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Ensure brighter futures through postsecondary education
Preparing Students with Disabilities for College Success
A Practical Guide to Transition Planning
Edited by Stan F. Shaw, Ed.D., Joseph W. Madaus, Ph.D., & Lyman L. Dukes, III, Ph.D.
Foreword by Gary M. Clark, Ed.D.
| "An up-to-date, comprehensive overview of the unique challenges and opportunities that define the post-secondary transition process. Filled with practical advice, examples and recommendations." —Sheldon H. Horowitz, Ed.D., Director of Professional Services, National Center for Learning Disabilities
"Everything you ever need to know to enhance the success of students with disabilities seeking to attend college ... Since successful transition is a by-product of collaboration, this book will serve as a valuable resource in that effort."—Jeanne M. Kincaid, J.D., disability attorney and consultant, member of New Hampshire and Maine Bar Associations
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For students with mild to moderate, non-visible disabilities, navigating a college education without the support team they had in high school can be challenging. Help students become effective self-advocates and maximize their postsecondary possibilities with this cutting-edge book, which balances current research with the most practical guidance to date on this topic.
Readers will discover how to:
- Help students find the right college and navigate the admissions process
- Teach students how to ask for what they need to succeed
- Determine student eligibility for services and accommodations
- Explain what the laws mean for students leaving high school
- Provide comprehensive academic and behavioral supports
- Implement school-wide supports that promote the development of students' academic and social skills within the general education curriculum
- Work with families to foster effective transition planning
- Equalize access and increase opportunities with self-determination
- Select supportive technology
Readers will learn how early, coordinated, student-centered planning helps students develop the academic and personal skills required to successfully transition to college. User-friendly checklists, tip boxes, activities, and illustrative vignettes translate extensive research into immediate practice with students and families.
Secondary transition personnel, counselors, and educators in high school settings will turn to this book first for comprehensive, accessible information on helping students transition to college—and lay the critical groundwork for future employment success.
Help students with high-incidence or hidden disabilities such as:
- learning disabilities
- autism spectrum disorders
- ADHD
- speech/language disorders
- emotional disturbances
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ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-1-59857-016-8
Paperback / 312 pages / 7 x 10 / 2010 / $34.95
Stock# 70168
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Table of Contents
About the Editors and Contributors
Foreword
Gary M. Clark
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Joseph W. Madaus, Stan F. Shaw, & Lyman L. Dukes, III
2. Considerations for the Transition to College
Joan M. McGuire
3. Let's Be Reasonable: Accommodations at the College Level
Joseph W. Madaus
4. Teaching Students with Disabilities Self-Determination Skills to Equalize Access and Increase Opportunities for Postsecondary Educational Success
James E. Martin, Juan Portley, & John W. Graham
5. Using a Schoolwide Model to Foster Successful Transition to College: Providing Comprehensive Academic and Behavioral Supports to All Learners
Michael Faggella-Luby, K. Brigid Flannery, & Brandi Simonsen
6. Technology Trends and Transition for Students with Disabilities
Manju Banerjee
7. How Secondary Personnel Can Work with Families to Foster Effective Transition Planning
Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant
8. Gathering Data to Determine Eligibility for Services and Accommodations
Lyman L. Dukes, III
9. The College Search
Nick Elksnin & Linda K. Elksnin
10. Helping Students with Disabilities Navigate the College Admissions Process
Manju Banerjee & Loring C. Brinckerhoff
11. Planning for the Transition to College
Stan F. Shaw
Index
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