Educators play a vital role in setting expectations and sharing resources with students and families who are interested in college. This resource includes steps educators and transition professionals can take to help students with intellectual disability (ID) and their families to explore college options!
While supporting students in getting a job is important, support doesn’t stop once the student gets a job. Once students are hired, it is necessary to provide on-the-job support through job coaches or staff that provide on the job support. In addition to supporting students, a key component of job coaching is supporting employers. This resource explains the various roles of job coaches and tips on how to build collaborative partnerships with employers.
This handy "hyperdoc" lists the most up-to-date and critical resources from Think College on the transition to college for students with intellectual disability. It includes the title, a brief description, and a link to each document in three different topic areas: preparing for college, selecting a college, and paying for college.
A flyer with a QR code to the resource online is also included, and can be downloaded and printed to share with others.
This resource includes over 100 ideas for IEP goals to help prepare students for college. The ideas fall into four categories: education, career and employment, community engagement and services, and independence. Educators and families are encouraged to use this resource once students have identified personal strengths and interests, goals, and areas for improvement.
IEP Goal Ideas to Support College Readiness was inspired by work done by Karla Wade; we are grateful for her support of this new publication.
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.
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.
This brief, created by the PACER Center, is for families preparing for their child with disabilities to go to college. The helpful checklist and related resources will guide the selection of transition goals and activities that will likely be key factors in making the possibility of college a reality.
This simple handout highlights some of the best resources from Think College for students and families. Featuring the college search, publications, and online resources, this handout is great to share with families new to college planning. (Updated October 2019.)
The Foundational Skills for the College and Career Learning Plan (CCLP) can be used to structure college experiences, including course work, employment, internships, on campus activities, volunteer and service learning experiences, and more. The CCLP is a goal setting and assessment tool designed to drive learning and productivity on campus, during internships and on the job. It can be used to structure the goal setting and to track and document the achievement of foundational skills.
