Post-Secondary Education Resources
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State Agencies Related to Higher Education
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Disability Support Services, Division of Community Colleges
Florida Department of Education
Community college students with documented disabilities are eligible to receive support services and accommodations. To find out more visit http://www.fldoe.org/cc/educators/Disability/dss.asp
Fact Sheet: Accessing Your Florida College System [pdf]
Other Resources Related to Higher Education
AHEAD
Association on Higher Education and Disability
AHEAD is a professional membership organization for individuals involved in the development of policy and in the provision of quality services to meet the needs of persons with disabilities involved in all areas of higher education. Lots of resources including a section for parents and students. www.ahead.org
College Career Life Planning Web Tool
Comprehensive career exploration web site developed by Dr. Bob Fisher. Bob is a USF professor and a parent. This site is great for parents, teachers and students. Great resource for ESE students about future career choices.
www.collegecareerlifeplanning.com
Creating Options 2007: Guide to Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities
2007 edition of this annual resource guide. The 2007 edition contains completely updated and revised information to help individuals with disabilities to seek and obtain financial assistance for postsecondary education. http://www.heath.gwu.edu/node/9#attachments downloadable Adobe pdf
Heath Resource Center
The HEATH Resource Center is an online clearinghouse on postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. Information for students with disabilities on educational disability support services, policies, procedures, adaptations, access, financial assistance, and transition. www.heath.gwu.edu
IRIS Center
The IRIS Center is a national center that aims to provide high-quality resources for college and university faculty and professional development providers about students with disabilities. IRIS seeks to obtain this goal by providing free, online, interactive training enhancements that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice. http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/index.html
IRIS Online Dictionary
This glossary of terms related to the field of special education has been fully updated with new definitions and now includes a cross-referencing feature that makes the resource easier to use and more informative than ever. To get started using the IRIS Online Dictionary, go to http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/onlinedictionary.html
or visit the IRIS Resource Locator http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html
and click on the dictionary icon.
LDA Florida Newsletter – Article about LD students & college:
Website Link OR download Adobe pdf
Obtaining Accommodations For College Students with Disabilities:
Website Link OR download Adobe pdf
Help For College Students With Disabilities From Wrightslaw:
download Adobe pdf Wrightslaw Site
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) was established to create opportunities for youth with disabilities to achieve successful futures. NCSET provides Providing students with disabilities with improved access and success in the secondary education curriculum. www.ncset.org
Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet)
PEPNet's national network of regional centers provides resources, information, in-service training, and expertise to enhance educational opportunities for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families. www.pepnet.org
Students with
Disabilities and Access to Community College: Continuing Issues and New
Directions
By Carmen Rioux-Bailey, Ed.S
[pdf document]
ThinkCollege.net
Youth with intellectual disabilities have not had many chances to go to college. This is changing as individuals across the country begin to create opportunities for these youth to reap the benefits of postsecondary education. This website will provide information and links to anyone interested in finding out more about the possibilities. The site is divided into sections for students, family members, and professionals and features a searchable database of post-secondary programs that support youth with intellectual disabilities, a discussion board, a listserv, and a wide variety of web-based resources. www.thinkcollege.net
YES! Your Employment Services
Your Employment Selections (YES!) is a motion-video, Internet-based job preference program for youth and adults with disabilities. This program allows youth and adult participants with limited or no reading skills to watch videos of jobs, listen as a narrator describes key tasks in each job, and select preferred ones. YES includes video of 120 jobs. Each video shows 2 to 4 minutes of critical tasks involved in a job. Video was recorded at community employment sites across the nation. Participants can search for preferred employment in one of two ways, "Search by Work Conditions" or "Search by Job Tasks". There is a small fee for an unlimited 3 month subscription. http://www.yesjobsearch.com/index.cfm
We are continuing to add information to this portion of the website. If you would like to suggest an article, resource, helpful website or publication, please e-mail candace@cflparents.org.
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