Inclusive Higher Education Network

Many students, including those with intellectual disability, benefit from explicit campus navigation and acclimation training in their new campus community. This kind of training can help prepare students for campus and community involvement. Learning campus navigation skills can benefit incoming college students, and can generalize to other new environments, resulting in increased independent community access. This publication summarizes the available research on teaching campus navigation and makes recommendations on how and when to teach these skills to students.

Faculty perspectives on teaching students with intellectual disability are important to consider as college programs continue to grow and more students are enrolling. To ensure faculty experiences are considered in program development and improvement, we conducted a brief literature review of postsecondary education-related articles, focusing on those that included the perspectives of faculty who taught students with intellectual disability at colleges or universities.

Vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals can (and should!) "Think Higher. Think College." In this video, hear from two VR professionals from Oklahoma and Indiana about ways they have worked with students with intellectual disability to set and achieve postsecondary goals of college and work. The addition of VR professionals to the inclusive postsecondary education is critical. Use this video to educate professionals in K-12, vocational rehabilitation, and inclusive postsecondary education. 

In order to improve employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability, it is important for VR personnel and higher education program staff to establish partnerships. The Employment Partnerships Collaborative Workgroup, a project of the Think College Inclusive Higher Education Network, identified states with exemplary partnerships and asked them to write up a description of what makes things work in their state. 

In order to improve employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual disability, it is important for VR personnel and higher education program staff to establish partnerships. The Employment Partnerships Collaborative Workgroup, a project of the Think College Inclusive Higher Education Network, identified states with exemplary partnerships and asked them to write up a description of what makes things work in their state. 

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselors are key partners in the success of higher education programs for students with intellectual disability. Navigating these partnerships can raise many questions for program staff new to working with VR agencies. This publication addresses the most common questions that staff of higher education programs for students with intellectual disability ask Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselors, promoting effective collaboration between higher education staff and VR counselors.

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) counselors are often unfamiliar with higher education programs for students with intellectual disability and have many questions when first approached. This publication tackles the top 10 questions that VR counselors frequently ask, offering clear and practical answers about higher education programs for students with intellectual disability.