College Success for Students with Learning Challenges
Parent/Homeschooling Version
Monica L. Andrews, Ed.D.
Students with learning challenges can succeed and even excel in college. This comprehensive 75 minute DVD will help you to guide your child to success at the college of his or her choice.
The DVD presents interviews with leading national experts, students, and their parents. It is divided into eight informative sections.
Section One: Know Thyself
This section helps your child develop awareness of his or her strengths and weaknesses as a learner as well as the strategies that he or she has used to succeed through the school years.
Section Two: The Continuum of Support
This section familiarizes you and your child with the accommodations and different types of support available in college, including services that colleges must provide for students with a documented learning disability.
Section Three: Portraits of Programs for Students with Learning Challenges
This section presents profiles of colleges that provide comprehensive programs for students with learning challenges. These programs go far beyond the accommodations and support services required by law.
Section Four: How Much Support Do You Need?
This section familiarizes you and your child with the important differences between high school and college, and the kinds of academic and social support your child might need because of these differences.
Section Five: Shopping for Colleges
This section familiarizes you and your child with the steps to follow to select a college that is the right choice for your child.
Section Six: When and How to Disclose
This section presents guidelines for when your child should disclose his or her learning disability and in what manner. It emphasizes the important point that colleges are not required to provide accommodations or support services unless your child discloses his or her learning disability.
Section Seven: Strategies for Success
This section identifies the strategies that have helped countless students with learning challenges succeed in college.
Section Eight: Parenting Into College
This section familiarizes you with your role during your child's college search and application process.
List of national experts who appear in the video:
- Steve Fadden, Ph.D., Director, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training
- Julia Frost, M.S., Director, Jones Learning Center, University of the Ozarks
- Marsha Glines, Ph.D., Dean of the Institute for Achievement and Learning, Lynn University
- Renee Goldberg, Ed.D., Certified Educational Planner., Founder, Educational Options
- Lisa Ijiri, Ph.D., Director, Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL), Curry College
- Kendra Johnson, Ed.D., Co-Author, 100 Things Every College Student with a Disability Ought to Know
- Carlene Klaas, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, DePaul University
- Judith Kolar, Director of Productive Learning Strategies (PLuS) Program, DePaul University
- Marybeth Kravets, Co-Author, The K & W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorder, and College Counselor at Deerfield High School
- C. Claire Law, M.S., ICEA Certified Educational Planner, Co-Author, Finding a College that Fits Your Personality
- Jill Rickel, M.S., Independent Educational Consultant
- Mary Saltus, Director, Supportive Learning Services Program, American International College
- Lynne Shay, M.A., Professor of English, Landmark College, and researcher on college students with attention deficits
- Lynn Welbourn, M.Ed., College Admission Consultant
ABOUT MONICA ANDREWS
Dr. Andrews works with students with learning challenges on both sides of the transition from high school to college - - as a director of learning support, teacher trainer on learning differences, and consultant to families in the college search process. Monica earned her doctorate in Developmental Psychology from Harvard University, and for more than 20 years has worked to help students succeed in college.
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