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NJ Regional Centers for
College Students with Disabilities
The Special Needs Grant Program of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education supports a system of regional centers to provide support services for students with special needs. New Jersey supports eight centers located throughout the state that provide direct assistance to auditorily impaired, visually impaired, and learning disabled students. The goal of the centers is to provide integrated, individualized, direct services to students and technical assistance to other colleges and universities in the state. The Special Needs Grant Program is administered by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
The Adaptive Technology Center is located at The College of New Jersey. The Center works with service providers at the institutions to provide opportunities for college students who have learning disabilities, or who are visually impaired or deaf or hard of hearing, to meet the academic demands of college. Five Regional Centers serve students with learning disabilities, providing comprehensive support programs for students attending their colleges. Two Regional Centers provide comprehensive support programs on their campuses for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
For staff at other colleges and universities, the Regional Centers provide technical guidance and support.
- Adaptive Technology Center for New Jersey Colleges
at The College of New Jersey
Director: Amy Dell (adaptivetech@tcnj.edu)
(609) 771-2610; http://adaptivetech.tcnj.edu
Learning Disability Centers
- Project Assist at Cumberland County College
Director: Sandy Sheard (ssheard@cccnj.net)
(856) 691-8600 ext. 282; www.cccnj.edu/projAssist
- Regional Center at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Madison Director: Paul Vico (vico@fdu.edu)
(973) 443-8734
Teaneck Director: Vincent Varrassi (varrassi@fdu.edu)
(201) 692-2298; www.fdu.edu/studentsvcs/rcsld.html
- Central Regional Connections at Middlesex County College
Director: Mary Jane Warshaw (Mary_Jane_Warshaw@middlesexcc.edu)
(732) 906-2507; www.middlesexcc.edu/acadsupport/control.cfm/ID/74
- Project Mentor at New Jersey City University
Director: Jennifer Aitken (projmentor@njcu.edu)
(201) 200-2091; www.njcu.edu/PMentor/proj_ment_home.htm
- Project Academic Skills Support at Ocean County College
Director: Maureen Reustle (mreustle@ocean.edu)
(732) 255-0456; www.ocean.edu/campus/student_services/drc/pass.htm
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centers
- Center for Collegiate Deaf Education at Bergen Community College
Director: Nancy Carr (ncarr@bergen.edu)
(201) 612-5270, (201) 612-5325 TTY; www.bergen.cc.nj.us/oss/ccde.asp
- Mid-Atlantic Postsecondary Center for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
at Camden County College
Director: Josie Durkow (jdurkow@camdencc.edu)
(856) 227-7200 x 4506, (856) 228-1897 TTY; www.camdencc.edu/dhoh
