732) 224-2973  cfreeman@brookdalecc.edu
Linda Seliga, Hourly Learning Assistant (732) 224-2663