UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Program

Join us this Friday for an encore workshop performance of "Who Wants to be Mentally Stable?" in partnership with UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Program! We're excited for this opportunity to share our piece once again- check out the FB event for details!

Looking for a low-stress course to help you strengthen your research, critical reading, writing, and analytic skills? If so, enroll in Ethnic Studies 194B. In a supportive environment, you and other transfer students will gain an understanding of the academic and research environment at UC Berkeley and develop confidence and strategies to succeed in your upper-division work. The course meets Wednesdays 2-4 in 230C Stephens Hall. Contact Luisa Giulianetti, [email protected] for more information.

Cal Eye to Eye is looking for mentors! Read more below It is estimated that every 1 in 5 people has a learning difference. Eye to Eye is a national mentoring program where undergraduates with learning differences/ADHD are paired with middle schoolers with similar labels. There are 120 chapters across the United States and the UC Berkeley chapter is currently looking for a group of dedicated mentors. Through an art-based curriculum mentors teach their mentees about self...-advocacy, metacognition, proactive learning strategies, and academic accommodations. In addition, mentors share their stories to empower mentees to embrace and understand their learning styles. Every week there is a new objective for mentees to learn about. They are given an art project to work on, with the mentor's help, to create a conversation about their learning difference/ADHD. Mentors help engage their mentees in this discussion, and share skills they developed throughout their life. Our chapter will have community bonding events so that mentors can get to know each other better. In February we will have on-campus events to raise awareness of learning differences/ADHD. Requirements are: --Passing a background check. --Participating in a mentor training. --Dedicating an hour a week to go to our partner middle school. For more information, go to this website: http://eyetoeyenational.org/about/about.html If you have questions, email [email protected] If you are interested, please fill out this application by the week of September 22nd: htps://www.tfaforms.com/431921

Happy first day of classes, Bears! We are excited for the 2017-2018 academic year! Just a reminder about our new DSP appointment process: We will no longer have general drop in hours every day from 11:00 am-3:00 pm. Students will always meet with their assigned DSP specialist, except in extraordinary circumstances (for example, a deadline that day). Students will need to make an appointment in order to see their specialist. Students can make appointments at the front des...k or by contacting their assigned specialist directly by phone or email. We will have have one specialist available each day from 9:00 am-4:00 pm to assist with crisis situations only. Specialist Drop-in Hours: Laurica - Wednesday 3-4pm, Thursday 3-4pm Dani - Thursday 9:30-10:30am, Friday 9:30-10:30am Julia - Wednesday 11-12pm, Thursday 10-11am Danny - Wednesday 4-5pm, Friday 4-5pm Ake - Tuesday 11-12pm, Thursday 11-12pm Maria - Tuesday 11-12pm, Wednesday 2-3pm

DSP New Student Orientation is well under way! A special thank you to Professor Hawkins, Professor Schweik, and Professor Nakamura for joining our Faculty Panel this morning!

The DSP office will be closed from 9am until 3pm on Monday, August 14th during the DSP orientation at Zellerbach Hall. The office will be open from 3pm until 5pm.

Important news below! Drop-in Appointment Procedures Change: http://dsp.berkeley.edu/drop-appointment-procedures-change

Good luck on finals this week, Bears! #yougotthis #yesthisistrue

Join us on May 3rd to celebrate the accomplishments of graduating seniors from Fall 2016, Spring and Summer 2017! https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSfKxB8WGDOw1eo5t/viewform

Student-to-Student Peer Counseling Support Group

Congratulations to all of the newly accepted Cal Bears! Representing DSP in Sylmar, San Diego, and Stockton today. #BerkeleyBound