The latter center provides loans of adaptive equipment to New Jersey colleges to be used by special needs students. All eight centers provide technical assistance to New Jersey colleges and universities. The direct service component at Camden County College, the MidAtlantic Postsecondary Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, provides a comprehensive program to 65 students who are deaf and hard of hearing from New Jersey and surrounding states. Services include developmental English classes for the deaf using English as a Second Language methodologies, counseling, interpreting, tutoring, notetaking, C-Print captioning, and assistive listening devices. Both developmental English and math classes are taught in American Sign Language.
Students can enroll in any of the college's degree or certificate programs for which they qualify.
The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, and Camden County College fund the Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Programs and services for the individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing do not end with the Center. Services include vocational evaluations, job readiness classes, job placement, and job retention assis- tance. Both students of the college and community members benefit from this service. SEED serves more than 130 individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing annually.