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College, Disabilities, and Success
Are you afraid your child with a disability will struggle and fail at college? You can stop the struggle! Knowledge is power!! Welcome to College, Disabilities, and Success! Get my insider's look at how disability services work on college campuses. As a former college Learning Disability Specialist, Disability Services Coordinator, and LD high school teacher, I can help you! Do you understand the power of Disability Services at college? Do you understand how your child's privacy changes at 18 or the differences between the K-12 IDEA law and college ADA law? Can you step in at college to help your child? How will your child get accommodations or handle problems with accommodations? What kind of documentation does your child need at college? Will colleges take an IEP and is it enough? What are your child's study skills goals and study skills for test taking? What kind of relationship should your child have with the college professors? You'll find those answers and lots more here at the College, Disabilities, and Success podcast!
College, Disabilities, and Success
Latest Episodes
#99 College Online Testing and the 4th Amendment
According to a recent article in Bloomberglaw.com "Virtual Exam Case Primes Privacy Fight Over College Room Scans" by Skye Witley, a 2022 decision by a district court in Ohio found that electronic room scans mandated by Cleveland State Unive...
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#98 Taking Notes - The Smart Way
In today's episode, you will learn some "tricks of the trade" that will help your teens take better notes in class, especially when dyslexia is a problem and notetakers might not be available. You will learn how to create "user-friendl...
#97 Five Critical Topics when Planning a Future
Today's episode explores career development and employment, academic challenges and needs, independent living skills, community/ campus engagement, and self-determination skills as those topics pertain to helping your child plan a successful...
#96 Flexible Deadlines for Assignments Good? or Bad?
Requesting the accommodation of extended time or flexible deadlines for assignments can either help a student or create a problem for the student. In today's episode, you will learn what types of situations and disabilities warrant the...
#95 How Reading Accommodations Differ at College
Today's episode explains to parents the difference they may find in reading accommodations when their child goes from the K-12 system into the college system. Although both systems will provide reading accommodations, there is a good c...