How can educators and families better support students with disabilities to begin their college journey ready for success? This presentation by Meg Grigal and Clare Papay at the CEC 2021 conference describes how to support high school students with disabilities to cultivate foundational skills; access needed academic supports; and develop 21st century skills using technology for communication, navigation, and social connections.
The passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act in 2008 extended the expectation of previous legislation (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and Individuals With Disabilities Education Act) regarding general education academic access for students with intellectual disability, from elementary to secondary and now through to postsecondary education.
The National Coordinating Center developed these resources to help TPSIDs collect data to enter into the National TPSID Data Network. The resources align with both the full data collection tool and the data network interface as much as possible.
The data collection resources can be downloaded using the links on the right.
TPSID programs are welcome to download, save, edit, and use these resources in whatever ways best meet your program's needs.
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In addition to academic programming, Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) have a directive to ensure that enrolled students with intellectual disability (ID) are prepared for gainful employment. One study found students with ID who obtained a paid job while enrolled in a college or university program were almost 15 times more likely to have a paid job at exit than those who did not obtain a paid job while enrolled (Grigal, Papay, Smith, Hart, & Verbeck, 2018).
This resource can be used to determine if a course attended by students in college programs for students with ID meets criteria to be considered a fully inclusive class.
The Think College National Coordinating Center has released finalized Program Accreditation Standards for Higher Education Programs enrolling students with intellectual disability (ID).
Through secondary analyses of quantitative data obtained from the Think College National Coordinating Center database from the first cohort (2010-2015) of model demonstration sites in Florida, this study examined components of the postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual disabilities that are correlated with employment upon program exit.
The Model Program Accreditation Standards for College Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities were finalized in September, 2020, following extensive development, refinement and review by hundreds of community members. A final report to Congress was published in May 2021; it can be found here.
Topic: A discussion about voting
Hosted by: Liz Weintraub and Lauren Blachowiak, Liz’s co-worker
What happened: Liz and Lauren made a presentation on how to how to register to vote and how to vote safely. They also told students good ways to learn about the people running for office and more. You can watch the video to hear what they had to say.
