External Conference

This is the fourth Capacity Building Institute for the Southeastern Postsecondary Education Alliance (SEPSEA). All are invited to attend to learn the best strategies for promoting resources, collaboration, education, and access to quality PSE opportunities in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina & beyond!

The Friday morning plenary was presented by Think College staff: Susanna Miller-Raines, Rebecca Lazo, Russ Thelin, and Stephanie Smith Lee.

This event, hosted by the Pennsylvania Inclusive Higher Education Consortium, is a one-day interactive symposium to discuss inclusive higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disability. 

The purpose of this Institute is to increase understanding of resources available for and facilitate planning and implementation of Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition Programs (FPCTP) for students with intellectual disabilities in all types of postsecondary education institutions: universities, state and community colleges, and career tech centers. The institute will provide the following: · Content knowledge for developing or enhancing these programs. · Facilitated planning time for interdisciplinary postsecondary education teams.

Debra Hart of Think College will be presenting on Foundational Skills for College and Career Success
Wednesday, 2/7/2018 | 3:30 pm

Think College will also present two poster sessions:

Inclusive Higher Education for Students With Intellectual Disability: Recent National Data
Friday, 2/9/2018 | 9:30 am
Meg Grigal, Clare Papay, Debra Hart

The C of IDEAS (Collaborative of Ingenuity and Discovery through Education, Alliances and Scholarship) Summit 2017: Enhancing Lives, Creating Community focuses on advancing interdisciplinary education and aims to develop solutions that enhance the quality of life of individuals with disabilities. The C of IDEAS is a collaboration with SVSU and community partners including individuals with disabilities and family members, educators, and community organization representatives from Bay-Arenac, Midland, Genesee, and Saginaw counties.

Join other college students with intellectual disabilities for a 2-day student leadership conference like no other! Panels, presentations, and conversations on:

• Adjusting to a college environment

• Digital photography & social media for self-determination

• Maximizing your social experiences

• Internship and career opportunities

• Living independently / interdependently

• Becoming an effective presenter

• Building healthy peer mentor relationships

• Creating circles of support

The annual conference of the Division on Autism & Developmental Disabilities of Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Meg Grigal of Think College will be presenting on a panel entitled Improving Research-based Practices for Educating Students with Intellectual Disability moderated by Dr. Michael Wehmeyer.

Think College staff presented six sessions at the 2017 DCDT Conference.  Handouts from those sessions are included here.

The power of our collective voices working together to sustain vital supports and services for people with disabilities and their families cannot be denied. The AUCD Conference brings us together to discuss the strategies, innovations, and systems that will allow us to continue to move the needle forward. Join us at the 2017 AUCD Conference as we celebrate successes, learn from past efforts, seek opportunities in the present, and innovate for the future.