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Heading off to college brings excitement as well as new challenges for students and their families. In this webinar recording from 2020, PACER's Simon Technology Center specialists discuss technology tools to support students with intellectual disabilities as they learn to navigate the college campus and college life. Demonstrations include mobile apps to help students manage their time, schedule, money, and social connections.

This legislation, enacted in 2020, appropriates $500,000 in funding for inclusive postsecondary education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the FY 2021 Georgia state budget. This continues an annual source of funding set up in 2019, when the legislature reallocated $500,000 from the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency to the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities for the purpose of promoting inclusive postsecondary education. This specific funding has been kept at the same level consistently since then.

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 publication draws from a qualitative study that interviewed college students with intellectual disability in an attempt to determine what is known about IPSE students and their experiences with peer supports. Inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs for youth with intellectual disability recognize students with intellectual disability as contributing members of the broader campus community through academic engagement, career development, and social activities (Grigal & Papay, 2018; Jones et. al, 2015).

This practical guide includes strategies that work to support students with intellectual disability (ID) who are looking for employment opportunities. The strategies shared in this How to Think College publication were shared with the authors by staff and faculty at six different postsecondary programs for students with ID, and align with the Think College Standards for Inclusive Higher Education; a chart is included to show the alignment.  

This webinar, hosted by the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT), provided information for employment and VR professionals, educators, and families to: discuss collaboration strategies to develop and/or maintain engagement between families, education, vocational rehabilitation and other agency partners in the delivery of work-based learning opportunities for students with disabilities; identify resources, supports and tools related to the implementation of one of the five required pre-employment transition services, work-based learning experiences, that can be utilized

This webinar, hosted by KU Transition to Postsecondary Education (KU TPE), features a presentation by Meg Grigal and Clare Papay about how educators and families can better support students with ID/D to begin their college journey ready for success. Learn how to support high school students with ID/D cultivate foundational skills; access academic supports; and develop 21st century skills using technology for communication, navigation, and social connections.

Who among us doesn’t have a tribe, or a village, or a network of friends and family that supports us? In good times and challenging ones, we use circles of support to help us out. The same goes for people with disabilities, only they are sometimes even more intentional in seeking out just the right people to be part of the Circle. In this webinar recording from March, 2020 a parent (Janice) and sibling (Emma) talk about how they have used Circles of Support with their son and brother, and how it’s also a model that has been used in schools and communities around the country.

This simple guide for students about using Zoom was created by Julie Smith, a.k.a, The Techie Teacher. It includes instructions for those using a computer or an iPad. It originally appeared in a blog post on March 18, 2020. It can be downloaded from the website into Google Slides or as a PDF. It has also been translated into Spanish, Polish, French, and German.