This graphic compares traditional pathways to college to alternate forms of access to postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities, including financial aid, entrance requirements, extracurricular activities, etc.
Resource Library
Welcome to the Think College Resource Library
The library includes carefully selected resources on a wide range of topics related to postsecondary education for people with intellectual disability.
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This flow chart illustrates the process of job development based on the philosophy that there is a job for anyone who wants one.
A mentor handbook from Camden County College, Garden State Pathways Program.
This document describes several activitities that the College of Charleston's REACH program initiated to cultivate cross-campus buy-in at the College of Charleston in order to support the program's long term sustainability.
A basic guide for peer mentors who are providing student support on campus and in the classroom.
Includes a description of the two day orientation for mentors at the University of Vermont.
The application for admission used at the University of Iowa REACH program - can be referenced as an example for those developing admission procedures.
WorkKeys is a skills assessment system developed by the ACT to measure employability skills, including foundational and soft skills. This one page sheet details areas of assessment in three different areas.
Describes the process and lists the competencies students must meet in order to earn a credential from the program, located at Indiana University-Purdue University Indiananapolis
A checklist from a college program in Indiana that tracks student accomplishments towards the program credential requirements.