This webpage was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in an effort to support educators in the move to online teaching and distance learning. Maria Paiewonsky and Lori Cooney produced this resource based on supported education model and universal design for learning (UDL). There are examples for how to support students and numerous technology resources, as well.
In this webinar, staff from the Think College Transition project share information and new resources that resulted from a 4-year collaborative project with three inclusive dual enrollment partnerships.
At the CEC 2019 conference, Meg Grigal, Debra Hart, and Clare Papay, along with Dana Lattin from University of Kansas presented Higher Education for Students With Intellectual Disability: Profiles of Effective Practice. This presentation covered the latest national data on access to higher education by students with intellectual disability, and provided concrete examples and strategies on access to inclusive college coursework, paid employment, and campus residential options.
This online research summit focuses on evaluating the impact of college-based transition services for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, featuring presentations by Caroline E. Parker, Ed.D., Principal Research Scientist, and Rebecca Schillaci, Research Associate, both of the Education Development Center, and Maria Paiewonsky, Ed.D., Project Coordinator, Ty Hanson, Postsecondary Ed Specialist, and Odgerel Dashzeveg, doctoral student, all of Think College. Presentation handouts and a recording of the summit are available for download.
This Insight Brief #37 outlines the kind of information and suggested activities that can help parents during four stages of an inclusive college-based transition experience. The stages include introducing college-based transition services, supporting parents as students prepare for college, maintaining parent engagement through the transition to college, and engage and inform parents of adult services available once students age out of transition services.
This Grab and Go Practices #9 provides an overview of numerous ways that team members are capitalizing on dual enrollment college experiences that students are participating in to develop IEPs that reflect comprehensive transition experiences, and that communicate the progress students are making on measurable postsecondary goals.
This is a sample schedule for a student who is dually enrolled in high school and college. It features his interest in graphic design and includes academics, employment, travel time, and some social activities, as well. The goal for students in dual enrollment programs is to move the student’s transition services away from a high school-based setting to a college-based setting that is more natural for peers of this age and is more inclusive of peers without disabilities. This is reflective of the Think College Transition model.
This resource includes the Power Point presentation for the webinar, Capitalizing on Inclusive Dual Enrollment Experiences for IEP Planning & Progress Monitoring. This webinar provided an overview of numerous ways that IEP team members are capitalizing on these college experiences to develop IEPs that reflect these rich transition experiences as well as to communicate the progress students are making on measurable postsecondary goals.
In this Grab and Go Practices, we offer suggestions for instructing students to use apps, software applications, smartphones, and other technology tools in typical college experiences. We discuss how these tools can help with mobility, following schedules, academic support, communication, social connections, and personal management. A checklist for educational coaches is included.
This Grab and Go fact sheet summarizes best practices for coaches and mentors who support dually enrolled students with intellectual disabilities and autism on college campuses. A list of related items for an educational coach professional portfolio is included. We offer suggestions on promoting independence and gradually fading prompts to maximize a student’s potential for independence. These suggestions are provided in a naturally occurring order, but not all steps are necessary, and the student's abilities and needs should guide the process.
