This publication features tons of helpful advice for students who are ready to begin the college search. Madison, Kaethe, Maria, George, and Santi are former college students who share honest stories and things to think about when considering college, such as the location and size of the college, making good choices, social opportunities & peer mentors, being included, and more.
This brief, written by Think College partners at the Pacer Center, focuses on alternatives to guardianship. The authors take care to explain the different options available to families, and what the ramifications are for those options. In particular, this publication explains details and possible outcomes for power of attorney, supported decision-making, and guardianship. Examples are shared, as well as many additional resources.
Powerpoint from a presentation describing a qualitative study investigating faculty experiences in teaching students with intellectual disability in their college classes, including benefits, challenges and strategies for providing effective instruction to students with ID. Presented at the 2019 AHEAD Conference.
A new population of college students is emerging on campuses across the United States: students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). With this new and growing population of college students, an important question persists: are their health and wellness needs being identified and met? The authors concluded that research on this unique population should continue, and the etiology of health and wellness issues of college students with IDD should be established to develop and implement evidence-based programing.
Article absract: Our nation currently has a total of 264 postsecondary education programs that are specifically designed to serve college students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) on college and university campuses. The total number of these programs has experienced an increase of approximately 67.5% in the past six years, and this new population of college students will continue to grow.
The Fall 2019 Research Summit focused on using the RSA 911 Dataset to inform our understanding of higher education for students with ID. Tom Sannicandro, JD, Ph.D., Director of Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges, and Stormy Miller, Ed.D, Director of Student Services Student Accessibility and Psychological Services at College of Marin; Mark Tucker, Ph.D., CRC, Assistant Professor, Department of Administration, Rehabilitation; Postsecondary Education at San Diego State University / Interwork Institute, will present their work.
This poster, presented at the NIDILRR 40th Anniversary Celebration (https://acl.gov/NIDILRR40), reports findings from a mixed-methods study by Think College staff on the role of vocational rehabilitation (VR) in promoting postsecondary education for students with intellectual disability and/or autism. The study included secondary analysis of data collected from TPSID model demonstration sites and intensive case studies of four effective VR/higher education partnerships.
This book will introduce the reader to international perspectives associated with post-secondary school education for students with intellectual disability attending university settings. Examples of students with intellectual disability gaining their right to full inclusion within university settings are outlined, as well as the barriers and facilitators of such innovation. The four parts of the text will act as a reader for all supporters of inclusion at the university level. The first part examines the philosophical, theoretical and rights-based framework of inclusion.
Inclusive Postsecondary Education curriculums are university designed and aimed at giving access to a liberal arts education for students with intellectual disability. This bound article is presented in order to promote fully inclusive postsecondary education and to assist others in implementing their own fully inclusive postsecondary education initiatives. A Passion For Full Inclusion and the model initiative is grounded in a disability studies framework, secured by the theories of Dr.
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.
