Deaf Community Services of San Diego, Inc. (National City)

For over 10 years, DCS has provided communication skills and literacy training to post-high school age deaf adults with low, nonexistent, or inadequate reading and writing skills. We prepare students for the workplace or for community college and give them the tools to function independently and become productive citizens.

Services Offered

American Sign Language Interpreting (Individual, per hour)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Group, 1 hour)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Group, 2-4 hours)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Group, 5+ hours)
Communication and Language Skills Training/LEAD (Individual, per hour)
Communication Skills Assessment - LEAD (Individual, per hour)
Personal, Vocational, and Social Adjustment - PVSA (Group, per consumer, 1 hour class
Personal, Vocational, and Social Adjustment - PVSA (Individual per hour)
Real Time Captioners (Individual, per hour)
Tactile Interpreting (Individual, per hour)

Languages

(Provider can provide services for other languages; for further details, please contact Provider.)

American Sign Language
English

Disability Specialities

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Accessibility

disability Assisitive Technologies: Video phones, wheel-chair accessible bathrooms and offices, Braille-embossed signage on bathroom doors, TTY for public use, telephone with amplifier for public use, loop system for hard-of-hearing individuals

Transportation

Transportation via Bus via Bus Lines, Para Transit: N/A

Transportation via Rail Route Rail Routes: N/A

Parking Parking Lot Access: N/A

Qualifications

DCS has served San Diego’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community since 1974. Our Communication Skills and Training Program co-director has spent 10 years at DCS. Two instructors, both deaf, have master's degrees from UCSD’s pioneering Deaf Education program. The third is a veteran teacher with a graduate degree from Gallaudet University.