Addressing the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Students With Disabilities in Post secondary Education
www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=1411
This brief outlines the major challenges that tend to be faced by CLD
persons with disabilities in Post secondary education and how to address
these challenges.
Community Resource Mapping - A Strategy for Promoting Successful
Transition for Youth with Disabilities
www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=939
This brief introduces a dynamic process for creating synergistic community
collaboration among those concerned with youth development, and for
maximizing the community's human and financial resources that support
youth. The brief includes a detailed explanation of Community Resource
Mapping, a list of the benefits of mapping, examples of mapping efforts,
whom to contact information for further information, and other related
resources.
Financial Aid for Students with Learning Disabilities
www.asdk12.org/depts/step/disability/documents/FactSheet4.pdf
There are simply too few LD-specific scholarships and the amounts awarded
are too small, for the acquisition of these awards to be central to
any college financing strategy. Instead, students with LD’s should
focus their efforts where they are most likely to produce results.
Getting Ready for College: Advising High School Students with Learning
Disabilities
www.asdk12.org/depts/step/disability/documents/GettingReady.pdf
Increasing numbers of students with learning disabilities are enrolling
in two- and four-year colleges and universities. Since 1985, among
first-time, full-time freshmen who reported having any disability,
the percentage of those with learning disabilities doubled from 15
percent to 32 percent. Currently nearly a third of all freshmen with
disabilities report having learning disabilities.
Guide to Developmental Disability Services
www.asdk12.org/depts/step/disability/documents/DDguide.pdf
Alaska’s individualized service system for people with developmental
disabilities operates in a maze of regulations. Parents often struggle
to understand eligibility, planning, billing, reporting, and assessment
rules. The Guide to Developmental Disability Services was written to
help parents understand what Developmental Disabilities Services are
and how these services can work for you.
Helping students assess their readiness for Post secondary
education
www.asdk12.org/depts/step/disability/documents/Article9.pdf
This article presents a review of the literature about the transitional
needs of students with disabilities to higher education, discusses
the challenges these students face, and introduces a tool that is being
piloted to address these areas of concern.
Making it Easier to Go to Work
www.onestops.info/article.php?article_id=177
The Social Security Administration has a number of incentives to assist people
with disabilities to enter the workforce. Among the changes with the advent of
the new year are annual adjustments in earning limits and other amounts. This
article provides a clear explanation of how recent changes impact people with
disabilities who want to work.
A Post secondary Resource Guide for Students with Psychiatric
Disabilities
www.asdk12.org/depts/step/disability/documents/ResourceguidePsyc.pdf
This information brief from Heath Resource Center.
Students with psychiatric disabilities and their families should know
that higher education institutions are required to provide all students
equal opportunities for effective participation, regardless of disability.
Post secondary Education Options
www.ldanatl.org/aboutld/adults/post_secondary/post_secondary.asp
This Information Sheet from LDA-America discusses a
wide array of Post secondary education options exists
for all students, including students with learning disabilities.
Post secondary Students with Disabilities: Enrollment, Services
and Persistence
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000092
This Stats in Brief uses information from students
and from Post secondary institutions to describe the
characteristics of students with disabilities and the types of services
institutions provide.
The report draws on a number of different National
Center of Educational Statistics data sources.
Self-Determination - Supporting Successful Transition
http://ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=962
This brief outlines research on self-determination suggesting that youth
with disabilities who actively direct their own lives are more likely
to successfully transition into adult life. In addition, the brief addresses
development of self-determination skills and student-led Individualized
Education Program meetings. Also included are descriptions and contact
information for several self-determination curricula and helpful Web
links.
SET for Life
www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/sped/SETforLife/TableofContents/TableofContentsWeb.html
This advisory document from the Alaska Department of Education provides
information on implementation resources, transition planning, job development,
career planning and assessment, pre-employment and work experience.
Transition Planning – A Team Effort
www.nichcy.org/pubs/transum/ts10txt.htm
This Transition Summary provides ideas and information on how students,
families, school personnel, service providers, and others can work together to
help students make a smooth transition. In particular, this document focuses on
creative transition planning and services that use all the resources that exist
in communities, not just the agencies that have traditionally been involved.
Transition Requirements – A Guide for States, Districts, Schools,
Universities and Families
www.rrfcnetwork.org/images/stories/WRRC/documents/transitionguide.pdf
This monograph is designed to clarify the transition requirements of the IDEA,
provide samples, and suggest practices to implement those requirements. The
intended audience for this monograph is broad: state, district and school
personnel; families and institutions of higher education.
Transition Services in the IEP
www.nichcy.org/pubs/outprint/ts8txt.htm
This publication describes the core of transition
planning what the law requires and how that plays out in the real world.
Take a look at Federal
regulations for transition. Examine suggested transition
components such as employment, Post secondary educational activities,
independent living,
eligibility for various adult services, and community
participation.
Transition to Work: Helping Teens Prepare for Typical Employer Questions
www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=980
This article is designed to assist young adults with
learning disabilities to prepare for the world of employment.
Young Adults with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Needs
www.asdk12.org/depts/step/disability/documents/YoungAdults.pdf
This resource paper provides information about Post
secondary programs for young adults with substantial learning disabilities
and
other special needs. The paper has been written in
response to inquiries to HEATH from professionals and parents.
