During this webinar, the executive director of the Inclusive Higher Education Accreditation Council and directors from the first three accredited programs shared valuable insights and proven strategies for accreditation success. These pioneering programs discussed how they prepared, organized, and staffed their teams for a smooth accreditation process, offering tips to help others prepare their own programs.
The webinar, held February 6, 2024, provided practical insights on accreditation's benefits for students and programs, offering an overview of the process and its application. Participants were guided through applying standards and creating program plans efficiently. It highlighted the significance of accreditation in higher education, exemplified by Western Carolina's pioneering UP Program and its national recognition for inclusive education.
This video shares a 20 minute video interview with Dr. Kelly Kelley of Western Carolina University. WCU's University Participant program became the first accredited program for students with ID in the country in March, 2023. In this interview, Kelly shares about her experience during the accreditaton process and offers insights and tips to other program directors.
This video was recorded for and shared at the 2023 TPSID Project Director Meeting in Portland OR., July 2023.
As part of a comprehensive program evaluation, postsecondary education programs for students with ID may want to use surveys that are targeted at specific key audiences. This resource shares two surveys that were developed by Western Carolina University's UP Program - one targeted for college faculty who have taught students from the program and the other for employers that have provided a job or internship to students.
Three established inclusive college programs share tips and insights for how they manage the admissions process. Hear details about applications from different schools, who reviews them, the interview process, and more. Find out how to advertise your program, when and how to arrange for an Open House, and how to manage the volume of applications. With growing demand for inclusive higher education programs, it’s important that your application process is efficient and effective. Don’t miss this chance to get some inside scoop about how it all works.
This guide can be used by staff and administrators at institutions of higher education to develop procedures for collecting data on the outcomes of students with intellectual disability after they graduate from higher education programs. It explains why it is important to collect data, methods to use, and what to do with the data once its collected. Samples are shared throughout this publication.
Teaching, Including, and Supporting College Students with Intellectual Disabilities provides higher education professionals and proponents of post-secondary education programs for students with intellectual disabilities (ID) with a comprehensive guide to developing new programs and inclusive practices for college students with ID.
This practical guide can be used by colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher education interested in developing inclusive living opportunities for students with intellectual disability (ID) on college campuses. It offers suggestions on weighing potential benefits and risks, minimizing liability concerns for individuals with and without ID living and learning together, making connections with various campus partners, and conceptualizing how to proactively meet the individualized student support needs in college residence halls.
Data on student outcomes is critical for program evaluation and advocacy. In this webinar, we present a process and strategies and that can be used to collect student outcome data. We share examples of tools that are used to document student outcomes from one program as well as the TPSID follow-up data tool. Ideas of how to use outcome data will be shared. The webinar is designed for programs that are not currently collecting data through the TPSID Data Network.
This presentation was given at the 2016 TPSID Project Director Meeting by Dr. Kelly Kelley. It provides a helpful introduction to the steps to follow to assure that students with intellectual disabilities are supported to have meaningful access to and participation in inclusive academics in college. It addresses class selection, academic supports, ongoing evaluation of progress, and communicating with faculty.
