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The transition from high school to college is a big one. If you’re a student with a disability, the additional stresses can be overwhelming. One of the largest changes that you will have to deal with is the substantial difference in scope between the special education services provided on the high school level and those at college. Fortunately, if you have a disability and plan on attending a college or university, you most certainly are not alone.

Get Ready for College: A Resource for Teens with Disabilities is a free virtual course for high school students and others who have an interest in learning about the transition to college. It was developed by the Center on Transition at Virginia Commonwealth University and features a series of lessons focusing on a different aspect in the college preparation, selection, and disability services process. If students with ID/DD are accessing the course, we recommend that it be facilitated, as piloting of the tool showed that to be helpful to reinforce the content.

This free, open access online course provides information to assist programs to complete and submit an application for CTP program approval. A CTP Application Template and a downloadable step-by-step checklist will guide programs through the entire application process. The course also provides examples of key components from successful CTP applications and other related resources.

This online tool is designed to assist people determine their interests and find out how they relate to the world of work. It helps make the link between interests or strengths and possible jobs.

The information in this pamphlet, provided by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U. S. Department of Education, explains the rights and responsibilities of students with disabilities who are preparing to attend postsecondary schools. This pamphlet also explains the obligations of a postsecondary school to provide academic adjustments, including auxiliary aids and services, to ensure the school does not discriminate on the basis of disability.

This website, created and maintained by the National Center on Universal Design for Learning, focuses on UDL in higher education.

A link to the Federal Student Aid School Participation Section, who can be contacted with questions related to completion of the e-App for financial aid approval.  Programs can use this email to ask questions they have regarding their CTP application.. 

Guidance provided by the US Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, for the completion of the electronic application to participate in federal student aid, which is the process used to submit a Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Program (CTP) application.

This is the link to the electronic application that is used to submit an application to participate in federal student aid programs.  It is the on-line application process that will be used to submit a Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) program application.